When a trademark consists of the same foreign words, letters or numbers, but only differs in font or design, which may easily cause the relevant public to misunderstand the source of the goods or services, it will be determined to be a similar trademark. Except for one of the following circumstances:

1. The trademark consists of one or two foreign letters in non-ordinary fonts, has no meaning and has obviously different fonts, making the overall distinction of the trademark obvious and making it difficult for the relevant public to recognize it. The source of goods or services is misidentified.

2. The trademark consists of three or more foreign letters, in different order, with obviously different pronunciation or glyphs, without meaning or with different meanings, making the overall distinction of the trademark obvious and making it difficult for the relevant public to distinguish the goods or services. misidentification of the source.

3. If a trademark consists of two foreign words, only the order of the words is different, and there is no obvious difference in meaning, which is likely to cause the relevant public to misunderstand the source of the goods or services, it will be determined to be a similar trademark.

4. If a Chinese trademark consists of three or more Chinese characters, only individual Chinese characters are different, and the overall meaning has no meaning or no obvious difference in meaning, which may easily cause the relevant public to misunderstand the source of the goods or services, determined to be similar trademarks. However, this is excepted if the pronunciation or font shape of the first character is obviously different, or the overall meaning is different, which makes the overall distinction of the trademark obvious and will not easily cause the relevant public to misunderstand the source of the goods or services.

For details, please refer to "Trademark Similarity Examination: Word Mark Examination"