Nike Refused To Accept The "SPARQ" Trademark And Was Reacted To The Court For Trademark Review And Adjudication Board.

November 25th, because of its own "SPARQ" trademark Refute Nike International Limited has brought the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board of the State Administration for Industry and commerce to the court. Recently, the first intermediate people's Court of Beijing opened the case.

It is understood that in March 2005, Nike International Ltd obtained the Trademark No. G861465 "SPARQ" through the extension of international registration, and applied for registration in the ninth category, the twenty-eighth category, the thirty-eighth class and the forty-first class respectively. Among them, Ninth categories and twenty-eighth categories were rejected by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and commerce, and the Nike International Ltd applied to the business jury to reject the application for review.

Nike International Ltd claims that it has obtained the exclusive right to trade mark G861465 "SPARQ" through international registration. The trademark and the citation mark No. G558364 "SPAR" are different from the overall appearance and alphabetical order, and do not constitute similar trademarks. And cite trademarks on the ninth category. register Only fire extinguishers are left, so they do not constitute similar commodities.

The judges replied that all two trademarks were made up of English letters. The Trademark No. G861465 was only more than one letter of the citation mark, and the two trademarks were similar in the categories of sporting goods, which easily caused the public confusion and constituted an approximate trademark.