Similar Groups of Goods or Services (SIMILARGROUPOFGOODSORSERVICES) In order to facilitate review and inquiry, some countries, including my country, continue to subdivide each category of the Nice Classification into several similar groups for internal use based on similar or not standards. Generally speaking, goods or services in the same similar group are similar goods or services, otherwise they are not similar. However, in real life, because it is necessary to determine whether goods or services are similar based on whether confusion may occur, the judgment based solely on similar groups may not be accurate. What does similar group number mean in trademark search? The goods in the trademark search are similar. If the similar group numbers are the same, they are similar goods and the same trademark cannot be registered. The World Intellectual Property Organization classifies goods and services according to different types of goods or services. The maximum is divided into 45 Major categories, each major category also has various sub-categories below~~~This will facilitate the query when registering a trademark~To prevent similar trademarks from appearing on similar products~~~Similar group numbers are actually what you want to protect in layman’s terms The registered trademark is not registered by others on similar products. The code of the product ~ trademark similar trademark query