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Is it infringement to be similar to someone else's trademark?
It's infringement. Trademark infringement refers to the use of the same or similar trademark on the same or similar goods without the permission of the trademark owner, or other acts that interfere with or hinder the trademark owner from using its registered trademark and damage the legitimate rights and interests of the trademark owner. Having the following three elements constitutes infringement: 1, whether the trademark is similar; Trademark approximation is mainly analyzed from the angles of sound, form, meaning and composition of trademarks. 2. Whether goods or services are similar; Similar goods refer to goods that are exactly the same in functions, uses, production departments, sales channels and consumers. , or the relevant public generally considers it relevant and confusing. 3, whether it is easy to lead to confusion of the relevant public.

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Article 57 of the Trademark Law

One of the following acts is an infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark: (1) using the same trademark as its registered trademark on the same commodity without the permission of the trademark registrant; (2) Without the permission of the trademark registrant, using a trademark similar to its registered trademark on the same kind of goods, or using a trademark identical with or similar to its registered trademark on similar goods is likely to cause confusion; (3) selling goods that infringe upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark; (4) Forging or unauthorized manufacturing of registered trademark marks of others or selling forged or unauthorized registered trademark marks; (five) without the consent of the trademark registrant, the registered trademark is changed and the goods with the changed trademark are put on the market again; (6) Deliberately facilitating the infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark of others and helping others to commit the infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark; (seven) causing other damage to the exclusive right to use a registered trademark of others.