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Similarity of goods and services
  • 31 Mar 2023

    MEGAHONG PHA RMACEUTICAL CO (a firm) v. 醫藥易有限公司

    Citation
    [2023] HKCFI 930
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCIP83/2021

    The Hearing Officer's finding that the Objected Sales Services and Objected Agency Services were not similar to the Earlier Goods was set aside because she failed to account for shared distribution channels, overlapping consumers and the close link between products and their marketing; the Objected Sales Services and Objected Agency Services are similar or complementary to the Earlier Goods and, given the above‑average similarity between the marks and the distinctiveness of the Earlier Mark, use of the Subject Mark for those services would cause a likelihood of confusion; registration is refu…