JP2010262494A - Trademark retrieval apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a trademark retrieval apparatus for easily performing watching inspection. <P>SOLUTION: A trademark inspection apparatus includes: a retrieval target trademark information preparation part 16 for extracting trademark application registration information coincident with retrieval target preparation information 11 from a trademark information database 14 for storing trademark application registration information 13 to be updated with the lapse of time and preparing retrieval target trademark information 12; a similarity discrimination part 17 for discriminating trademark application registration information 13 whose name is similar to the retrieval target trademark information 12 stored in the trademark application registration information database 14; a retrieval execution part 15 for extracting the trademark application registration information determined as similar information by the similarity discrimination part 17 while excluding the information satisfying a condition of the retrieval target preparation information 11; and an extracted information output part 18 for outputting trademarks extracted by the retrieval execution part 15. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a trademark search apparatus for a trademark registration application using a database, and more particularly to a trademark search apparatus for supporting watching whether a similar trademark is applied afterwards.

  To determine the possibility of registration of a trademark to be applied for trademark registration, use various databases and use the trademark designation (reading) as a search key. For example, a trademark having a name similar to the inputted name is searched and extracted. Thereby, it is possible to check whether a trademark having the same or similar designation has already been filed or registered by another person with reference to the list of search results.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a trademark search system that extracts a trademark that is similar to the trademark application / registration information when a trademark name to be searched is input. According to this trademark search system, similarity / dissimilarity between a search target trademark and a prior application / registered trademark can be determined, and similar trademarks can be extracted. Therefore, a person who intends to file a trademark registration application can predict the possibility of registration of a trademark to be filed based on the search result to some extent, and is useful as a preliminary search before filing.

JP 2001-222557 A

  However, there are various purposes for searching for similar trademarks. For example, it is necessary to investigate whether a mark that you are considering applying for has already been filed / registered by another person and to find out whether or not the trademark has been registered. There are examination progress investigations aimed at confirming the examination progress of trademarks that are unfavorable.

  Here, as an example of the trademark search, there is a case where it is necessary to watch whether or not a trademark registration application similar to a trademark related to the applicant is filed by an unrelated party afterwards. That is, for example, when another person has applied for a trademark similar to the registered trademark owned by him / her, it is necessary to eliminate the registration of the application, so that information is widely provided. Such a search is widely conducted for the purpose of searching for another person's subsequent application.

  In addition, for example, there are countries where registration is permitted without examination for trademarks, so conducting a routine search for the existence of another person's subsequent application related to his / her registration / application trademark from the viewpoint of trademark management is important.

  When conducting this survey, it is necessary to identify the registered trademark or the product category of the application and the product classification, and to input the conditions such as the name of the own trademark one by one. Such work is complicated and requires a great deal of labor when there are a large number of survey targets.

  Therefore, a technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a trademark search apparatus that can easily perform the above-mentioned watching survey.

  In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a trademark search apparatus having the following configuration.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a trademark information database storing trademark application registration information updated with time is provided, and a search is performed by comparing the name of the trademark to be searched with the name of the trademark application registration information. A trademark search device that performs a process of searching for a trademark having a similar name to a target trademark,
A search target trademark information creating unit that creates search target trademark information by extracting trademark application registration information that matches search target creation information from the trademark information database;
A trademark application registration information database for storing the trademark information to be searched;
A similarity discriminating unit for discriminating trademark application registration information whose name is similar to the search target trademark information stored in the trademark application registration information database;
A search execution unit that extracts and extracts the trademark application registration information determined to be similar by the similarity determination unit by excluding those satisfying the conditions of the search object creation information;
And an extracted information output unit that outputs the trademark extracted by the search execution unit.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the search execution unit re-extracts from the trademark application registration information extracted by the similarity determination unit what satisfies the conditions of the search target creation information, and the similarity determination unit Provided is a trademark search apparatus according to a first aspect, characterized in that, among trademark application registration information determined to be similar, information satisfying the search object creation information is excluded.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the search execution unit excludes the trademark included in the search target information from the trademark application registration information when the search target trademark information is generated by the search target trademark information generation unit. The trademark retrieval apparatus according to the first aspect, characterized in that, by searching for update data, the trademark application registration information determined to be similar by the similarity determination unit is excluded from those satisfying the conditions of the search object creation information. I will provide a.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the trademark application registration information is updated, the search target trademark information creation unit re-extracts the search target trademark information under the same conditions as the search target trademark information before the update. There is provided a trademark search apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the information is updated.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the trademark search device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the search object creation information includes information relating to an applicant and information relating to merchandise services. To do.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the similarity determination unit makes a similarity determination according to a multi-stage level for the similarity determination between the search target trademark information and the trademark application registration information. A trademark search device according to any one of the first to fifth aspects is provided.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the similarity determination unit determines whether the two trademark names to be compared are the same, very similar, approximate, or similar levels in the similarity determination between the search target trademark information and the trademark application registration information. According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the trademark search apparatus according to the sixth aspect.

  According to the present invention, because the search target trademark information that is the search target is extracted from the trademark application information and stored in the database, the trademark information similar to the search target trademark can be extracted in a simple operation. Can do. Therefore, labor required for watching can be greatly saved. In addition, the search target trademark information to be searched is originally extracted from the trademark application registration information. However, by providing a search execution unit, the trademark information included in the search target trademark information when performing a similar search is provided. Extraction can be prevented.

  When creating the search target trademark information in advance, the search execution unit can exclude the extraction of the search target trademark information by excluding the search target trademark information from the trademark information database storing the search target trademark information. By performing this processing, it is possible to prevent the retrieval target trademark information from being extracted when the similar determination unit extracts similar trademarks, and simple processing can be performed.

  Further, the search execution unit can perform processing so as to exclude the search target trademark information after the similar trademark extraction by the similarity determination unit. According to this process, the trademark application registration information stored in the trademark information database is maintained as common information without being changed every time the search target trademark information is created. For this reason, for example, it can be used suitably as a search service using the Internet when a plurality of people use the search system.

  In addition, every time the trademark application registration information is updated, the search target trademark information is automatically updated, so that the search target can be kept up-to-date, and the trademark search leakage is reduced. Can do. The information related to the product service included in the search target creation information includes, for example, at least one of information such as a product service category, a similar group code, and a product / service name.

  Further, more detailed trademark search can be performed by the similarity determination unit performing similarity determination according to multiple levels in the similarity determination, for example, the same / similar / approximate / similarity. In addition, the similarity determination at the multi-level level performed by the similarity determination unit may be an objective similarity determination by calculating the phonological difference between the names of the two trademarks to be compared as the number of differences. it can.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a trademark search system including a trademark search device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of the search procedure of the trademark search system concerning this embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the trademark search server used for the trademark search system of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the relationship of each process menu of the trademark search server used for the trademark search system of FIG. It is a screen display example of the main menu displayed on the operation terminal of the trademark search system according to the present embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of preparation of search object trademark information. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the batch acquisition menu displayed on an operating terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the additional condition menu displayed on an operating terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the search object menu displayed on an operating terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the result list menu displayed on an operating terminal. It is a flowchart of the process concerning creation of a result list menu.

  Hereinafter, a trademark search apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a trademark search system configured by a trademark search apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The trademark search system 1 includes a network system in which a trademark search server 2, a plurality of operation terminals 3, and a patent office terminal 4 are connected via the Internet IN.

  The trademark search server 2 stores JPO publication data provided from the JPO terminal 4 via a network or a recording medium, and performs a search process transmitted from the operation terminal 3. The search result is transmitted to the operation terminal 3 that has executed the search process. In the present embodiment, the trademark information database, which is a database used in the search process performed by the trademark search server 2, is configured to be provided in the server, but is configured separately from the trademark search server 2. May be.

  The operation terminal 3 is a terminal used by a person who searches for a trademark using the trademark search system 1 according to the present embodiment, and can be configured by a general-purpose computer. A trademark searcher who is a user of the operation terminal 3 registered in advance in the trademark search server 1 accesses a specific URL using the operation terminal 3 and operates the operation terminal 3 to operate the trademark search server via the network. 1 is operated to execute a search, and a search result can be obtained by means such as display or printer output on its own operation terminal 3.

  The Patent Office terminal 4 is a terminal for providing Patent Office public data for search processing to the trademark search server 2 of the trademark search system 1 according to the present embodiment via a network. No processing is performed when the trademark search server 2 performs a search process. When the JPO publication data is provided via a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, the JPO terminal 4 may not be included in the network configuration of the trademark search system.

  The trademark search system according to the present embodiment searches for another application or registration having a name similar to the name of the trademark to be searched based on information on the name stored in the trademark information database. The similarity of the names of the trademark to be searched and the trademark that has been applied or registered can be calculated as a numerical value. A trademark search procedure and information displayed by the trademark search system according to the present embodiment will be described below.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a search procedure of the trademark search system according to the present embodiment. The trademark search system according to the present embodiment creates search target trademark information 12 extracted based on the search target creation information 11 from the JPO published data 10 and uses a trademark application similar in name to the search target trademark information or A search process is performed to determine whether the trademark is included in the trademark registration, and then output.

  Information relating to trademarks (hereinafter referred to as trademark application registration information) filed or registered with the Patent Office, which is the search population of the search process, is stored in the trademark information database 14. As for the trademark application registration information stored in the trademark information database, the application registration update data 13 is periodically issued, and is updated as appropriate together with the update history.

  The trademark application registration information stored in the trademark information database 14 can be used, for example, as it is or after appropriately converting the trademark arrangement / standardized SGML data issued by the Patent Office. In the trademark registration application information, update data relating to application registration is issued as appropriate, and the entire information at the time of update is covered by both the data registered in the database before the update and the application registration update data. Application registration update data includes new applications, applications whose examination progress has been changed, registration settings, lifetime updates, or rights that have expired since the previous update data was issued until the current update data issuance. Contains information about registration.

  In the trademark search system according to the present embodiment, a search is performed as to whether a similar designation is included in the trademark application registration information for a trademark included in the search target trademark information. As a result of the search, trademark application registration information having a similar designation is output.

  A system configuration of the trademark search system according to the present embodiment and an operation procedure of search processing will be described. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a trademark search server used in the trademark search system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the trademark search server of the trademark search system according to the present embodiment includes, in addition to the trademark information database 14 and the search execution unit 15, a search target trademark creation unit 16, a similarity determination unit 17, a transmission / reception unit 18, Each functional block of the screen display means 19 is provided.

  As described with reference to FIG. 2, the search target trademark creation means 16 is a functional block that controls processing for creating the search target trademark information 12 extracted based on the search target creation information 11. The similarity determination unit 17 is a functional block that determines whether the names of two trademarks to be compared are similar and can calculate the similarity as a numerical value. The transmission / reception unit 18 functions as an interface for information input / output to / from the trademark search server. Specific examples include a network driver, a keyboard / mouse driver, a monitor driver, and a printer driver. The screen display means 19 is a functional block that creates a screen for displaying information performed by each functional block of the trademark search server 2 on the operation terminal 3 that is a search target.

  In the trademark search server 2, each functional block shown in FIG. 3 functions to execute various processing menus. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the relationship between the processing menus of the trademark search system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a screen display example of the main menu displayed on the operation terminal of the trademark search system according to the present embodiment.

  Various processing menus managed by each functional block shift from the main menu. When a trademark searcher operates the operation terminal 3 to access a predetermined URL and the user is approved, the trademark search server 2 displays a main menu on the operation terminal 3 (# 100). The main menu displays buttons 21, 22, 23, and 24 for linking to each processing menu of the batch import menu # 1, the additional condition menu # 2, the search target menu # 3, and the result list menu # 4, respectively. By operating this button, you can move to each menu. When the end button 25 is operated, the trademark search menu is ended.

(Batch import menu)
The batch import menu is a menu for newly creating search target trademark information. After the search target trademark information is newly created, it is updated as appropriate according to the additional condition set in the additional condition menu. Therefore, in this embodiment, paying attention to a series of processes of creation and update of search target trademark information, the batch import menu and the additional condition menu will be described together.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for creating search target trademark information. The search target trademark information is newly created by the batch import menu, and is updated as appropriate according to the additional condition set by the additional condition menu.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example of the batch import menu. When the batch capture menu button 24 displayed on the main menu screen 20 shown in FIG. 5 is operated, the batch capture menu is activated. The collective retrieval menu is processed by the retrieval target trademark creation means 16 of the trademark retrieval server 2. The search target trademark information that is the search target is newly created using the batch import menu.

  The process of creating the search target trademark information, which is the search target executed in the batch import menu, searches the application / registration information stored in the trademark information database according to the search target creation information specified by the user. This is a process of narrowing down as search target trademark information. As the search target trademark information, all of the trademark application registration information stored in the trademark information database 14 at the time of creation is set as a mother set, and information satisfying the search target creation information specified by the user is extracted from the set. . In this embodiment, the search object creation information is information related to “applicant” or “agent”. The operator inputs one or a plurality of applicant or agent names that are the specified search object creation information into the input fields 31 and 32 displayed on the batch import menu display screen (# 11), and new The capture button 33 is operated. As a result, application / registration information having information input in the input fields 31 and 32 is narrowed down from the trademark information database 14 (# 12), and search target trademark information is created. The created search target trademark information is stored in the trademark search server 2 or the like in association with various information such as the operator and the creation date.

  Trademarks filed using the applicant's own office or his / her own office by searching for information on application / registration represented by his / her application or agent as “applicant” or “agent” as search object creation information It is possible to watch whether or not another person's trademark having a name similar to is applied or registered.

(Additional condition menu)
The additional condition menu is a menu for setting an additional condition for the search target creation information created by the batch import menu and setting an update of the search target creation information. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example of the additional condition menu. When the additional condition menu button 23 displayed on the main menu screen 20 shown in FIG. 5 is operated, the search target trademark creating means 16 activates the additional condition menu and causes the operation terminal 3 to display the additional condition menu.

  In the additional condition menu screen 40, as shown in FIG. 8, automatic import input fields 41 and 42, designated period input field 43, narrowing exclusion input fields 44 and 45, new application automatic import input field 46, final disposal automatic A deletion input field 47, a registration button 48, and the like are displayed.

  The automatic import input fields 41 and 42 are entered when it is desired to add application / registration information related to another applicant or agent to the search target trademark information narrowed down by the batch import menu. At this time, if period information is input in the period input field 43, only application / registration information whose input period matches the application date is added to the search target trademark information.

  The refinement exclusion input fields 44 and 45 are entered when it is desired to delete application / registration information related to a specific applicant or agent from the search target trademark information refined by the collective retrieval menu.

  The new application automatic import input field 46 stores the application / registration information included in the newly added trademark application registration information by using the search target creation information under the same conditions as the batch import menu. This is a field to be entered when performing processing to add to the search target trademark information.

  In the final disposal automatic deletion input field 47, the revocation application / registration information included in the trademark application registration information that has been newly rejected and expired by renewal using the search target creation information under the same conditions as the batch import menu. This is a column to be input when processing for narrowing down and deleting from the stored search target trademark information.

  By inputting information in these fields 41 to 47 as necessary and operating the registration button 48, the search target trademark information stored in accordance with the condition added in the additional condition menu is updated. If the new application automatic import input field 46 and the final disposal automatic deletion input field 47 are input (Yes in # 21), the process automatically starts when the trademark application registration information is updated (# 22). These update data are searched using the search object information creation information, and application / registration information included in the update data is automatically added and invalid applications are deleted from the search object trademark information. The target trademark information is updated (# 23).

(Search target menu)
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example of the search target menu. The search target menu is a menu for confirming and managing the search target trademark information created in the batch import menu and the additional condition menu. When the search target menu button 22 displayed on the main menu screen 20 shown in FIG. 5 is operated, the search target menu is activated. The stored search target trademark information is read and displayed on the search target menu display screen 50 as a list format.

  The search target menu display screen 50 includes a check column 51, a request number 52, a state 53, right holder / applicant 54, application / registration content information 55a, 55b, 55c, regarding the stored search target trademark information. Information such as 55d, setting level 56, and details 57 is displayed as a list, and a delete button 58 and an add button 59 are displayed as operation buttons.

  The check column 51 is a column for selecting application / registration information included in the search target trademark information. The selection of trademark application / registration information is used, for example, when the deletion button 58 is operated to specify the application / registration information as a deletion target.

  The request number 52 is a number for specifying the application / registration included in the search target trademark information, and is assigned as a serial number.

  The state 53 indicates the search state of the application / registration included in the search target trademark information, and can be selected from execution or stop individually. An application / registration that is “executed” executes a search in a search that will be described later, and an application / registration that is “stopped” stops a search.

  The right holder / applicant 54 displays the right holder / applicant of the application / registration included in the search target trademark information.

  As application / registration content information, application / registration number 55a, category 55b, trademark 55c, and designation 55d are displayed. In the case of having a plurality of sections, a plurality of sections are displayed in the section 55b column. A representative name is displayed for the name 55d.

  The setting level 56 is for selecting the degree of similarity to be extracted when performing a search. The setting levels include “same pronunciation”, “same”, “similar”, “approximate”, and “similar” levels, which can be selected. “Same pronunciation” means that the names of the two trademarks to be compared are the same, and “Same” means that the two trademarks to be compared are the same. “Severely similar”, “approximate”, and “similar” are levels determined in accordance with the score of similarity determined by the similarity determination unit 17 described later. For example, “severely similar” in descending order of score of similarity. , “Approximate”, “similar”, and the like.

  The detail button 57 is a button for displaying detailed information on application / registration included in the search target trademark information. When the detail button 57 is operated, detailed information on the search target trademark is displayed.

  The delete button 58 and the add button 59 as operation buttons are buttons for deleting and adding the application / registration to the search target trademark information. The delete button 58 is used to delete the application / registration checked in the selection field 51 from the search target trademark information. When the add button 59 is operated, the application / registration information is newly added to the search target trademark information. Search from database 14 and add. The application / registration information registered at this time is preferably specified by various numbers such as an application number.

(Result list menu)
The result list menu is a menu for searching whether there is another trademark application / registration similar in name to the application / registered trademark included in the search target trademark information and displaying the result. FIG. 10 shows a screen display example of the result list menu.

  In order to create a result list menu, a similar determination is made on the trademark information to be searched and the trademarks stored in the trademark information database 14. As shown in FIG. 10, the result list menu displays past search results as a list together with past search results. As display items, a search date, the number of trademarks hit as a result of the search, the number of report pages of the search result, and the like are displayed. The report can be obtained by operating the download button 61.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart of processing related to creation of a result list menu. In the similarity determination performed for creating the result list menu, first, search target trademark information to be searched is read (# 31). Since the trademark information to be searched includes a plurality of trademark applications / registrations, the first trademark application / registration in the trademark information to be searched is first determined in order to make a similar judgment for each trademark application / registration. Select (# 32).

  The similarity determination process (# 33) determines whether the trademark application / registration title of the target trademark information to be compared is phonologically similar to the trademark title stored in the trademark information database. To do. A specific method of phonological similarity determination performed in this processing is, for example, a similarity determination method disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-15036 filed on Jan. 25, 2008 by the applicant of the present application. Can be used. According to this similarity determination method, it can be determined by calculating the names of two contrasted trademarks as the number of phonological differences and outputting the similarity as a numerical value of the differences. Note that the difference calculated in the above application has the property that the larger the difference, the different the names of the two trademarks to be compared, and the lower the similarity.

  In the similarity determination process (# 33), regardless of the level set in the search target menu 50, the similarity value is set so as to include the lowest similarity. For example, regarding the application / registration of search target trademark information for which search of “very similar” level is set in the search target menu 50, if the numerical value of similarity satisfies the condition of “similar”, the trademark information database 14 Extract and count as targets displayed in the results list menu.

  This similarity determination process is performed for all trademark applications / registrations included in the search target trademark information, and all trademark application / registration similarity determinations are terminated (# 34, # 39). As described above, the trademark application / registration in the trademark information database extracted at this stage includes the numerical values of the differences when the similarity is the lowest (specifically, when the judgment level is “similar”). So as to extract. When all trademark applications / registrations are completed, the similarity determination result is updated (# 35) and stored in the trademark search server 2.

  As described above, since the search target trademark information is also created from the trademark application / registration information stored in the trademark information database 14, it is possible to extract the similarity determination process (# 33) as a similar trademark. Conceivable. About this, extraction is excluded by the following processing.

  In the present embodiment, at the time of the first search for the search target trademark, the trademark included in the search target trademark information is excluded from the extracted trademark application / registration. That is, as a result of the similarity determination process, a process of excluding the trademark application / registration included in the search target trademark information from the extracted trademark application / registration is performed.

  In the second and subsequent similarity determination processing, the similarity determination is executed only for update data issued after the execution date of the previous similarity determination processing among the trademark applications / registrations stored in the trademark information database 14. By this processing, the number of trademarks in the trademark information database to be compared can be reduced, the processing can be reduced, and the extraction accuracy can be improved.

  If the additional condition menu 40 is set to perform the automatic import of new applications 46, the update data also includes the trademark application / registration included in the search target trademark information. As a result of the processing, processing for excluding the trademark application / registration included in the search target trademark information from the extracted trademark application / registration is performed.

  Regarding the result of the similarity determination process (# 33), the trademark application / registration according to the set level is re-extracted from the extracted trademark application / registration based on the level information set in the search target trademark information (# 37). ). For example, those set to the extraction level “similar” are excluded from the application / registration information extracted in the previous step. The number of trademark applications / registrations extracted by the level determination process (# 37) is the “number of trademarks hit as a result of search” displayed in the result list menu.

  With the above processing, collection of information necessary for creating the result list menu (# 38) is completed. Information to be posted in the result list menu is collected, a display screen for the result list menu is created and displayed on the operation terminal 3, and the process is terminated.

  When the trademark application / registration information downloaded from the result list menu is output as a report, each report is the trademark application / registration information after the level judgment process at the time of search execution. It may be performed again when the report is downloaded. Even when the level of the search target trademark information is changed by this process, a report can be output as the latest information.

  As described above, according to the trademark search system according to the present embodiment, a trademark similar to a name can be searched based on search target trademark information extracted and created by an applicant or the like. Can be easily extracted and watched. In other words, since it is possible to simultaneously search for other related trademark applications and the like and judge the examination status, it is possible to save the trouble of extracting the application to be watched.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, It can implement in another various aspect.

  The trademark retrieval apparatus according to the present invention is useful for the extraction of other relevant applications and registrations, and the examination / registration status of the trademark application represented by itself or its own office.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Trademark search system 2 Search server 3 Operation terminal 4 Patent Office terminal 10 Patent Office publication data 11 Search object creation information 12 Search object trademark information 13 Application registration update data 14 Trademark information database 15 Search execution means 16 Search object trademark creation means 17 Similar Judgment means 18 Transceiver 19 Screen display means

Claims (7)

A trademark having a trademark information database for storing trademark application registration information updated over time, and a trademark whose name is similar to the trademark to be searched by comparing the name of the trademark to be searched with the name of the trademark application registration information A trademark search device that performs a process of searching for
A search target trademark information creating unit that creates search target trademark information by extracting trademark application registration information that matches search target creation information from the trademark information database;
A trademark application registration information database for storing the trademark information to be searched;
A similarity discriminating unit for discriminating trademark application registration information whose name is similar to the search target trademark information stored in the trademark application registration information database;
A search execution unit that extracts and extracts the trademark application registration information determined to be similar by the similarity determination unit by excluding those satisfying the conditions of the search object creation information;
An extraction information output unit for outputting the trademark extracted by the search execution unit;
A trademark retrieval apparatus comprising:   The search execution unit re-extracts the trademark application registration information extracted by the similarity determination unit from the trademark application registration information that satisfies the conditions of the search object creation information, and the trademark application registration information determined to be similar by the similarity determination unit. 2. The trademark search apparatus according to claim 1, wherein those that satisfy the conditions of the search object creation information are excluded.   The search execution unit searches for update data in which the trademark included in the search target information is excluded from the trademark application registration information when the search target trademark information is generated by the search target trademark information generation unit, thereby determining similarity 2. The trademark retrieval apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, among trademark application registration information determined to be similar by a section, information that satisfies the conditions of the retrieval object creation information is excluded.   When the trademark application registration information is updated, the search target trademark information creation unit re-extracts under the same conditions as the search target trademark information before the update, and updates the search target trademark information, The trademark retrieval apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   The trademark search device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the search object creation information includes information on an applicant and information on merchandise services.   6. The similarity determination unit according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the similarity determination unit performs a similarity determination according to a multi-stage level with respect to the similarity determination between the search target trademark information and the trademark application registration information. The trademark search device described in 1.   The similarity determination unit is configured to determine the similarity between the search target trademark information and the trademark application registration information according to the level of the same, very similar, approximate, or similar names of the two trademarks to be compared. The trademark retrieval apparatus according to claim 6.

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