Patent Court Decisions
Title | [Trademark] TEVANA Case (Patent Court Decision 2018Heo5594) | ||
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Date | 2020.05.07 | Hit | 562 |
Attached File | 9. [Trademark] 2018Heo5594 (TEVANA Case).pdf |
When comparing the appearance of the registered trademark “ ” with the prior-registered trademarks “ ,” although the first four characters in the alphabet composition are the same and the difference is only in the remaining part, these trademarks are clearly distinguished from each other due to the clear difference in the presence or absence of background color, the design of alphabet “A” ( ), font of alphabet characters, and the alphabet composition. The registered trademark is likely to be called “ti-beun”, but the prior-registered trademarks are likely to be called “ti-ba-na”, and the pronunciation of them is clearly different. Even though the registered trademark, like the prior-registered trademarks, is a coined mark, and thus it is not possible to compare the concept thereof, the registered trademark and the prior-registered trademarks are not identical nor similar both in sight and sound, and therefore mark of the registered trademark cannot be said identical or similar to that of prior-registered trademarks.