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1、ABSTRATThetrademarklawofthePeople’sRepublicofChinaleadedintothelikelihoodof
confusiondefinitelyin2013.Thetrademarkinfringementcriteriafacedthebasicchangein
China.Thetrademarkinfringementcriteriafrom“goodsaresameorsimilarityandtrademark
aresameorsimilarity”to“goodsandtrademarksareallthesamep
2、lusoneisthesameandthe
otherissimilaritybutmayleadtothelikelihoodofconfusion”.Sincethen,thelawon
trademarkinfringementcriteriaofChinaisexactlythesamewitharticle9,thefirstparagraph
intheEuropeanCommunityTrademarkRegulation(CMTRforshort).Studyingthe
trademarkinfringementcriteriaconstituteinEur
3、opeanUnion(EUforshort)hasthe
significanceofreferencetotheruleof57(1)and57(2)inthetrademarklawofthePeople’s
RepublicofChinaIntheEU,itwillbeidentifiedasinfringingwithoutconsideringthelikelihoodof
confusionwhenthegoodsandtrademarkareallthesame.Butwhenoneoftwoisthesame
andtheotherissimilarity,i
4、tmustplusthelikelihoodofconfusion.Thatistosay,The
trademarkinfringementcriteriainEUis“similarityandthelikelihoodofconfusion”inthis
condition.Therelationshipbetweensimilarityandconfusionisthat,theformeractsasa
benchmark,andthelatteristhelimiter.Whendecidedthesimilarity,boththeCMTRandthe
Euro
5、peancourtonlydefineditobjectivelywithoutconsiderationofconfusion.Article7,the
thirdparagraphinthereasonsoftheCMTRiscustomarilytranslatedtobethatthedefinition
ofsimilarityisbuiltonconfusionwhiletheexactmeaningoforiginalonlyshowsthe
relevancetoconfusion.Priortothewrongunderstanding,similarity
6、hasbeenconstrainedto
demonstrateerroneously.Thebasicsofthedefinitionofsimilarityareoverallevaluationprinciples.Whendecided
trademarksinfringement,similarityisthefactorcomplementarytofactorslikeauditory,visual,
andotherparts,whiletheapparentpartsofthatplayanimportantrole.Similarityof
tradema
7、rkincludesfactorsofthenatureofthegoodsorservices,customsandusage,andit
shouldmakesureallthesefactorsabovecomplementeachother.Moreover,alltherelevant
elementsshouldbetakenintoaccountbycombinewiththecases.Fordefinitionofconfusion,
theprinciplesarethesameas