According to the examination criteria:
- For pure device marks,
the marks shall be considered as similar marks if their
composition and overall appearance are similar and coexistence of
them may cause confusion, such as
VS
.
- For combination marks that composed of device and word parts,
the marks shall be considered as similar marks if their device
parts are similar and coexistence of them may cause confusion, such
as
VS
.
Our client's application for trademark
, (No. 36295340) was rejected by the National
Intellectual Property Administration, PRC ("CNIPA")
citing the prior
registered mark,
(No. 14749988),
according to the above examination criteria. We filed the review of
refusal and the CNIPA finally approved the client's trademark.
In the decision for the review of refusal concerning the mark, the
CNIPA held that our client's mark is different from the prior
cited mark in terms of components, pronunciation and design style.
The consumers could distinguish