商标授权确权中的混淆可能性判断研究

Research on the Determination of Possibility of Confusion in the Authorization and Affirmation of a Trademark

我国商标注册申请的审查与注册商标的无效宣告是否需要以混淆可能性作为驳回申请或者无效宣告的判断标准是一个值得讨论的问题。在商标授权确权问题上,虽然相关法律并未明确规定混淆可能性要件,但从商标注册、商标使用与侵权救济制度的一致性、商标法精神与立法宗旨的角度考量,应当坚持混淆可能性标准。我国商标授权确权行政审查与司法实践也在遵循这一思路。在混淆可能性判断时,应当借鉴司法解释提出的混淆可能性作为参考因素,坚持个案判断。

It is worth discussing whether the examination of the trademark registration application in China and the invalidation of the registered trademark needs to use the possibility of confusion as the criterion for judging the application for rejection or invalidation.Regarding the issue of trademark authorization,though the relevant laws do not clearly stipulate the possibility of confusion,they should be regarded as confusing potential standards from the perspective of consistency of trademark registration,trademark use and infringement relief systems,trademark law spirit,as well as legislative purposes.The administrative review and judicial practice of China's trademark authorization and authorization also follow this line of thought.When obscuring the possibility of judgment,reference should be made to the considerations of possibility of confusion and reference factors put forward by the judicial interpretation,and to insist on case judgment.