KR100926125B1 - Method on Provding Trademark Information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of providing trademark information. The present invention provides a trademark system that can obtain information about a trademark applied or registered to a patent office of at least one or more countries and constructs a trademark DB, and can provide a search function for the constructed trademark DB. Extracting trademark information and product information from at least one trademark data of the first country; Associating the extracted product information with a designated product group of a second station; A trademark DB constructed for the registered or registered trademark information of a second country to determine whether the extracted trademark information has a trademark identical or similar to the extracted trademark information limited to a designated product group of the corresponding second country; Querying and examining; And extract only trademark data of the first country in which the trademark information identical or similar to the extracted trademark information does not exist in the registered or registered trademark information of the second country, or the registered or registered trademark information of the second country. If a trademark identical or similar to the extracted trademark information exists, the trademark information of the same or similar trademark of the second country is extracted, or the trademark information of the extracted or registered trademark information of the second country is the same as the extracted trademark information. Or extracting only the trademark data of the first country that is the same as or similar to the trademark when a similar trademark exists, wherein the trademark data of the first country is identical to that of the second country. One or more of telephone number data and mutual telephone number data, or electronic catalog data. When the first country and the second country are different, the trademark data is one or more of sector-specific telephone number data and mutual telephone number data, electronic catalog data, or the trademark data data is one of the first countries. Characterized in that the trademark information is extracted from the trademark DB built for the registered or registered trademark information.

Trademark, Similarity Judgment, Probability of Registration, Brand Naming, Electronic Application

Description

How to Provide Trademark Information {Method on Provding Trademark Information}

1 is a conceptual diagram of a system and network configuration of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a configuration and trademark similarity and product similarity determination procedure for a trademark similarity determination system and a product similarity determination system.

3 is an explanatory diagram of various DBs related to the present invention including a trademark DB.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of forming a trademark and product similarity judgment rule and updating the same.

5 is a flowchart of a similarity determination and a registration possibility determination process.

6 is a detailed configuration and procedure flow diagram for an application guidance system.

7 is a flowchart of an application derivation process.

8 is a flowchart of a process for deriving an application between countries.

9 is a configuration diagram of an inter-country application guidance system.

10 is a procedure flow diagram for a dispute induction system.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a registration possibility determination process.

12: Configuration and Procedure Flowchart for a Brand Naming System.

It is a block diagram of the registration possibility determination system.

The present invention is a system for filing a trademark on the network 1000 and determining the possibility of registration, and more particularly, including a quantification or categorization of the trademark similarity determination process and the degree of similarity using linguistic engineering and pattern matching technology. It is a method and system that can be checked in advance for registration requirements to check the possibility of registration before trademark application. In addition, the present invention includes a system capable of inducing a trademark registration application at home and abroad and a system that can effectively protect the rights of the owner. In addition, the inventive concept includes a systematic method and system for a brand naming process.

The prior art related to the present invention is as follows.

First, trademarks, service marks, and other marks (hereinafter referred to as "trademarks") on the Internet are commonly referred to as "trademarks." That is, trademarks, service marks, business marks, collective marks, certification marks, etc. are classified by law, but unless otherwise stated, description For the sake of convenience, there is an application system for trademarks. However, these systems are only online processes of the trademark application process on-line. In other words, when a visitor enters a trademark and selects a designated product (collectively referred to as a designated product including [designated service business] for technical convenience), the applicant prepares an application by electronic document method and uses the electronic application system of the KIPO. It is on behalf of. This is simply an online application of trademarks on-line, and lacks a preliminary judgment on the most important trademark registration requirements in the trademark registration application process. It does not provide any information at all.

Second, there is a program that automatically generates a brand during the brand naming process, but it is not only at the level of randomly generating a brand using a random function, but also whether there is a possibility of registration or whether another person uses the same or similar brand. It didn't provide any dictionary information, so I had to search for it manually.

Third, when searching for similar trademarks in the trademark search process, similar trademarks are uniformly generated by a computer program with a similar judgment process, but no quantified information or categorized information about how similar to the target trademark is provided Or there is no basis for that judgment. In other words, not only the subjective judgment is entirely dependent on the trademark similarity judgment process, but the evidence data on similarity cannot be systematically provided by analyzing language engineering or language science.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is as follows.

First, it is about the linguistic engineering process and various systems for determining the similarity of trademarks. Specifically, a trademark processing process including a product similarity determination engine 200-1, a trademark similarity determination engine 100-1, an engine for extracting a part without identification, and a language processing system when two or more languages are involved, Trademark DB, reporting system.

Secondly, it is an all-in-one process for determining the possibility of registration of a trademark and a system therefor. In more detail, it relates to a registerability determination engine 400-1 for processing various registration requirements, various DBs, a reporting system, and a registerability processing processor.

Third, any method and system for inducing a trademark registration application at home and abroad. Specifically, the present invention relates to an applicant discovery system 510, a reporting system, and an electronic application system in order to induce a trademark registration application between domestic and foreign countries.

Fourth, any method for inducing disputes or protecting the rights of rights holders and a system therefor. In more detail, the dispute candidate discovery system 610, the reporting system, and the dispute resolution system. A special example of this system is the rights protection system for import and export parties.

Fifth, a method and system for automating part or all of the brand naming process. In detail, there is a brand candidate discovery system 910, a brand analysis system 940, a brand synthesis system 930, and the like.

It is about any process that automatically improves the whole process as time passes and data is expanded.

Sixth, the present invention relates to various element systems required when some or all of the above processes and systems are implemented in combination, and a comprehensive embodiment including these element systems.

Definition of Terms

The network 1000 refers to a wired or wireless communication network.

Offline refers to the state of not being connected on the network 1000 as a (relative) opposite concept of online.

Online comprehensively defines the environment of all types of network 1000 terminals (including mobile, geographic information systems, satellite receivers such as transmission and reception devices using communication satellites) that can be connected to the network 1000. .

Offline media are physically shaped media, which include analog recording media such as video, tape, and paper media including books, floppy disks (FDDs), CDs (CD-ROMs), Used as digital data storage media such as digital video discs (DVD), magneto-optical discs (MOD), hard disks (HDDs), RAM, ROMs, packs, photo masks, etc. Refers to any device.

Synchronization means that computer users interact with each other online or with online and offline digital content so that the online and offline content can be connected, combined, merged, and exchanged. A method provided to a computer user through a process of reorganization or transfer.

A computer user refers to a user who uses a computer. In the present invention, a computer refers to a PC, a PDA, a notebook, a palm top, an e-book, a work station, Central processing devices such as mini computers, super computers, cellular phones, mobile phones, beepers, game machines (e.g., Sony Play Station, etc.), digital TVs, etc. CPU) or an auxiliary device that can be attached separately to the main unit with a central processing unit to perform a function as a physical communication terminal device. 1000) refers to any machine that has the function to send and receive data by accessing it.

The internal memory device is a concept that comprehensively defines the media that can be read and written among the internal storage device and the auxiliary storage device. Volatile and nonvolatile memory devices such as RAM or ROM, and optical recording devices such as CD-RW are devices that can be read and written and mounted in a computer.

Trademark: In the present invention, a trademark mainly includes a trademark and a service mark, but is broadly defined in commercial law such as any identification mark and trade name defined in a law related to a mark such as a trademark, a service mark, a collective mark, a business mark, etc. Identification mark, identification mark as defined by the Anti-Competition Law, identification mark, model name of the product, any cover and website address (including sub-site address) used for the purpose of identifying other products, icons, images, symbols ), Any one of the contents used in conjunction with any identification purpose, such as a sound trademark, a slogan, a gesture, a particular scene in an advertisement, a particular sound, a CM song, a CF, or a function of identification, or a combination of each of them, or We say thing corresponding to two or more. The above law refers to the laws or treaties of the Republic of Korea and foreign countries related to the emblem. The trademark may be substituted for the trademark if there is no special mention for the convenience of reality and description, which is handled while the trademark is heavily socialized.

Designated goods: In the present invention, designated goods are designated goods or designated services business as their main targets, but broadly related laws of Korea and foreign countries related to marks of designated goods, designated services, business, business, etc. Or one or two or more of those designated for the purposes of each mark as provided for in the Treaty, the name of the goods or services in the field of merchandise, the names of the goods or services that are socially accepted, or the type of business. Among the subjects of these marks, designated products may be replaced by the term "designated goods" unless otherwise specified for the convenience of the points and descriptions described in the Korean Trademark Act.

That is, when a service mark is involved, a trademark is a service mark, a product or a designated product is a service industry or a designated service industry, and a trademark DB is a service mark DB (except when the trademark DB includes a service industry DB.), And the name of the product is a name of a service business. The structure of mapping a service mark to a trademark related position is taken. This is for convenience of description, and the purpose of the above is the provision of trademarks in this Act, except as specifically provided for in this Act regarding service marks, group marks, and service marks under Article 2 (3) of the Korean Trademark Act. Is applied.                     

Applicant, etc .: Judgment of trademark similarity and registration possibility in all areas to which the idea of the present invention is applied, or the right in the rights protection system of the subject and the owner of the act targeted by the system in the application guidance system 500 / 1-1 Representatives of the subject, the person involved in the brand naming is collectively expressed as [applicant or applicant]. However, when the other party is specified or specified in relation to the applicant / applicant in the specification, it refers to a person excluding the other party.

Trademark DB: The trademark DB refers to a DB having any information related to a trademark in the present invention. Trademark DB is a database containing domestic or foreign registered, filed, extinguished, unapplied trademarks and all information related to the trademarks.All trademarks including the right of trademark rights and any product using the trademarks. Information on the subject, such as the applicant, any information on the trademark, bibliographic matters on the trademark, any proceedings in relation to the Patent Office, the Court, etc. Refers to a DB containing some or all of the processed internal or external information, or any information about the processing of the trademark (2-3). Any DB for a registered or filed trademark of the JPO may be a component of the trademark DB in the present invention. Broadly, the trademark DB may include a DB containing information about the product.

Configuration of the entire system

Overall composition

The configuration of the entire system according to the spirit of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Since the present invention supports the similarity determination, registration possibility determination, application induction, dispute induction or brand naming process related to a trademark on a network or a system interworking with the network, each computer is connected to the wired / wireless network 1000. . The system server 1-1 is at the center of performing a specific function such as similarity judgment, and according to the function, the trademark similarity judgment system 100, the product similarity judgment system 200, the similarity judgment system 300, and the possibility of registration It is divided into a determination system 400, an application induction system 500, a dispute induction system 600, and a brand naming system 900. Of course, one system server may perform two or more functions simultaneously. Each function system server has an engine and a DB (trademark DB 700, member DB 710, and various other DBs 750) for performing the function, and a management system for managing the internal or external of the system ( 1100). In addition, the system server 1-1 is connected to the applicant, member or customer (or their computer) 800, which may be an individual but may be a patent law firm 810 or a legal entity or other legal entity. . Applicants, members, and customers may also be connected to portable computer 820. The system server 1-1 is an external agency server 840, a patent office server 1200 (conceptually referred to as the [Patent Office]), a foreign patent office server 1210, domestic and overseas customer company servers 830, 840, and / or a station. It may be connected to various external servers 1220, such as internal and external Customs Service server. Each of these servers may include various data DBs 750 for performing the functions of the server.

Management system (1100)

Introduction of a management system is essential in the course of carrying out some or all of the inventive idea. The management system is composed of a process similar to that of a free service provider on a normal network 1000 that provides a web service to a member or a visitor. The functions performed by the management system include member-related functions such as membership registration, account management, and all procedures related to terms and conditions, billing or payment-related functions that can be combined in each process of the present invention, and storage and backup of various materials ( The management system is in charge of system integrated management functions such as backup) function, communication with external servers, and any additional functions for security and web services.

In addition, in order to access each system, 1) a method of accessing and using a virtual space that provides individual services through membership registration and membership authentication process (or including some or all of the services without membership registration), 2) there may be a method of embedding some or all of the functions of each system or DB into the computer of each user 800 through an online / offline medium, and using the functions of each system in conjunction with a network. The former is usually in the form of a web service, the latter can be in the form of a web interworking solution. Detailed configurations thereof are included in the general technical field, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

DB used in the present invention

DB is widely used in the present invention. These databases generally include trademark DB, product DB, data DB, DB for each system, other DB related to this system, and / or external DB.

The trademark DB includes the contents described in the definition of terminology, in particular, the registered trademark DB 710-1 (this trademark DB includes any matters relating to the registered trademarks—trademarks, designated products, owners and rights relations, applicants, Any information about the registered trademark, such as information on the agent, any bibliographic matters, judgment relations, application history, etc. may be the contents of the registered trademark DB, which is the same for the trademark DB and the rejected trademark DB in the application. .), Pending trademark DB (710-2), rejected trademark DB (710-3), similar trademark DB (710-4), famous trademark DB (710-5), publication DB (710-6), other patent offices The main content may be the data DB 710-7 and / or the related DB 710-8. As a source, a trademark DB may be derived from a patent office and may be unrelated to the patent office (for example, a customer's trademark DB, an unregistered trademark DB, etc.).

The merchandise DB includes the product classification / classification DB 720-1 of the Patent Office (this may include classification and NICE classification), foreign product classification DB 720-2, HS code DB 720 -3), a product dictionary and other product classification DB 720-4, a similar product DB 720-5, and the like. When each product classification system is stored, it becomes a DB by itself. In addition, there is a matching engine 720-6 for establishing a relationship between each product classification system. In other words, the Korean Patent Office has data that has a relationship between classification and new classification. An example of a matching engine is to automatically process this relationship.

The data DB includes trademark processing-related DB (730-1) such as dictionaries, judgment / litigation / precedent data DB (730-2), orthopedic DB (730-3) (730-3), and non-standard DB (730-4). 730-4).

Each system DB 745 has DBs for performing the purpose of the system for each system. The details of these databases are in the description of each system. DB for similarity judgment system (745-1), DB for registration possibility judgment system (745-2), DB for application guidance system (745-3), DB for dispute induction system (745-4), DB for brand naming system 745-5, a management system related DB 745-6, and the like.                     

The external DB 740 includes a customs office registered trademark DB 740-1, an overseas trademark DB 740-2, a registered trademark of each country, a pending trademark, other trademark DB or related DB 740-3, and other external DB. (740-4) and the like.

Other system related DBs (746) include member DB (746-1), competitor DB (746-2), each registration requirement determination rule DB (746-3), each registration requirement data DB (746-4), identification power Element DB 746-5 may be missing.

Similarity Determination System (300 / 1-1)

Concept and Necessity

Similarity determination system 300 / 1-1 refers to any system for achieving the purpose of determining the similarity of trademarks defined in the present invention. The similarity determination system 300 / 1-1 can be broadly divided into a product similarity determination system 200 / 1-1 and a product similarity determination system 200 / 1-1. Therefore, the description of the similarity determination system 300 / 1-1 will be described by dividing the trademark similarity determination system 100 / 1-1 and the product similarity determination system 200 / 1-1.

This is consistent with the practice that, even if the same or similar trademarks are different, if the designated product is different, the trademarks are not entirely similar unless there is a misunderstanding of the source on the basis of the general consumer. However, in the present specification, unless otherwise stated, such as the product similarity judgment (5-2), the word similarity judgment (5-1) is based on the product similarity judgment (5-2).

The trademark similarity determination system 100 / 1-1 is composed of 1) hardware and network 1000, 2) software and various DBs.                     

An external third party may access the trademark similarity determination (5-1) determination system. In this case, the external and registration possibility determination system 400 / 1-1 may be configured to: 1) The trademark similarity determination system 100 / 1-1 may be used. Existing server, 2) at least one user (applicant, customer, member, etc.) terminal, and 3) a network 1000 system connecting them.

Determination of trademark similarity is essential for 1) determining the registration requirements of a trademark, 2) determining the scope of a trademark's rights, and the actions, procedures, requirements, and regulations that relate to, or are included in, sub-concepts thereof.

The criteria for judging trademark similarity may, in fact, be a variety of legal standards, which may be based on the internal or customary standards of each country's legislation or national judiciary (typically becoming an administrative or judicial body for trademarks). can be different. At present, the Korean Intellectual Property Office takes the attitude of judging the similarity by using the appearance, title, idea, etc. as the main judgment factors, and the Supreme Court also judges the similarity on its own basis. However, they are all relative standards, not absolute standards. Therefore, the similarity determination system 300 / 1-1 of the present invention aims to avoid absolute similarity and to derive the degree of similarity based on mathematical, statistical and linguistic models on how similar the target brands are.

Trademark Similarity Determination System (100 / 1-1)

The trademark similarity determination system 100 / 1-1 refers to a system for determining whether a target trademark is similar to other trademarks. The system includes 1) a trademark similarity determination engine 100-1 for determining trademark similarity, 2) a trademark similarity determination rule DB, and 3) a trademark input system for inputting a target trademark to the trademark similarity determination engine 100-1 (2). -1) essentially. In addition, the similarity determination result output system 300-4, the report preparation system 300-5, or the online electronic filing system 300-6 may be selectively combined with the trademark similarity determination system 100 / 1-1. . The same is true in the product similarity determination system 200 / 1-1, and the same in the similarity determination system 300 / 1-1 including both a trademark and a product.

Trademark Similarity Determination Engine (100-1)

The trademark similarity determination engine 100-1 is composed of various programs and a database DB for determining trademark similarity. The programs relate to theories and applications of AI theory, linguistic engineering, mathematical modeling techniques, and other computational methodologies for determining brand similarity.

The trademark similarity determination engine 100-1 is configured as a module for forming a trademark similarity determination rule and an application module for the trademark similarity determination rule 100-2, and is mutually related to the trademark similarity determination rule DB 100-2. Works.

Trademark Similarity Determination Rule (100-2) Formation Processor

Basic process of forming the trademark similarity judgment rule (100-2)

In order for the computer to automatically determine the similarity of trademarks, trademark similarity determination rule 100-2 is required. The trademark similarity judgment rule 100-2 may be of two kinds: a rule that recognizes trademark similarity and a rule that denies trademark similarity. This rule is largely formed through three processes.

First, it is an arbitrary setting step of the rule similarity judgment rule group. This is how a person arbitrarily sets a set of preliminary rules for determining trademark similarity. For example, a person may stipulate that [a] and [a] or [k] and [k] are similar trademark components in a letter trademark. Each of these trademark similarity determination rules 100-2 has a unique identification number, and if applied in practice, each rule may be weighted.

Second, it is a step of judging how well the trademark similarity judgment rule 100-2 is applied through the trademark similarity determination data. In other words, for each trademark pair for which trademark similarity is recognized, 1) determine which trademark similarity recognition rules are applied well and which trademark similarity fraud rules are applied incorrectly, and 2) statistically process them to determine how often Or you can figure out whether it was applied correctly or incorrectly by weight. In addition, for each trademark pair whose trademark similarity is denied, 1) identify which trademark similarity fraud rules were applied and which trademark similarity recognition rules were applied incorrectly, and 2) statistically process them to determine how often Or you can figure out whether it was applied correctly or incorrectly by weight.

Materials for which trademark similarity is judged are called similar trademark DB 710-4, and the following are examples. 1) Trademarks that are legally similar (trademarks based on established domestic and international precedents, trademarks judged by the public office for the Patent Office or other trademarks), and 2) Internal or internal examination by the Patent Office or other administrative agencies in or outside Korea. Documents not publicly or privately judged for trademark similarity, such as domestic and foreign similar trademark casebooks made for reference purposes; 3) Vocabulary or domestic / local phonebooks, applications or registrations issued by the Korean Intellectual Property Office Some or all of the data arranged in a certain order (eg, alphabetical order, based on the language system) may be the similar trademark DB 710-4. It is common for patent offices in each country to have a collection of similar trademarks. Referring to the data existing in the Korean Intellectual Property Office as an example. Similar trademarks or collections of similar vocabulary are, in practice, examples of helpful materials to determine trademark similarity in a mark. Although there is no legal binding force in the similarity judgment, it is an important measure for the judgment of trademark similarity and, in the present invention, these materials can be used as learning materials for the trademark similarity judgment program.

Third, a weight is determined for each of the trademark similarity determination rules 100-2. Naturally, each trademark similarity judgment rule 100-2 does not have the same weight. Therefore, weights indicating how well each trademark similarity determination rule 100-2 is applied need to be determined.

This can be briefly expressed as a mathematical expression as follows.

The degree of similarity = sum {the degree of application of the ith similarity judgment rule * the weight of this rule}

Formation of trademark similarity judgment rule (100-2) through the use of mass DB

The trademark similarity determination rule 100-2 may be extracted by using a large amount of DB for which trademark similarity is determined. Similar trademarks (including foreign counterparts), textual materials listed under a set of rules, such as national dictionaries or industry directories, are examples of large databases. In this database, trademarks that have been judged for similarity during the examination, judgment, and litigation process may be components.                     

Linguistic characteristics can be arbitrarily extracted through statistical methods in large databases that are judged for similarities such as similar trademarks. This can be achieved through conventional pattern extraction techniques in computational statistics. Through this pattern extraction technique, many meaningful patterns or rules can be found by the attributes of the input data even if they are not meaningful or mathematically meaningful. These found patterns or rules may form part of a similarity determination rule and may be weighted according to how often the pattern or rule is applied (ie, the degree of repeatability).

The process of forming the trademark similarity judgment rule 100-2 using this mass DB is as follows.

First, a step of inputting a large DB into the similarity decision rule forming module. In this case, the input may be input by making a similar trademark pair.

The second step is to find meaningful patterns or rules in the similarity decision rule forming module using computational statistical methods. Of course, in this case, a simple pattern or rule may be presented first, and then, how well the pattern or rule itself is applied, or a substructure pattern or rule of the pattern or rule may be found. In this process, the weight of the pattern or rule may be determined.

Third, structure the extracted pattern or rule. That is, the structure of the rule may be configured by upper sub category by classifying a pattern or a rule. This process can be done by humans, or they can select patterns or rules extracted against the practical and linguistic structure of similar judgment.                     

Fourthly, the extracted pattern or rule is reviewed for generality of its application through another similar trademark DB. In particular, it is possible to determine the degree of applicability of the pattern or rule through specific examples determined in the examination, judgment, litigation, and the like.

The above process can also be performed for a database of examples in which similarity is denied. What comes out of this process is a pattern or rule that denies similarity. This denying rule may also form part of the similarity determination rule DB.

Improvement of Trademark Similarity Determination Rule (100-2) Formation Module

The trademark similarity determination rule 100-2 forming module can be improved. The improvement is largely three axis.

The first is to change the weight of the trademark similarity determination rule (100-2) by additionally inputting new data determined trademark similarity, whether or not to apply each rule.

The second is to add or delete a new trademark similarity judgment rule 100-2. In the case of adding, the process of forming the trademark similarity determination rule 100-2 consisting of the above three steps may be followed. In the case of deletion, the weight of the deleted rule may be set to 0, or the deleted process may follow the process of forming the trademark similarity determination rule 100-2, which is composed of the above three steps.

Third, there may be a case where the trademark similarity determination rules 100-2 depend on the characteristics of each trademark. That is, each trademark may be grouped based on a specific attribute, and the weight of the trademark similarity determination rule 100-2 within the group may be determined. In this case, if the contrasting trademark belongs to a particular group, that group is independent of the general weighting, the right shipment, or the weighted average (by weighting averaging the general rule application and the attribute rule application). The trademark similarity judgment (5-1) can be made by reflecting the weight.

Generalization, direct and indirect preparation of the trademark similarity judgment process

There are essentially two judgment processes for similar judgment.

One can essentially reduce the two trademarks (or similarity of n trademarks) to the contrast pairs of the two trademarks. The number of contrast pairs will be at most nC2, but if the problem is centered around one trademark, If you contrast the trademark, it is a process of determining the trademark similarity directly from 2). This process is defined as "direct preparation process".

The other is the process of extracting attributes from each trademark or matching numerical values, and then determining the similarity of each trademark in question based on these attributes or numerical values. This is called "indirect contrast process".

The indirect preparation process can create and store a database that gives attributes or numerical values to a number of trademarks, and has the advantage of processing large amounts of trademarks or problematic DB data at once. The direct contrast process provides a direct contrast of 1: 1, so that the application of the comparison function to the contrast process of the two brands in question can be observed in more detail and directly. Each will be described below.

Direct preparation course

C is called a direct contrast element function vector, and C = C (T1, T2) = [C1 (T1, T2), C2 (T1, T2),... Cn (T1, T2)], where T1 and T2 are trademarks entered into the engine. C1, C2,... , Cn is the direct contrast factor function. The direct contrast function B = B (C) = SIGTC (Wi * Ci), where Wi is the weight. At this time, the direct contrast function vector C may be defined, where C = C (C) = [C1 (C1), C2 (C2),... , Cn (Cn)]. Through this process, a B value or a C value is determined to correspond to both trademarks T1 and T2, and the similarity of the trademarks can be determined by comparing these values (which may be a reference vector or the same) with the reference.

Indirect Preparation Process

X is called an indirect contrast element vector, where X = X (T) = [X1 (T), X2 (T),... , Xn (T)] and (where T is a trademark input to the engine). X1, X2,... , Xn becomes the indirect contrast factor function. The indirect contrast function is defined as Y = Y (X) = SIGTX (Wi * Xi), where Wi is the weight. At this time, the indirect contrast function vector Z may be defined, where Z = Z (X) = [W1 * Z1 (X1), W2 * Z2 (X2),... , Wn * Zn (Xn)]. Through this process, the Y value or the Z value (which may be a reference vector) is determined to correspond to the trademark T, and the similarity can be determined by comparing them.

Determination of weight

The weight (which can be a weight vector (if n is 2 or more), and each weight constituting the vector may be a weight function, is the same above) is then determined to prepare for each trademark in question or a contrasting trademark. Determine a function or contrast function vector. Therefore, the determination of weight is the key to similarity judgment. How to determine the weight is largely as follows.

First, there is a method of determining through a learning process by inputting a similar brand DB (710-4). Algorithms used in the learning process include artificial intelligence techniques (which refer to any technique that results in improved weights due to the input of more accurate data) and other algorithms consistent with the purposes of the present invention.

Second, there is a method of inputting a weight arbitrarily by a person.

Third, there is a method of using a combination of a learning process and a human input process. This is especially useful when determining the initial weights and applying the present invention in part to separate trademark areas. That is, the initial weight may be arbitrarily input, but the process of determining the weight may be improved by inputting various similar judgment cases occurring thereafter, and the weight may be determined at each moment. This is described in detail in the trademark similarity determination rule 100-2 forming module.

Direct Contrast Factor Function

In order to determine the similarity of the two trademarks in contrast, each trademark may be contrasted from various points of view, each of which is a direct contrast factor function.

Indirect Contrast Factor Function

When a property is extracted through an analysis process or a numerical value is mapped to a trademark, the extraction process or the numerical value matching process may be an indirect contrast factor function.

Rule DB

Once the trademark similarity judgment rule 100-2 is determined, the rule is stored and managed in a DB. Each rule may be weighted for that rule, and there may be rules that apply only under certain conditions or trademark attributes.                     

Processor applied to trademark similarity judgment rule 100-2

If there is a trademark similarity rule DB, the trademark similarity determination rule 100-2 may be applied to two or more target trademarks. The steps of its application are as follows.

First is the processing of the target trademark. Allow the trademark similarity determination rule DB 100-2 to be applied (including allowing other determination engines of the present invention to process) the target trademark. Processing, segmentation, analysis, transformation, localization or extracting of essential parts, etc. The rule DB can be applied through the processing of (hereinafter referred to as [trademark processing (2-3)], which is particularly important in the processing of the combined trademark). That is, the rule DB has a form of a function, which is to process the trademark into a form that can be input to the function.

Second is the application stage of each rule. Various trademark similarity determination rules 100-2 are applied to the target trademarks to determine whether the rules are applied, and the result of the determination is output.

Third, the weight is applied to the result of determining whether the rule is applied to finally determine whether or not the trademark similarity.

Trademark similarity can be mathematically expressed as C (T1, T2) = sum (Ri (T1, T2) * W (Ri)). C is a trademark similarity judgment 5-1 function, Ri is each trademark similarity judgment rule 100-2, and W (Ri) is a weight for the rule Ri. At this time, the rule Ri may be dependent on the specific attribute of the trademark group. In this case, the weight may be expressed as W {Ri (Gj)}, where G is a trademark group having a specific attribute, and W {Ri (Gj)} denotes the weight of Ri when the trademark corresponds to a specific j attribute. Say.                     

Application of trademark similarity judgment rule (100-2) and reporting evidence of trademark similarity judgment (5-1)

Evidence for the determination of trademark similarity needs to be presented and needs to be output to users or other parties. This output is referred to as the basis of trademark similarity judgment (5-1), which includes 1) whether each trademark similarity judgment rule 100-2 is applied, 2) the weight of the rule, 3) the basis of the rule's formation, 4) When various rules are applied, one or more of the statistical processing results in the case where each weight is applied. Performing this process results in the similarity determination result output system 300-4 or report generation system 300-5.

Input of target trademark

Concept and Necessity

Trademarks are defined differently in each country's legislation, and the Korean trademark law defines the elements of a trademark by combining colors with symbols, letters, figures, or a combination thereof or each of them. Among these components, the material of similar judgment in the idea of the present invention is 1) a symbol or a character that is imported into a domestic or foreign language or symbol expression system (the image is converted into an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program). Computer-recognized characters.), 2) The data entered by the person judged by the target trademark (when the [heaven thousand] is drawn in the circle) Seeing an existing trademark and entering characters recognized from that trademark (such as looking at an image containing TIFFANY, a character representation of something that has entered the human perception system such as TIFFANY, tiffany, or Tiffany) or a new picture Inputting the meaning of the reported figure into an input field of the idea of [new], etc.), and 3) that the person who intends to apply or search for [sound] The minutes include a representation of a character is an input destination of the Trademarks Yu determination system to handle a computer.

Processing (2-3) of target trademark

Depending on the nature of the target trademark and the attributes of the input trademark of the trademark similarity determination engine 100-1, processing may include the following.

First, it is the work of localization or language unification. For example, in order to judge the trademark similarity between [Tiffany] and [Tiffany], the unification work of language (Hangulization refers to a special case of unification of language unification into Korean. Essentially the same as unifying). In this case, we need to localize the Tiffany. This localization work has been described in the section on English localization described later.

Of course, you can work without language unification. In other words, if there is Tiffany, it can be judged by itself, or it can be determined by changing to Hangul, or both can be performed at the same time. Of course, in the case of Korean and English (for example, a trademark consisting of Tiffany at the top and Tiffany at the bottom), both should be judged.

Second, processing each trademark so that the rule DB can be applied directly. For example, if the rule is an arrangement of consonants and vowels, an example would be to divide Tiffany or Tiffany's Korean characters into consonants and vowels in order.                     

Third, when a trademark is a combined trademark, it may be processed to extract only the distinguishing ones from each trademark.

Fourth, the processing (2-3) of the target trademark can be converted into a system that can be recognized by the computer.

Fifth, as a premise in each judgment processor, it is possible to first determine which language system the trademark component is in. There may be a combination of a Korean and a foreign language only in the Korean language. When a foreign language is included, an internalization process may be performed internally, or an applicant may request input of a Hangul pronunciation corresponding to the applicant. Of course, you can also proceed in a foreign language itself. In the case of a trademark in which both Korean and English are written in the upper and lower sides, considering that it is the position of the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the determination processor of the present invention may proceed separately from Korean and foreign languages. This is especially true when the meaning or pronunciation of a foreign language is not related to the written Hangul. For example, if there is a correlation, such as in the case of [tiffany] at the top and [tiffany] at the top, various decision processors may be performed on only one or both of them. However, if there is no relevance or lack, such as [Fab] at the top and [SAMSUNG] at the bottom, it is necessary to proceed with various judgment processors for both.

The trademark DB of the Korean Intellectual Property Office is open to the public in the state of being localized or processed at a certain level.

Discrete Element DB (746-5)                     

Elements without discernment are not subject to comparison in trademark similarity judgment (5-1). Therefore, it is necessary to extract only the distinguishing elements in such a manner as to remove the non-identifying elements among the elements constituting the trademark. Hereinafter, a method of finding an element without discernment will be described.

Unidentifiable trademark component discovery process through mutual DB

Analyzing mutual phone book DB, business phone book DB, and registered company DB (hereinafter referred to as [correlated DB]), where data on company or business companies are accumulated, has no common name or discernment. You can find many syllables, words, words, and more. The non-identifiable element obtained through this process becomes a component of the DB with no discriminating element. This process is as follows.

First, retrieve each other from the related DB. At this time, although there may be one type of mutually related DB, there may be a plurality or a plurality of types of DB.

Second, they perform a mutual segment. Segment means to first determine whether a mutual name is a combination of two or more meaningful phrases, and in this case, the characters constituting the name are regarded as a combination of two or more phrases having minimum meanings, and extract each of the phrases. In this case, whether or not the meaning is meaningful is a variety of dictionaries such as Korean dictionaries, abbreviations such as abbreviations dictionaries, and other idioms of general industry ([public works, [building], etc., abbreviated as civil construction industry)). Can be used as a reference to identify In addition, one trade name may be capable of two or more types of segments. In this case, two or more types of segment pairs may be stored independently in a DB. When there is a special internal standard, a different weight may be assigned to each segment pair. Can also be stored in DB.

Third, the segmented DB can be sorted or counted to store the degree, frequency, and frequency of repetition of specific syllables, words, words, etc. independently or in groups. . In other words, if the mutual group is a construction related mutual, it is possible to find the components of the mutual which are frequently used in the construction related mutual.

Fourth, the degree of repetition, frequency, number of times, and the like can be compared internally with a given criterion to identify that there is no discernment. The criteria may be given uniformly for the entire trade name, but may be given differently for each trade group.

Through this process, the non-identifiable part of the trademark can be extracted.

Industry-specific phonebooks can be used to extract indistinguishable elements from specific industries. Extracting non-identifiable elements is in principle the same as using a mutual directory DB. However, what can be found through the sector-specific telephone directory can be found in the trademark components that are not identifiable in a particular upper or lower sector or sector. For example, in the medical industry, [clinic] can identify information that is not discernible. In this case, when a correspondence relationship is established between the upper or lower industry type or the industry type group and the industry type, a corresponding relationship of 1: 1, n: 1, 1: n may be established with the designated service industry. This response process may identify trademark components that are indistinguishable for the designated service sector corresponding to a particular higher or lower sector or sector.

Identification process without identification through trademark DB

The process of analyzing the above non-identifiable trade names can also be applied to the trademark DB. At this time, the trademark may be processed in all of the premise trademark, or by each class, group designation product or other unit group. In addition, a trademark entered in the analysis may be a group having certain attributes in relation to a registered trademark, a pending trademark, or a trademark. Through this process, it is possible to identify elements that are not or lacking in identification by category, group, and designated product. The trademark DB input in this process may be not only a registered trademark DB 710-1 but also a DB containing information about a pending trademark DB 710-1 and a rejected trademark. In particular, the non-identifiable element extracted only through the rejected trademark DB may be given more weight than the non-identifiable element found through other DBs. In particular, a greater weight can be given to non-identifiable elements extracted from a database that has been rejected by applying the regulation on technical expressions (Article 6, Paragraph 1, No. 3 of the Trademark Act).

These non-identifying elements are stored in the non-identifying element DB. This DB may contain information about elements that are not discernible only when combined with designated goods, groups or classes.

Problem of Combo Label

Concept and material of problem

Trademarks that can be decomposed into two or more trademark components are called combined trademarks. Since a bond is usually a combination of a number of components, it is problematic to extract the strength and discernible portion of the bond. It is important to note that separate trademarks are separated by elements of the combined trademark because it is the precedent of a separate observer unless the combined trademark is inseparably bound and it is unnatural to separate and identify. The following is a processor on how the system automatically separates when a binding label is given.

Lumbar extraction engine

The main part extraction engine refers to an engine that extracts the distinguishing part from the combined trademark, and has the following configuration and procedure.

Separation steps

When there is a trade mark, the first task is to separate it into its components. In the natural language processing technique, the character part of a given combined trademark is cut using the cutting rule. Morphological separation may be a criterion of the cutting rule. What this requires is a morphological analysis engine.

The process of separating trademark components through the stemming engine is as follows. First, the binding trademark is input to the stemming engine. In this case, when the combined trademark is spaced, 1) the spaced unit may be a separate element, or 2) the morpheme may be separated again within the spaced unit.

Second, when the morphemes are separated by each other or by other criteria, a plurality of cut sets may be generated. This cutting set is stored in association with the binding label. In the case of determining discrimination or similarity of the combined trademark later, the presence or absence of discrimination power can be judged by the individual cut parts constituting the set for each of the plurality of cut sets.

Elimination of non-identifiable parts

Commonly used stock companies, firms, unions, etc. (including foreign language counterparts) should be removed because they are not discernible. The DB for the lack of such discrimination power can utilize the extracted elements with high commonality through the analysis of the phone book DB. At this time, it can utilize the element DB without identification.

The verbs and adjectives in the dictionary or their modified forms (changes in verbs, derivatives, etc.) may in principle be indistinguishable, especially when applying the technical labeling rules. This is especially true when the other parts of the combined trademark are not discernible.

Truncated parts that are not in the nouns or the dictionary DB are not removed in principle, and the process proceeds to a later registration decision process. The cut part may be a common name or a common name in relation to the designated product, and the presence or absence of the discrimination power thereof is determined by the registration possibility determination system 400 / 1-1 described later. The same is true when geographical names are combined.

It is possible to determine the remaining part after removing the adjective letter from the trademark formed by combining the adjective letter.

Element DB without discernment

You can cut the phone book, website address, or other personal names and business names through the cutting rules, and then check the frequency of occurrence of each cutting element. At this time, the occurrence frequency is higher than a certain internal standard, it becomes an element without discrimination, and this stored becomes the element DB without discrimination. Normally, Co, www, com, etc. do not have discriminating power.

Associate a trademark DB (including both domestic and international applications and registered ones) with a designated product that uses that trademark and, on the basis of the classification unit, corps unit, or the designated product itself to which the designated product belongs; Can be analyzed. That is, by cutting each trademark of the trademark DB, the occurrence frequency of the specific cutting element can be examined for the specific designated product, the group to which the designated product belongs, the class to which the designated product belongs, or the whole product. At this time, it is considered that there is no discrimination when the cutting element appears at a frequency higher than or equal to a predetermined standard with respect to a specific designated product, a group to which the designated product belongs, a class belonging to the designated product, or the whole product. The non-identifiable element is stored in a relational state with respect to the designated product, the group to which the designated product belongs, the class to which the designated product belongs, or the whole product, thereby forming an element DB without discrimination. [Home] /] home] may not be discernible with respect to confectionery and household goods.

The fact that a person's attention is not usually discriminated by the public's attention can also be a factorless DB. In addition, the fact that discrimination is denied through precedent or judgment may be added to the element DB without discrimination before or after.

Lumbar extract

The non-identifiable part of the combined trademark is removed and the distinguished part of the remaining trademark is called the main part. Each of these points can be subject to trademark similarity judgment and registration possibility judgment.

Language processing system

Concept and Necessity

Trademarks filed in the Republic of Korea often contain foreign languages as a component. This is similar to the fact that each country includes non-Korean elements as trademark elements. In this case, when the country to which the present invention is applied is the home country, the native language may correspond to the home country, and when the language system of the native language and the language system of another country become trademark components, the problem of foreign language Occurs. It is described herein under the assumption that the present invention is practiced in the Republic of Korea for convenience of description. Therefore, the word "Korean" or "Korean" is used to represent the native language, and the word "English" is used to represent all foreign languages other than the native language. In the case of Korea, the native language may be Korean, and the foreign language may be English, Japanese, French, Chinese, etc.

The necessity of the language processing system is as follows.

First, it is a matter of trademark similarity judgment. For example, [tiffany] and [tiffany] can be regarded as similar, but it is a question of how the computer recognizes the similarity. At this time, matching or removing tiffany and [tiffany] is the job of the language processing system.

If this process is extended, language processing is required for the national language constituting the trademark in various trademark DBs (exceptional case for determining similarity based on foreign language) or foreign language. In general, language processing is also required in various dictionaries and other elements used in various judgment processes related to trademarks in the present invention. In other words, the language can be judged similarly only when there is a language processing process that unites or relates the language.                     

Second, it will be a problem in determining the possibility of registration. There is no possibility to register under the generic name if you filed the trademark [APPLE] with an apple as a designated product. At this point, the question is how to connect the apple and [APPLE]. In this case, a dictionary is required, and if the designated product is an apology or if the trademark is [APPLE], a document in which the name of the designated product is translated into English or a document for translating the trademark is required.

Thirdly, because computers are inherently incapable of thinking, they are only able to perform various processes only when the standard of processing is unified (when there is relevant information, it is uniform based on the information). do. Therefore, the language processing system becomes a problem in some or all of the processes to which the present invention is applied.

Characteristic

When a trademark component includes a foreign language, it has the following characteristics.

First, the appearance is different. That is, King, king, and wang are similar in concept but are completely different in appearance. Conversely, the appearance may be different but the concept is similar. And even if the appearance is different, such as [tiffany] and [Tiffany], the title may be the same or similar. There may also be two or more language expressions in a trademark.

Second, the title can be generated by looking at the foreign language part of the emblem containing the foreign language, and the title can be written in Korean so that it has a certain degree of 1: 1 correspondence in the Korean language. One-to-one correspondence means that one language can be mapped to one foreign language as spoken or read, as is [CHANEL] to [CHANEL]. Although a certain degree of correspondence can be pronounced as [CHANEL] in [CHANEL], it can also be pronounced as [SANEL] or [CHANEL], so one or more foreign languages can be corresponded to one foreign language. It is said that Koreans represent the same foreign language without a big difference.

Third, when a foreign language is a word included in a dictionary, a part of a word, or a combination of words, a phonetic symbol or a Hangul-Roman (foreign language) notation existing in the dictionary may be used.

English of Korean

The most important factors in determining the similarity of labels are appearance and title. At this time, if the language constituting the emblem is different, the problem of similarity of appearance is greatly reduced, and the problem of title and concept is raised. This section focuses on the issue of title. The idea of analogy is not addressed here because it can be solved by looking up a translation or a Korean-English (Korean-English) dictionary. The Korean language of English determines similarity based on Korean language. However, if you go through the reverse process of mapping English to Korean, you can change Korean to English. In this case, similar judgments are made based on English.

Titles in English may correspond to one or more languages. Therefore, when English and Korean are to be compared, titles are mainly the center of comparison, and there may be a voice-to-speech comparison and a corresponding character-to-text comparison for voice comparison. Normally, the comparison of voice is to compare the voice data of the English emblem and the Korean emblem under specific criteria to determine similarity. Character comparison is to compare the titles corresponding to English with the Korean characters. If the Korean character is converted into a comparison problem between the Korean language and the Korean language, it is a question how to translate the English language into Korean.

Use of International Phonetic Symbols

Phonetic symbols in the dictionary if the English element of the trademark is a word in a dictionary or a combination of words in the dictionary (to the extent that the part of the trademark is a word in the dictionary) Based on this, the Korean character can be converted accordingly. Depending on the letter system and phonetic system of each country, it may not be possible to completely correspond to each phonetic character or phoneme to one phonetic symbol. That is, when there is a method of reading the specific phonetic symbol under the language system of the country, it is possible to match the phonetic symbol or symbol group to Korean phonetic notation corresponding to the reading method. The DB used in the process of implementing this is the phonetic alphabet corresponding DB.

In most countries, there is a notation based on the country's linguistic system of English, which is defined by the country or its authority to establish public, academic or other standards. By using these notations, the Korean language can be mapped to correspond to each English itself or the phonetic symbols of the English language. In other words, the DB required in this case is largely a dictionary DB and a notation DB.

Using Hangul Romanization

Each country usually has a notational system in which the names, names and other words of its own nationality are written in two or more foreign languages. An example is the Hangul alphabetic notation, and the corresponding English Hangul notation exists in the United States. There may be a variety of notations for this notation, such as national standardized, de facto standard, made by individuals or specific organizations, and the present invention utilizes some or all of them.

Use nearest vocabulary phonetic symbols

If the English is not in the dictionary but a part of the English language constitutes a part of the word existing in the dictionary, the Korean characters can be mapped to the English language. When the part of the English becomes part of two or more words instead of a part of one word existing in the dictionary, two or more Korean characters may be formed based on phonetic symbols and the like corresponding to a part of each dictionary. The same applies to the case where two or more portions are present in English. In this process, if English is not fully processed and part is left, it can be converted into Korean language by using the Hangul alphabet notation, or by using phonics or other parts of the dictionary closest to the rest. Can be.

How to use segment symbols

Many English (used to represent English in general) are sometimes marked with phonetic units (syllables, etc.) in dictionaries and Korean dictionaries. Usually, syllables indicate that the center point (in the present specification, [?] Is used as the center point in the notation), spacing, or any other means of identification means that a group of spelling units becomes a pronunciation unit.

For example, if there is a word identify, if there is a segment symbol of i den? Ti? Fy, the phonetic symbol corresponding to the segment symbol is often segmented. For example, the following notation may be used. [ai? den? ti? fai] In this case, the segmented spells I, den, ti, fy, etc. are referred to as the segmentation order group, and the phonetic symbols ai, den, fi, fai, etc. are referred to as segment pronunciation. .

Korean pronunciation may be displayed in response to segmental pronunciation. For example, [ai] can correspond to [child], [den] to [den], [ti] to [ti], and [fai] to [pie]. These [ai] etc. are called [fractional pronunciation notation corresponding Korean pronunciation notation].

Corresponding relationship between English notation and Korean notation can be obtained by following the following process with Korean phonetic notation.

First, a plurality of words are extracted together with a pronunciation from an English dictionary marked with segments. Sort by each segment spelling group while maintaining the correspondence between the segment spelling group and its segmentation notation. Through this process, you can find the various spelling groups that make up the English words, and find the corresponding phonetic marks for each group. In this case, the same segment spelling may have different pronunciations in the group, in which case a weight based on statistics may be applied. That is, if one segment pronunciation notation has two pronunciations, and each of them is in the ratio of 70% to 30% according to the analyzed data, the two segment pronunciation notations correspond to one segment spelling group, You can assign weights of 70% and 30% (of course, you can ignore 50 and 50%).

Second, the Korean pronunciation may be corresponded to the segmentation notation. The Korean alphabet may correspond to a phonetic symbol constituting the segmental phonetic notation, or the Korean syllable may correspond to the phonetic notation itself.

Third, through the above process, it is possible to correspond to each segment spelling group, segment pronunciation notation, and the Korean pronunciation notation. In this case, if the segment group has two or more pronunciations, the Korean phonetic notation may be corresponding to each of them, and the weight may follow. This final notation is referred to as [segment spelling group corresponding Korean notation].

If there is an English notation as a component of a trademark, the application of this segmental spelling group corresponding Korean notation is as follows.

First, segment your English to include as many segmented spelling groups as possible. (Of course, you can use the English dictionary (including the human dictionary) to find the longest word in the English notation and make the first segment by word. It may be changed to Korean notation corresponding to the segmented segment spelling group. If it is possible to segment in a plurality of ways, it may come out in a plurality of corresponding Korean notation. Of course, it may also be output in the corresponding Korean display to which the weight (based on the probability) will be given.

How to use a trademark that uses both Korean and English

Many trademarks contain Korean and English at the same time, such as [TIFFANY] at the top of the trademark and [Tiffany] at the bottom. Based on the correspondence system of Korean and English, the method of using the nearest phonetic symbol or the method of using segmentation symbol can be utilized.

How to use other correspondence

You can also use other pronunciation and character matching rules. Word smart, published by Princeton Review Publishers, displays the pronunciation of each English word in its own unique system of notation. As such, a new arbitrary notation system can be conceived for expressing sounds for each language, and those marked with these notation systems can be targeted for trademark similarity judgment.

Generalization of Correspondence and Application of the Invention Idea

By using the above methods, the title portion of the trademark in English can be mapped using the phonetic notation of Korean, Japanese, and French.

First, in the case of English, other English may correspond to the place, and the Korean language of the country to be translated or converted may correspond to the place of Korean. That is, in the case of carrying out the present invention in the United States, in the case of a trademark including a Japanese filed in the United States, English, Japanese, and Korean, English may be entered in Korean.

Second, the process of figuring out which language is used to apply the above invention idea can be combined. Korean, Japanese, Chinese, etc. are not a big problem because the notation of the language system is different, but if the alphabet is a notation system may cause problems. It can specify a country if there is a characteristic of each language's writing system (eg umlaut markings in German). If it is difficult to specify a country, the country in which the present invention is applied has the least frequent order of languages using the notational system (here, alphabet) (for example, English, French, German if the alphabet is used in Korea). To specify a country.

Where and how to solve language-related issues

At present, a number of trademarks in foreign languages or foreign character systems are used, which is a universal phenomenon worldwide. Problems related to language are as follows, and the solution is as follows. Unless otherwise specified herein, language processing may already be assumed.

Trademark DB establishment

When building a trademark DB, a trademark in a foreign language can be selectively constructed in Korean. In other words, it can look at the appearance of the trademark and can write the pronunciation of the trademark can be written in Korean. The Korean Intellectual Property Office stores a trademark component in English with the Hangul notation written as it is spoken.

Trademark Similarity Determination (5-1)

In determining similarity, a trademark in a foreign language may be translated into Korean and Hangul, or may be judged as a foreign language or a foreign language. If any foreign language trademark has been translated into Korean by an official such as the KIPO, it may be consulted first. When judging from Hangul versus Hangul, various Korean pronunciations of one foreign language trademark can be written, and thus, each of them can be determined. At this time, the pronunciation of each Hangul pronunciation for a foreign language can be timed and the similarity determination process can be performed under that notation.

Judging possibility of registration

When storing a common name, a conventional name, a geographical name, etc. in a DB, the main foreign language notation including English may be written in parallel, or the main foreign language notation viewed from the viewpoint of the country in which the present invention is used may be stored in parallel. If there is a trademark in a foreign language, it can be judged by the Korean language by the Korean language, or judged from foreign language to foreign language.                     

Unidentifiable component

There may be some non-identifying components in foreign languages. For example, Co. Ltd, etc., these may be stored as non-identifying components DB as non-identifying components.

Product similarity judgment system (200 / 1-1)

Introduction

In general, although similar marks are similar, certain legal effects may not occur in the legal system related to the mark such as trademark law or unfair competition prevention law, if the object using the mark is not similar. Therefore, in the present invention, the same and the like of designated goods are dealt with together. However, each country's Patent Office and Patent and Trademark Office establish standards for product classification, and NICE classification system is adopted in many countries internationally.

The principle of similarity between designated products is to be a judgment that considers each country's legal system, precedents and examination practices. However, in the present invention, judging by considering one or two or more of the application of the classification system of goods in the examination practice of each country, the NICE classification system, or the classification of merchandise.

Product Similarity Determination Engine 200-1

Concept and Necessity

The product similarity judgment engine 200-1 refers to the similarity of products (including similarity of service industries) and the similarity of goods and services industries (typically, this is regarded as a problem of [identity] in the Korean trademark industry). It consists of various programs and a database (DB) for judgment. The programs relate to theories and applications of artificial intelligence theory, linguistic engineering, mathematical modeling techniques, and other computational methodologies to determine similarities.

An external third party may access the product similarity determination system 200 / 1-1. At this time, the external and registration possibility determination system 400 / 1-1 may use the following information: 1) the product similarity determination system 200 / 1-1. This server consists of 2) at least one user (applicant, customer, member, etc.) terminal, 3) a network 1000 system connecting them.

The product similarity determination engine 200-1 is configured as a module for forming a similarity determination rule, a product DB 770, and an application module for applying the similarity determination rule, and interact with the product similarity determination rule DB.

How to Form Product Similarity Determination Rule 200-2

In order for the computer to automatically determine the similarity of the goods, the product similarity judgment rule 200-2 is required. There are three ways to make the product similarity determination rule 200-2.

First, it is a method that utilizes various classification systems set in advance for the convenience of legislation or administration such as designated products, designated services, or NICE by trademark-related administrative agencies such as the Patent Office.

Second, the merchandise classification system, the HS code classification system, or other product classification systems.                     

Third, judicial organizations such as the Supreme Court and administrative agencies in charge of trademarks are used.

Fourthly, one or two or more of the above three methods are integrated.

Stage of similarity judgment rule 200-2

Type of Rule Group

First, a random setting step of the product similarity judgment rule 200-2. This rule group consists of three major groups.

1) As a general standard, for example, under the Product Classification Criteria Table under the Korean Trademark Act, if a product is different, it is a similar product. Products belonging to the same group of the same class are similar products.

2) As a concrete standard, it is a method to determine the similarity between specific designated products by using specific examples determined by the judiciary agency such as the Supreme Court and the administrative agency in charge of trademark affairs. For example, if the Supreme Court judges that a futon and an electric futon are dissimilar, then certain designated commodities, futon and electric futon, may be dissimilar.

3) A new standard can be set by combining the above. For example, if a futon and an electric futon are dissimilar, other goods in a certain group of the particular class to which the futon belongs to and other commodities in a specific group of the particular class to which the electric blanket belongs are set similarly.

Expansion of Rule Group                     

Expanding the above logic is as follows.

In general, it is a method of identifying similar products belonging to a lower class below a certain level in product classification, NICE classification, or any other classification system, and identifying similar products belonging to a lower level below a certain level. This classification criterion may have a domestic or foreign classification.

A job is usually closely related to the services it provides. In the United States, there are about 300,000 occupations classified and classified, and the Republic of Korea is classified into about 50,000. In this case, a corresponding relationship may be made between the classification of the occupation and the classification of the designated service industry, and in this case, the occupation classification may be used to determine the similarity of the designated service industry. In other words, if the similarity of a specific designated service industry is a problem, this fact may be the basis for determining the similarity of the designated service industry when the occupation or occupational group corresponding to the designated service industry has the same, similar or common parts. .

2) Specific standards should respect general standards, but can supplement specific inconsistencies that occur when applying general standards by using specific examples determined by law enforcement agencies such as the Supreme Court and administrative agencies in charge of trademark-related work. . In other words, the application of the standard is to apply the general standard first, and not to conclude with the general standard alone, to examine whether there is a specific standard, and to output the conclusion according to the general standard if there is no specific standard.

That is, in the step of establishing the similarity judgment rule 200-2 group, it is necessary to set the similarity judgment rule 200-2 group, find an exception specific example that is not in compliance with this rule, and store, manage, and apply both as a DB. It is the key.

Distance weights

The trademark law stipulates that classification of products is not a basis for judging similarity, but the classification table reflects knowledge of product similarity based on decades of examination practice. Therefore, it is possible to actively use this product classification / classification table DB 720-1 when automatically identifying product similarity, one of which is the distance weighting method. The location of a particular product on the classification table is 1) within the classification unit, 2) within the group classification unit, and 3) within the group. In addition, products with high similarity are often located close to the military classification. In addition, the number of designated products in one group may be large or may not be many. In many cases, there is a commodity segmentation, and this proves that the market is bigger or bigger. Therefore, when judging the similarity of a particular product, one may choose to examine the distance between the two products. In other words, if the distance between the two products in the group is far apart, the relative dissimilarity may be high, and may also be applied between the group within the group.

For both products, the following formula can be applied. First, the detailed position of each classification criteria belonging to both products is required. Normally up to the military is given a code system. For example, G1111 is a product belonging to the 11th group of merchandise. , Instantaneous water heater, warm air heating device, warmer, water heater, hot water heating device, steam heating device, brazier] are indicated by the specific brand name.

Distance between both products on product classification table / categorization DB 720-7 = sum {(distance between highest classification criteria * weight for highest classification criteria) +... + (Weight between lowest classifiers * weight for lowest classifiers + (distance within highest classifiers * weights for lowest classifiers)}

Each weight may vary and may be modified to reflect the specific judgment result derived from the examination, judgment, litigation, and the like.

Simultaneous Use of Classification and NICE Classification

Using distance can also be used in the following ways. If there is a designated product to be prepared, this product can be judged at the same time by applying similar judgment criteria in the new classification and classification. If the distance between the products is close on the classification and the distance between the products on the new classification, it can be judged that the degree of similarity of the products is statistically higher than that of the products. That is, whether or not the product similarity criterion is applied (for example, whether it is in the same group) or the distance on the new classification and the classification, the total of the distance between the two classifications or a certain weight is given to each classification criterion (new The smaller the sum of distances (60% for classification and 40% for classification), the higher the similarity of goods.

This concept can be extended to other product classification criteria. For example, you can check the distance or degree of similarity between two products on the basis of HS code, and calculate the total of distances between classifications, new classifications, etc., or the total weighting distances given a certain weight to each classification criteria. The degree of similarity of the product can be determined. Designated services can be matched with a occupational classification system, such as a occupational classification dictionary or occupational yearbook.

If there is a classification of the product classification table / classification table DB (720-7) and the NICE classification, there may be a connection or correspondence of a specific product. Using this, information similarly judged by various precedents and judgments on the classification can be applied to the NICE classification.

Weight setting step

Second, in this case, when there is data that the products of these two groups are judged to be similar in another case, that is, when there is a case against the judgment of similar or dissimilarity in the military group, the similarity of the group is determined. For example, a method of setting weights (0 to 1, weights may be set by reflecting the number of conflicting cases or judgments) may be used.

This will be described in detail as follows. If there is data judged on the similarity of goods, 1) check the group to which each product is compared, and check whether there is any data judged by precedent etc. for each product belonging to both groups, For example, if there are 10 designated commodities in the group to which the futon belongs, and if there are 20 designated commodities in the group to which the futon belongs, then a combination of 10 * 20 commodity groups will be produced. 2) If judgment data are available, the number of positives and negatives of similarity can be identified and weighted based on the similarity (for example, out of 200 pairs). If there are comparative data for five pairs, one of the five affirms similarity and four deny the similarity. A method of giving such values.)

Expanding the above logic is as follows.

According to the criteria of the Korean trademark examination, if the classification is different, they are not similar, and if they are the same within the same classification, they are considered similar. However, the case is judged by the general consumer's attention to reflect the specific status of the trading society to determine the similarity by whether misunderstanding of the source occurs.

In this case: 1) If there is a relationship between different subclasses that exist in the horizontal level under the same higher class (for example, classification of goods) under the same classification system (for example, classes are the same and different groups), 2) (3) In the case of a relationship between a (designated) service industry that is highly related to a (designated) product, and 3) the above logic may also apply to the case of both goods under different classification schemes, and in the case of goods and services.

Establish weights for these rules by establishing general rules for similarity between specific comparison targets (e.g., product A and service sector), and analyzing and verifying how well they apply. The steps can be performed.

DB required

The following DB is required for product similarity judgment (5-2).

First, to the goods and services industry such as DB (including classification and new classification DB) for designated goods and designated service industry, product classification DB on HS code / code DB (720-3), merchandise product classification DB, and occupation classification DB. DB is required.

Second, it is a DB that reflects information on a particular product or product group (service industry, service industry, and product and service industry) that are recognized or denied similarity in the examination, judgment, litigation, etc. In this case, weights may be differently applied to each judgment such as an examination, a judgment, and a lawsuit at each stage. In other words, the weight of the judgment shown in the Supreme Court case may be different.

Third, it is a DB related to the product similarity judgment rule 200-2. This DB may contain information about the product similarity determination rule 200-2 and specific practical examples contrary to the rule. These rules may be weighted for the formulas that apply them and the application of those rules.

The first DB is the narrowest product DB, and if the first and second are included, the broadest product DB is the broadest product DB. In the description of the present specification, the product DB uses the term product DB as the broadest concept for the convenience of description without special mention.

Product Similarity Determination (5-2) Processor

The product similarity judgment (5-2) method is as follows.

Basic course

First is the specific process of goods. In the case of a normal trademark application, the designation process of the designated product corresponds to this, but it is possible to specify the product without presuming the application. The methods for product identification can be largely as follows.

1) A product classification table / classification table DB 720-7 is provided to a user of this system to specify a product by stepping through the order of goods, group, and goods.

2) Enter a keyword or a product desired by the user, and display the singular or plural products or the product or group of products to which the product is optimally matched and input the final selection of the user. How to receive.

3) Provide a product classification table / classification table DB (720-7) different from the product classification table / classification table DB (720-7) (for example, HS code / code DB (720-3) classification table, etc.) The product may be specified by matching the product classification table / classification table DB 720-7 with the product classification table.

Second, the specified product is referred to the product similarity determination engine 200-1. This inquiry process may occur during the specific process of an individual product, but may also occur after all products have been specified. The product similarity determination engine 200-1 queries the DB regarding the product similarity determination rule 200-2, and searches for a recognized product or related service business that is identical or similar to the specified product. This process can be done together with or independently of the trademark similarity judgment 5-1. That is, a trademark similarity judgment (5-1) is made before or at a specific moment of the product first, and a product similarity judgment (5-2) is performed within a range of the designated product of the trademark for a trademark whose similarity is recognized. You may. In addition, although there may be a similarity determination of the trademark prior to the similarity determination of the product, the similarity determination of the product may be performed first.

Third, the product DB is queried based on the product similarity determination rule 200-2 to determine the similarity of the specified product.

Extension process

Various recommendations may occur in the specific process of the product. When the user selects one or more products, the recommendation may recommend similar products, related products, or designated service businesses to the user. The criteria for recommendation are: 1) various designated goods or designated services within similar ranges of the product selected by the user, and 2) designated goods or designated services, reflecting information on which other products or designated services are selected by those who select the product. . The details of the recommendation process are detailed in the application derivation process.

Formation and Renewal Process of Rules for Determining Similarity between Trademark and Product

The process of forming and updating the rule of similarity between the trademark and the product will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

First, a trademark similarity judgment rule is extracted (4-2) based on a similar trademark collection / similar trademark DB (710-4) or various DBs related to similar trademarks (710-4a) or a trademark similarity judgment rule is input (4). The weight of the trademark similarity judgment rule is set in the manner of processing by -1). (4-3) This forms the trademark similarity judgment rule DB. (4-4)

Second, the product similarity judgment rule is extracted based on the similar product collection / similar product DB 720-5 or the various DBs related to the similar product 720-4a (4-6), or the product similarity judgment rule is input (4). The weight of the product similarity judgment rule is set in such a manner as to process the product similarity rule. (4-7) This forms a product similarity judgment rule DB. (4-8)                     

Third, enter this rule into the update engine. At this time, the update engine enters the examination / decision / preceding data (4-10), the JPO announcement data (4-11), the rejected data (4-12) or / and other data (4-13). Based on these data, the update engine generates an updated trademark similarity judgment rule DB 760 (including an optionally updated weight) and an updated product similarity judgment rule DB 770, and includes a trademark DB, a product DB, and the like. Update other related DBs.

Similarity Determination Processor

The similarity determination processor is as follows.

Trademark / Product Entry Steps (2-1)

Enter your trademark and merchandise (2-2). There are two ways to input.

The first is that human input. A person may enter a title or the like of the trademark in letters in a trademark in which figures and the like are combined. In this case, there may be several ways of inputting one trademark, and each of them is determined to be a valid input.

Second, it reads from DB and inputs automatically. In this case, if the information on the character part is added (the DB provided by the Korean Intellectual Property Office has information on the character part in connection with the image data of the trademark), the character part is automatically accepted and entered. The letter portion can be recognized from the trademark image data through the method of OCR (Optical Character Recognition).

Processing step (2-3)

Similarity judgment is largely a product similarity judgment (5-2) and a trademark similarity judgment (5-1), so they can be processed at the same time, or a method of judging either one first. Both differ only in the order of internal processing, and the results observed externally may be identical. Usually, designated products are often designated from the list of designated products, and the batch processing regulations (such as non-like products if the classification in the JPO's examination criteria are different, and presumed to be similar products if the groups are the same) Since there may be cases, making the product similarity judgment 5-2 first can reduce the amount of data processing. On the contrary, there is a method of searching for similarity of trademarks first and searching for similarity of goods. Separate it below.

Unilateral and bilateral

It is called one-sided problem to judge similarity and possibility of registration in comparison with a trademark of an unspecified majority (mainly DB) about one trademark. This is mainly a matter of application, examination, objection or invalidity judgment. In this regard, both problems refer to the comparison of one trademark with one or more specified trademarks. Hereinafter, it describes based on one problem.

Product priority processing (product processing process (2-3))

The first step is to read the target trademark and the specified designated product. When there are a plurality of designated products, the above and subsequent steps are repeated for each product. The designated product is compared with the product classification / division table DB 720-1. If the product is in the product classification / classification table DB 720-1, check the identity with the product in the product classification / classification table DB 720-1. It goes through a court-designated commercialization process to find the nearest product.                     

Second, a product that is recognized similarity with a specific designated product or a designated product that has undergone a legally designated commercialization process is determined in the product classification / division table DB 720-1.

Third, the product DB is searched for products that are recognized for similarity. Here, the product DB is due to the Patent Office, and it is a trademark that has been registered or has been registered (or is not trademarked for one year or less after registration-because of Article 7, paragraph 1, 8 of the Korean Trademark Act) and its trademark. It is a DB that stores related products. Whether the DB is inside or outside the JPO. The search extracts an existing trademark for each product whose similarity is recognized as the designated product. This process creates [existing pairs of trademarks], each of which is a component of a similar product.

Fourth, the similarity between the target trademark and the existing trademark is determined through the trademark similarity determination system 100 / 1-1. Since the similarity of the goods has already been determined, only the similarities of the trademarks matter.

Fifth, collect the results. The target trademark is compared with all existing trademark pairs, and the comparison result is stored in the DB according to the processing method of the similarity judgment system 300 / 1-1. If only one of the existing trademark pairs is similar, the result should be similar, and if the judgment of similarity is above a certain level (if the internal standard is 70%, the determined degree of similarity is above 70%). For all data that exceed, you can print from the one with the highest similarity.                     

Brand Priority Process

The first step is to read the target trademark and the specified designated product.

Second, trademarks that are recognized for similarity with the target trademark are extracted from the trademark DB. At this time, it can be arranged from a trademark having a high degree of similarity.

Third, the designated products of the trademarks are extracted for the trademarks that are recognized for similarity. For trademarks that are recognized for similarity, [existing trademark pairs] are made up of each of the goods and trademarks as components.

Fourth, the similarity judgment between the designated product of the target trademark and the product is determined through the product similarity determination system 200 / 1-1. Since the similarity of the trademark has already been determined, only the similarity of the product matters.

Fifth, collect the results. The designated product of the target trademark is compared with all the designated products of the existing trademark, and the comparison result is stored in the DB according to the processing method of the similarity judgment system 300 / 1-1. If only one of the existing trademark pairs is similar, the result should be similar, and if the judgment of similarity is above a certain level (if the internal standard is 70%, the determined degree of similarity is above 70%). For all data that exceed, you can print from the one with the highest similarity.

Miscellaneous issue

Applicant's identity

If the applicants are the same, the determination of similarity is unnecessary unless it is a matter of trademark 1 application. Therefore, if the information on the applicant or the owner does not matter from the beginning in the similarity search of the trademark, it shall be separated. If the applicant or the owner is specified, the above processing is performed except when the applicant is the same in the similarity judgment data. Proceed.

When there are a lot of designated products

When there are a number of designated products, they are logically essentially the same as when there is a designated product, but under some specific circumstances there are ways to speed up the processing. To this end, when there are a plurality of designated products, it is possible to determine where the designated products are arranged in the product classification / division table DB 720-1 and the attributes (such as the same group of the same class) of the arrangement.

First, it is the processing of the smallest group unit where the similarity of the designated product, which is the basis of internal examination by the KIPO, is recognized. That is, when the designated product belongs to the same minimum group unit, the minimum group unit can be treated as one product and processed at once.

Second, if the minimum group units of the designated products are different, the first process described above is performed for each of the minimum group units.

Statutory Commercialization Process

The court-designated merchandising process refers to a merchandise classification / delimitation table when an applicant or the like inputs his / her designated product arbitrarily, rather than specifying a product in a legal merchandise classification / delimitation table DB 720-1. It refers to a process of changing to a statutory designated product in the DB 720-1. This process is related to Article 10, paragraph 1 of the Korean Trademark Act and applies even if the foreign trademark law has the same purpose. This process can occur a large number in the process of applicants search for, apply for, or derive a trademark on the network 1000. In particular, rather than specifying a specified product by selecting a product in the product classification / division table DB 720-1 (selection method), the applicant or the like inputs the specified product by himself or the designated product when inducing the application. This is more useful in the process of automatic extraction.

First, it is checked whether the designated product inputted by the applicant or the like is a product on the product classification / division table DB 720-1.

Second, if the product is not on the merchandise classification / classification table DB 720-1, the merchandise entered by the applicant, etc. and the nearest merchandise on the merchandise classification / classification table DB 720-1 are searched for. The method of finding is to find the place where the inputted product is located in the product DB or the product science dictionary, and the same, similar or common part is identified with the product category of the upper category of the place where the product is located or other products in the equivalent category. The product which is higher than the standard is searched in the product classification / classification table DB 720-1. 2) If the product entered by the applicant is a higher concept of the designated product on the merchandise classification / classification table DB 720-1 (for example, [shoes] is not present on the merchandise classification / classification table DB 720-1). Instead, there are specific sub-category products, such as soccer shoes and tennis shoes. Contrast with the goods on the table DB 720-1, or present the product classification / division table DB 720-1 to the applicant or the like.                     

Third, the applicant selects and confirms the designated product.

Result output step (300-4)

Representation of Similarity Judgment

Since the similarity between trademarks is closely related to the similarity between products, if there is a trademark and a designated product, the similarity determination process proceeds as follows. In order to be confused with both trademarks in question, the trademarks must be similar and similar. Therefore, one, two, three, or N-dimensional matrices expressing the data structure of the judgment on the similarity judgment or the manner in which the data structure is revealed or the processing of the similarity judgment to create the data structure and the result of the processing. ) Can be thought of.

1-dimensional matrix

The one-dimensional matrix refers to determining only the similarity of only one of the trademark or the product. In other words, if there is a trademark or product in question, the trademark or product that is most similar to the trademark or product may be arranged in one column on a logical level. The elements that make up each array may contain evidence of similarity.

Evidence data may include essential similarity judgment rules, whether or not exceptions are applied to the rules, precedents related to the exceptions, and various additional data that can increase the reliability of various statistical values and similarities. In addition, when the user requests for the output of the evidence, the evidence may be separately output to the user in the form of a report.

Two-dimensional matrix

The two-dimensional matrix refers to determining overall similarity that simultaneously identifies similarities between trademark and product. At the top left, there may be the trademarks most similar to the particular trademark in question, and the designated products most similar to the designated goods, and vice versa, arranged at the bottom right of the right. Small arrays can result in arrays.) The elements that make up each array can be combined with supporting evidence for similarity judgments.

3D Matrix

Three-dimensional matrices can be used when there is a question of the tightness or relationship of goods and services. That is, when a specific designated product has a close relationship with a specific designated service industry, including a similarity problem with another product, the similarity with the designated service industry needs to be considered together. Therefore, it is necessary to grasp the three-dimensional similarity with the concept axis in the height direction.

n-dimensional matrix

In case of using different product classification criteria (service industry classification criteria), applying only a specific part of the trademark or product similarity judgment rule 200-2, or determining the similarity by changing the weight of each rule in some or all of the rules. The matrix requires three or more dimensions. In this case, however, the logical processing method is the same as above.

Comprehensive judgment expression                     

In the above dimensional matrix representations, the results of the comprehensive judgment of the similarity between the trademark and the product can be collectively expressed in the order of similarity. There may be numerical (80% similar, etc.) or gradual expressions (identical, very similar, highly similar, etc.) of similarity in this comprehensive expression. Can print In addition, the information on the counterpart trademark to be compared also includes any expression means for displaying the counterpart trademark (the trademark image itself, a unique number (application number, serial number, registration number, etc.) for the trademark, and other trademarks thereof. : 1 In the case of acting as a click on any corresponding means), any information on the trademark can be extracted from the DB and output.

Report Writing System (300-5)

The reporting system of the similarity judgment result is any system related to how the output of the similarity judgment result is expressed. If there is only one designated product, it can be expressed as above. If two or more designated products are selected, the result can be output as follows.

First, as a result of comprehensive judgment on the similarity, the similarity can be output in descending order.

Second, the result of the basis of the similarity determination can be output as the user's request or default. The similarity determination engine may present the user with information on how well the similarity determination rule is applied to the trademarks and products to be input during the application of the similarity determination rule.                     

Third, if there is an existing trademark that the similarity is recognized to a certain degree or more, information about this can be presented to the user. To this end, 1) an arbitrary number of unique identifiers such as an application number and registration number can be used to inquire in real time to the DB of the KIPO, or 2) if information on an existing trademark is found in a trademark DB, the information can be extracted from this. Can provide. In the case of 2), the contents of the trademark DB may be different from that of the JPO, so it may provide information to the user after checking with the JPO DB.

Trademark Registration Possibilities Determination System (400 / 1-1)

Concept and Necessity

A trademark registration possibility determination system (400 / 1-1) that provides a system for automatically and semi-automatically examining whether or not a registration requirement is satisfied for a particular trademark registration application by providing a judgment on the possibility of registration and the basis for the determination. This is called.

In the Korean Patent Office, the trademark registration rate is only about 30% compared to the trademark registration application (1999 statistics), and about 70% of the trademark registration applications are filed with a considerable number of applications that do not meet the registration requirements.

The judgment of trademark registration requirements is a high level legal judgment and cannot be ruled out by the judge. However, the present invention can not only provide evidence or refusal evidence for their judgment, but also help the convenience of searching at the level of users who lack expertise in general law, Make a first or second judgment about this, saving you time and money.

Trademark registration requirements vary from country to country. However, the present invention shall be described based on the trademark law of Korea and Japan, and even if each country has a different legislation, essentially including similar judgments of trademarks and designated products constituting a part of the registration requirements are included. . That is, each country's trademark law includes some or all of the trademark registration requirements described below. Under the laws of each country, some or all of the following may be used to determine the possibility of trademark registration.

Trademark Registration Probability Determination Processor (400 / 1-1)

The similarity determination / registration determination process will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 11 as follows.

First, there is a process of inputting a trademark / good (2-2) and processing of a trademark / good (2-3). In this regard, a trademark similarity judgment (5-1), a product similarity judgment (5-2), and a result of the judgment are prepared in a report (5-3).

Second, independent of the first process, it is possible to carry out the registration possibility determination process (5-4) and to prepare a registration possibility determination report (5-5).

Third, when the report is output (5-6), the report is transmitted and the application intention from the recipient (5-7) is received, the online electronic filing process (5-8) / (530) can proceed. have.

11 is a conceptual flowchart for a registerability determination processor.

First, there is input of a trademark / designated product (2-2), and processing for the trademark / product (2-3).

Second, a trademark / product is entered into the detailed registration possibility determination engine 11-1 for the first registration requirement, and the determination engine determines the detailed registration possibility determination rule DB (11-3) and the first registration for the first registration requirement. Use the detailed registration possibility judgment data DB (11-2) on the requirement to determine whether registration is possible under the first registration requirement (11-4), and prepare a judgment basis report (11-5).

Second, perform the first decision process (11-6) above for final registration requirements from the second.

Third, the results of the detailed registration possibility determination engines for each registration requirement are synthesized (11-7), the comprehensive judgment on whether registration is possible (11-8), the judgment basis report preparation (11-9), and the results are output ( 11-10).

This will be described below.

Configuration

A description with reference to FIG. 13 is as follows.

The registerability determination system 400 / 1-1 is largely divided into a registerability determination engine 400-1 and a registerability determination DB 400-2 (detail registration possibility determination rule DB 400-2] a to 400-2. n)) and detailed registration possibility judgment data DB (400-2a ~ 400-2n)) and reporting system. Since there are a plurality of trademark registration requirements (trademark law should not be the reason for rejection in a broad sense, and in consultation the requirements of Articles 6, 7, and 8 of the Trademark Law), there are also a number of detailed engines for judging the requirements. There should be dogs.

This system should, of course, include the trademark / goods entry process (2-1), trademark / goods entry (2-2), trademark / goods processing (2-2), trademark DB (700), judgment There is a result output system 300-4, a report preparation system 300-5, and an online electronic filing system 300-6 may combine.                     

An external third party may access the registration possibility determination system 400 / 1-1, whereby the external and registration possibility determination system 400 / 1-1 may be: 1) the registration possibility determination system 400 / 1-1. This server consists of 2) at least one user (applicant, customer, member, etc.) terminal, 3) a network 1000 system connecting them.

Registerability Determination Engine 400-1

The engine that determines the registration requirements of the trademarks in each country's trademark law is called a registration possibility determination engine 400-1. This engine combines and processes the results from the detailed registration possibility determination engine 400-1a to 400-1n and each of the detailed registration possibility determination engines 400-1a to 400-1n to determine each detailed registration requirement. It consists of.

DB with filtering

Filtering refers to extracting and removing a certain trademark by satisfying or not satisfying a desired condition by searching a DB having a certain property. And, to perform filtering, data DB is essential. The trademark and the designated product are inputted into an engine that determines each registration requirement (actually, a non-registration requirement) and proceeds in a manner of determining whether or not it corresponds to the requirement.

For example, suppose a trademark registration requirement is that a trademark should not consist solely of distinguished geographical names. In order to know whether a given trademark falls under this requirement, a database with a prominent geographical name is required, and an engine for determining whether the trademark corresponds to a prominent geographical name is needed. In addition, the reporting system outputs the result of this judgment.                     

Working processor

The operation method of the registration possibility determination engine 400-1 is as follows.

First, it is a step of receiving a trademark and a designated product. At this time, the processing of the trademark may be performed (2-3) before inputting.

Second, the registration possibility is determined by each detailed registration possibility determination engine 400-1a to 400-1n. At this time, the detailed registration possibility determination rule DB (400-2) a ~ 400-2] n)) and the detailed registration possibility determination data DB (400-2a ~ 400-2n) for the application of the rule is determined. The judgment of likelihood can be quantified. For example, the common mark is as follows.

The names of the detailed registration possibility determination engines 400-1a to 400-1n may be referred to as "the common mark regulation application determination engine." An example of a rule that constitutes a rule DB may be [the common mark when the trademark (ruby) is a sub-component of the classification to which the designated product (apple) belongs in the product DB.] Detailed registration possibility judgment data DB400-2a-400-2n becomes a product DB. In this case, the application result of the specific detailed registration possibility determination engines 400-1a to 400-1n may be digitized.

Third, the result of each detailed registration possibility determination engine 400-1a to 400-1n is synthesized to determine whether registration is possible. If the possibility of registration is applicable to any one of each detailed registration possibility criterion, the possibility of registration is denied. Therefore, the result can be weighted accordingly.

Fourth, the determination result is output. In addition to the comprehensive judgment at the time of printing, a report on the judgment of each detailed requirement and the basis of the judgment can be provided to the applicant.

Special case

If a preceding trademark is a concern, a judgment can be made regarding the possibility of conditional registration.

For example: 1) A pre-registered trademark may provide information that the pre-registered trademark is pending an invalid trial or cancellation trial, in which case the consequences of application of the law may vary depending on the outcome of the trial or litigation. The report can be synthesized and output to the applicant.

2) It may be less than one year since it is expired, but a report on how the law is expected to expire within a certain period of time or other extinguished trademarks works in relation to the trademarks of the applicant or the like may be printed.

3) If an application trademark is a problem, the application that has expired under the trademark law has no effect of excluding sponsorship. Therefore, the applicant can compose and output a report to the applicant, etc. by scenario on the legal status, effect, or possibility of future occurrence of the application. Can be.

Registration possibility judgment DB (400-2)

Basic registration possibility judgment DB (400-2)

The registration possibility determination DB 400-2 may include the following elements.

First, detailed registration possibility determination data DB (400-2a to 400-2n) for each detailed registration possibility determination engine (400-1a to 400-1n). The data DB is a component of the data that contains detailed information corresponding to the screening criteria or other knowledge accumulated in trademark examination, judgment, and litigation practice. For example, when the screening criterion is about [range of geographical names], a DB having a geographic name corresponding to the range is an example of the detailed registration possibility determination DB 400-2.

Second, each detailed registration possibility determination rule DB (400-2) a to 400-2] n). This decision rule is composed of rules for determining whether or not to apply to each detailed registration requirement, such as trademark similarity decision rule 100-2. For example, in the case of prominent geographic names, an example of the rule is 1) rules for judging whether or not they correspond to items on the judging criteria of each country, 2) rules for judging whether they correspond to abbreviations of geographic names, and 3) In the case of a prominent geographical name in a foreign country, there may be many Koreans expressing it. Therefore, there may be a rule for determining whether the standard name is within a certain level of similarity (for example, Paris-Paris and Paris).

expansion

learning

Learning mechanisms that are important in artificial intelligence theory can be used to update each database and to refine the judgment of registerability. If there is a judgment on whether to register in an application review, trial, or lawsuit, the materials can be learned for each registration requirement. For this purpose, there is a learning routine utilizing artificial intelligence, and based on the input data, the DB update is made and the registration mechanism determination mechanism is further refined. As this process accumulates, the mechanism for determining registration requirements becomes even more substantial.

Reporting system

The configuration of the reporting system is conceptually the same as the similarity determination system 300 / 1-1. However, since there are a plurality of registration possibility determination elements, they may be divided into a system for reporting the determination result for each requirement for each requirement and a system for reporting the combined results.

How to judge by trademark registration requirement

Trademark registration requirements can be identified separately from general registration requirements and specific registration requirements. The general registration requirement usually determines registration requirements by considering only the relationship between the specific target trademark itself or the designated product of that trademark, apart from its relationship with other trademarks. The specific registration requirements are mainly the requirements for determining whether to register by making a comparative comparison under the relationship with other trademarks (you may also consider the relationship with the designated product of that trademark).

Common and Common Names

Common name

Whether it is a common name is judged as follows.

Trademarks entered into the registration possibility determination engine 400-1 (including processed trademarks and cut-off trademarks. If part or all of same) is same as designated product name, it is output as common name. Even if it is the same as that translated into some foreign language, such as English, it can be judged by a normal name, and even if it is the same as the upper category of the designated brand name. The common name is the common name if the trademark is identical to other language expressions of a designated product by querying a given English-Korean or English-Korean dictionary.

Common emblem

To determine the existence of a common mark, a DB for a common mark is constructed through the following process. First is the destruction of the brand name. Trademarks are assigned by shredding them based on groupings of registered or pending trademarks and other trade names in use, grouped by each designated product, by product used, by product group to which the product belongs, and by product group to which the product belongs. The brand name is broken into syllables, words, words, and other designated units, and the broken syllables, words, words, and other designated unit names are assigned to each category by each designated product, used product, or product group to which the designated product belongs. When assigned, syllable groups correspond to each category. At this time, syllables, words, words, and names of other designated units that are overwhelmingly included in each category are likely to be common marks. These constitute a common emblem DB.

NICE classification / product dictionary / dictionary DB (720-2) / HS code / code DB (720-3) and common name common name

Products correspond to the NICE classification and the HS code / code DB 720-3, which are standardized worldwide. Therefore, by using the NICE classification or HS code expressed in each language, the corresponding foreign language expression of the product name can be obtained. In this case, you can find the common name in a foreign language. The process of identifying the trademark [Apple], which is an apple as a designated product, is a common name, by searching a designated product DB (NICE classification DB) in another language system corresponding to the specific designated product.                     

If you have a more detailed product classification table than the NICE classification or the old product classification table, you can find common and common names. Examples of more detailed classifications may include an HS code / code DB 720-3 collection, a product information sheet (price information, etc.), a product dictionary / dictionary DB 720-2, and a domestic or foreign product classification collection. In addition, the classification codes used internationally are Harmonized System (HS), Standard International Trade Classification (SITC), United Nations Common Coding System (UNCCS), UN / SPSC (UN / Standard Products and Services Classification), NICE (International Classification of Goods Services), SKTC (Standard Korean Trade Classification) and EAN / UCC (European Article Number / Uniform Code Council) and Universal Product Code (UPC). These can be combined to achieve the goal. In addition, if there is a product to be compared on these classification systems, whether or not the similarity of the product can be confirmed through a method of evaluating the distance between the products.

In addition, it is possible to use a product studies dictionary or product information DB that classifies products in much more detail than NICE classification. As an example of the product information DB, such as [price information sheet], [occupational classification table] which shows the prices of various products, product details for various consumer price surveys utilized by the National Statistical Office, and other product classification table / categorization DB DB (720) -7) may be an example.

Technical emblem

Whether or not it is a descriptive mark is filtered through the following DB.

First, whether it is an absolute property label or not is used in various dictionary DBs for property labels. In the case of transliteration of adjectives and verbs in the various languages of the dictionary (such as [resolve] in the detergent), the appearance of a change in the ending or of a verb (these are called "conjugated") is likely to be a mark of property. high. The following are necessary to determine technical marks:

Technical marks are often used as adjectives, verbs, or variations of them. In Indo-European languages such as English, adjectives, verbs themselves, or their common variations (passive, superlative, etc.) are overwhelming, and language systems such as Korean undergo severe modifications, unlike English systems such as English. Therefore, in order to judge verbs and adjectives, there must be an engine for determining the language of a country and for processing a language modified according to the characteristics of the language. This is especially true of Korean.

First, it is a database of adjectives and verbs in Korean and foreign languages. This DB may include adjectives, verbs, and their conjugations in which all or frequently used Korean dictionaries are used. 2) In the case of a foreign language dictionary, different standards may be applied depending on the degree of recognition of the foreign language in Korea. In the case of a familiar language such as English, the elementary, middle school, high school or university level vocabulary (the elementary and middle school high school vocabulary is mandatory. (Of course, it can be applied to everything.)                     

Second is the terminology DB for each field. The specialized field may build a terminology dictionary based on a product group unit or a product group unit below it. That is, there is a classification system for each field in the technical terminology dictionary, etc., and the system may be used by matching the system with the merchandise classification / classification table DB 720-1. In this case, just by analyzing and statistically processing the telephone directory of each other and extracting the part without identification, each part of the field can be processed in a similar manner to find the part without identification only for the designated product related to the area of specialization. One example is pharma in the pharmaceutical field.

Third, thesaurus dictionary DB may be used to determine whether the property mark is indicated by the designated product. A thesaurus is a dictionary that combines synonyms, synonyms, related words, and related expressions for a heading.

Fourth, it is possible to use the trademark DB 710-3 rejected because of the technical marks. Since technical marks often express the nature or shape of a particular product, a technical mark is a technical mark if a particular product has its properties or characteristics, and if it does not have the properties or characteristics, it is likely to become a trademark that may mislead the quality or the consumer. Because it is high. This DB may be an example of domestic or foreign audit standards, reference materials for examination, data judged by a judge, a judge or a court.

Fifth, a DB can be constructed for each component of the technical mark of each country's trademark law. The place of origin is closely related to the geographical name, and the quality or efficacy is usually expressed as an adjective or verb itself or as a form of utilization. Raw materials can be obtained from a material related DB in commodity science. Since the vocabulary expressing the period is limited, it can be processed with time-related DB. The production method, processing method, and usage method can be filtered by using the terminology dictionary DB in the case of verbs, verbs used or specialized technical fields.

A prominent geographical name

For example, one of the trademark registration requirements is that the trademark registration requirement does not consist solely of a prominent geographical name, map, or abbreviation. First, there must be a prominent geographic name DB that falls within the range of geographic names corresponding to the prominent geographic names defined in the law or examination guidelines. This prominent geographic name DB should include the abbreviation in parallel if there is a prominent abbreviation of that geographic name. (As for maps, etc., it is a matter of figure or figure, and not of text. This is dealt with in figure.) Overall information about geographical name can be extracted from map DB, postal directory DB, administrative area system DB or tourist destination DB. In addition, filtering this database by criteria found in legal or judging guidelines can create a significant geographical name database. Of course, human intervention may be necessary.

Common surname

Common surnames, names, etc. can be used by surname dictionaries from around the world. When this requirement is applied at each country level, it is determined by using the surname dictionary or telephone directory database of each country. If a foreign surname is also included in the judgment, a database of information on how many surnames are in the country can be used. This information DB can be determined by using a DB formed based on information on foreigners' surnames such as foreigners registered in government offices, visa issuance records, and tourist lists.

Other Registration Requirements

Violation of public law

Whether it is against public order or morals, you can use the review practice or slang dictionary database.

National flag

For the provisions of Article 7 (1) 1, 2, 3 of the Korean Trademark Act and the same purpose of foreign countries, detailed registration possibility determination engines 400-1a to 400-1n and / or its DB for each regulation Can be built. For example, prominent international organizations are often exemplified in the examination standards of each country's patent offices.In addition, DB for international organizations registered in the United Nations, etc., for only a certain number of registered members or a certain number of members is established. Can be. The same is true for public interest organizations.

Distinguished Brand DB

DB for domestic or foreign famous trademarks (hereinafter referred to as famous trademark DB) can be established. Prominent trademarks can be made through DB published by the patent office or customs office of each country.

Etc

In addition, a DB suitable for each registration requirement can be formed, and these various DBs can be created by inputting actual cases, judgments, judgment cases historically accumulated during the litigation process, and guidelines for actual examination. In addition, it can be updated in real time or in a certain period of time.

Also, each detailed registration possibility determination engine 400-1a to 400-1n may correspond to each clause of the law, and may store the result of the determination in relation to each clause of the law.

Trademark DB similar to registered trademark

It is possible to build a DB for trademarks similar to the registered trademarks, trademarks similar to the ones that have been extinguished within one year, and registered trademarks (collectively referred to as [priority trademarks]). The property of this DB is that data addition and deletion occur frequently.

The preceding trademark DB is made by processing a trademark-related publication issued by the JPO as a source. The JPO has various notices regarding trademarks, which are generated online or offline (CD-ROM, etc.) by electronic (digital) or printing methods, and can update the preceding trademark DB by collecting, extracting, or inputting them. have. The updated data can be transmitted to the person or system related to the implementation of the present invention, and the computer of the person who receives the data can update his DB.

Foreign registration possibility judgment system (400 / 1-1)

It is a system to find out whether a Korean trademark can be registered in a specific foreign country such as Japan. The essential structure of this system is very similar except for the system for checking the possibility of registration of Korean trademarks in Korea and only the detailed configuration differences due to the difference in registration requirements for each country. This goes through the following processors:

First, select a country to look for trademarks, products and registration possibilities. The system recognizes a country, and if there is a registration possibility determination system 400 / 1-1 for that country, it can query the system therein. Otherwise, information about trademarks and designated products is transmitted to a system that can determine the likelihood of registration in that country at a foreign or other location compatible with the system. In this case, if there is a uniform code for the designated product (classification code according to NICE classification), only the code can be provided. If the identity of the designated product is not maintained, the nearest designated product is designated as the designated product. The possibility of registration can be determined for the product. At this time, the registration possibility determination system (400 / 1-1) of the country may go through the process of processing the trademark (2-3).

Second, the registration possibility determination system 400 / 1-1 based on the country is inquired of the registration possibility. In some cases, the country-based registration likelihood determination system (400 / 1-1) reviews only some limited registration requirements, not all registration requirements. For example, a site in Japan (such as the Japan Patent Office) may only perform a similarity search for a trademark, and in this case, a similarity judgment may be made rather than a judgment on the whole possibility of registration. For this purpose, the process of processing a trademark (translating into Japanese, transliteration, etc.) may be presumed so that the system can be inputted into the system. At this time, if the country and Korea have the same requirements in the detailed registration requirements, some of the common registration requirements may be determined under Korean standards. This may be particularly useful if the country does not provide a registration requirement determination provided by the registration possibility determination system 400 / 1-1 in Korea.

Third, the result of the registration possibility is output, and optionally, the source data is translated as it is or in Korean. When the determination of the possibility of registration (including the likeness or not) is performed outside of the internal system, the information may be transmitted to the system and output to the user.

This can be particularly useful in the designation process of designated countries in international registration of trademarks under the Madrid Protocol. In other words, if there is minimal information about the possibility of registration in a particular country, the processing of part (especially the part of the application) or the entirety of the international application of the trademark (the application of the trademark under the Madrid Protocol to a foreign country) is carried out online. May be applied in the selection process of the designated country.

The similarity determination / registration determination process will be described below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 11.

First, there is a process of inputting a trademark / good (2-2) and processing of a trademark / good (2-3). In this regard, a trademark similarity judgment (5-1), a product similarity judgment (5-2), and a result of the judgment are prepared in a report (5-3).

Second, independent of the first process, it is possible to carry out the registration possibility determination process (5-4) and to prepare a registration possibility determination report (5-5).

Third, when the report is output (5-6), the report is transmitted and the application intention from the recipient (5-7) is received, the online electronic filing process (5-8) / (530) can proceed. have.

11 is a conceptual flowchart for a registerability determination processor.

First, there is input of a trademark / designated product (2-2), and processing for the trademark / product (2-3).

Second, a trademark / product is entered into the detailed registration possibility determination engine 11-1 for the first registration requirement, and the determination engine determines the detailed registration possibility determination rule DB (11-3) and the first registration for the first registration requirement. Using the detailed registration possibility judgment data DB (11-2) on the requirements, it is determined whether registration is possible by the first registration requirement (11-4), and a judgment basis report is prepared (11-5).

Second, perform the first decision process (11-6) above for final registration requirements from the second.

Third, the results of the detailed registration possibility determination engines for each registration requirement are synthesized (11-7), the comprehensive judgment on whether registration is possible (11-8), the judgment basis report preparation (11-9), and the results are output ( 11-10).

Application Induction System (500 / 1-1)

concept

The system for inducing trademark registration applications for domestic or foreign trademark users or those who intend to use is referred to as an application derivation system 500 / 1-1. In the present specification, regardless of whether or not an actual application may occur as a result, it refers to an application object when the present invention is practiced under the name [applicant].

The derivation system includes a system 510 for discovering preliminary trademark registration applicants, a system 520 for generating and sending a report on a trademark registration application to them, and completing the application on the network 1000 when they file a trademark registration application. It consists of a system 530 that allows. 6 and 7, briefly described step by step as follows.

First, when the applicant induction data DB 7-1 is input to the applicant discovery engine 540, the applicant extraction detail engine 541, the trademark extraction detail engine 542, and the product extraction detail engine 543 operate to operate the DB. Analyze (6-6) to find trademarks, products and applicants. At this time, the identification system 560 is operated to obtain various information related to the applicant's identity and the applicant, and determine the applicant candidate. (6-2)

Second, the similarity judgment (5-1) or / and registration possibility determination (5-2), run the report generation system 300-5 to prepare a report, and deliver it to the applicant. This is in detail the process of report synthesis (5-3 / 5-5), report output (5-6) and report transmission and reception (5-7).

Third, if the applicant decides on the application (6-6), the trademark / commodity is determined (6-1), and when the billing process (6-2) such as settlement is in progress, the electronic patent application process (6-3) or The application is sent to an online / offline application system 300-6. At this time, an additional procedure (6-4) and a CI / trademark production process (6-5), such as appointing an agent, may be combined.

This will be described below.

Trademark Register Applicant Discovery System (510)

Concept and Necessity

The trademark registration applicant discovery system 510 refers to a system that serves a purpose of automatically or semi-automatically locating a person who is highly likely to apply for a trademark registration using IT-based technologies such as network 1000 technology and DB technology.

The use of IT-based technologies not only saves time and money, but also includes the necessary means of automation, which can lead to the discovery of multiple trademark applicants in a short time.

Configuration

The trademark registration applicant discovery system 510 essentially includes 1) the applicant discovery engine 540 and 2) the application guidance data DB 550, and optionally 3) the trademark registration possibility determination system 400 / 1-1 is added. Can be.

Applicant Discovery Engine (540)

The applicant discovery engine 540 refers to an engine that extracts the applicant, a trademark to be applied, a designated product, and the like, which are candidates of the applicant, from the application guidance data DB 550 such as information and data input to the engine.

At this time, there may be two or more applicants corresponding to the same or similar designated product for the same or similar trademarks. This is especially the case when the trade name or phone book is used as the application derivation material DB 550.

Applicant discovery engine 540 is composed of 1) Applicant Extraction Detail Engine 541, 2) Trademark Extraction Detail Engine 542, and 3) Commodity Extraction Detail Engine 543 from the Application Guidance Material DB 550.

Application induction material DB (550)

The application inducing material DB 550 may be any digital content including DB material, and preferably, the textual content is a good application inducing material DB 550. Therefore, a representative example of the application guide material DB 550 is the text content DB. Examples of the text content DB may be the majority of those that can be the application-inducing material DB 550 in the present invention, such as newspaper articles, industry or trade directory, yearbook. This application inducing material DB 550 includes information on the subject of the application to be the applicant, information on identifying the access point to the applicant, information on the mark to be applied for the trademark, the product to be designated product, or the like. It should contain information about one or more of the service sectors, or be able to identify it directly or indirectly.

Application derivation data DB (550) is a formal DB (730-3) having a common framework of various sub-information under a formal format and an amorphous DB (formal form) without a formal format such as the absence of a classification system or a sentence type ( 730-3). Examples of the former include a telephone directory of each industry, various DBs related to business registration, various DBs related to taxation, a list of member companies of various groups or groups, a shopping mall DB, a living information DB such as a flea market, a price information sheet, a product information sheet, a distribution information sheet, and various yearbooks. , DB, which collects information on what kind of company produces, manufactures, sells, and distributes, and various DBs that classify companies by directory method under various criteria. For example, a database that collects information about suppliers of various goods or services in a region.), A company information database, such as a country, a public institution, a public interest organization, a public entity or group, a commercial or non-profit purpose. There may be a DB created by a group or group, a trademark publication DB (710-6), a trademark registration publication DB (710-6).

Examples of the latter include articles such as newspapers and magazines, e-mails (such as newsletters), advertisements (e-catalogues, etc.), websites, signs, business cards, etc. This may be a representative example. Among those provided through an offline medium, it is assumed that the information is digitized through an input means such as an OCR, or the information is transmitted to the offline medium, and a person extracts only the information suitable for the present invention and inputs it into a DB.

Hereinafter, as a representative example of the structured DB 730-3, a newspaper article DB will be described as an example of the industry-specific telephone directory DB and the amorphous DB 730-3.

Business or Industry Directory

An example of an application inducing material DB 550 may be a mutual or industry specific telephone directory. The information found in these directories is 1) trade name or name, 2) the name of the business or the nature of the business, 3) the classification system of the business to which it belongs and the location of the business under the classification system, and 4) a telephone number and address. One or more of the, homepage, or email address.

The trade name or name in this information may be the subject of a service mark, and in some cases, if there is a product related to the industry, it may also be the subject of a trademark. In this case, the trade name or name may be the subject matter of the trademark as it is, but a modification or processing by a part of the trade name or a predetermined rule may be the target of the trademark. This is especially true when the name of the industry or the nature of the industry is combined (modern construction), or other non-identifiable parts (co., Ltd., Sanghoe, Co., etc.) are combined with each other.

The business name or the nature of the business (such as construction) may be directly or indirectly related to the intelligence service industry. Direct means the name of the type of business or the word that indicates the nature of the type of business, as it appears in the product / service business classification table, or exists with a substantially 1: 1 correspondence. Indirect means the name of the type of business or the nature and product of the type of business. The service sector classification table has a one-to-one correspondence with a weak but one-to-many or many-to-one correspondence. This correspondence can be handled automatically.

In addition, for this correspondence, a DB in which a business name in the telephone directory or a correspondence relationship between the type of business and the goods / service business classification table is set may be used. The DB that has established this correspondence can be created not only in the telephone book but also in relation to any DB that shows the name of the business or the characteristics of the business, such as a business registration DB and a tax related DB.

In order to ensure more accurate correspondence, the classification system of the industry to which the industry belongs, the location of the industry under the classification system, and the goods / services business classification table can be mapped. In this case, this process can be handled automatically or you can make a DB that manually sets the correspondence.

In this case, automatic processing can be performed as follows.

First, when the classification system of the industry to which the industry belongs and the name indicating the location of the industry under the classification system have a 1: 1 correspondence with the name of the trademark / service business, the classification system of the industry to which the industry belongs and the classification system The name of the position of the type of industry under the following is corresponded as it is.

Second, when there is a 1: 1 or majority: 1 relationship, a 1: 1 relationship is established for each of the plurality.

Third, if there is no surface correspondence, do as follows. 1) Examine the classification system of the industry to which the industry belongs and the name of the classification system or location above or below the name of the location of the industry under the classification system, and the correspondence relationship described above. 2) Analyzing the classification system of the industry to which the industry belongs and the number of trades belonging to the location of the industry under the classification system, and what is common in the cross-groups (especially if the business is combined with the industry, eg For example, in the case of industries such as Hyundai E & C and Samsung E & C, it is a common example of [construction].

Example of derivation of application through phone book DB

Introduction

In case of inputting the DB number of each industry or company as an input DB, 1) can directly induce the application of service mark, and 2) can indirectly induce the application of trademark. Usually in the telephone directory or the like is information on the name or trade name of the service provider, and this name or trade name is often the subject of a service ticket. However, a trademark may be applied for the purpose of using the same trade name or name in the products it manufactures, processes, certifies, or sells. Here, it demonstrates centering on inducing application of a product. There are two main cases of the case where the mutual users do not know the information related to the product and the case where it can be known.

When we do not know information about designated product

If you do not know the information about the designated product:

First, extract elements that are discernible from the whole or from each other. Based on this as a candidate for a trademark, the same similar filing and pre-registered trademark are found. If not, a report may be printed that states that the trade name or the principal name of the trade name may be registered as a trademark for the goods produced, processed, certified or sold. That is, a report of this purpose is transmitted to the applicant because no product can be registered because there is no identical trademark.

Second, if there is a pre-registered trademark of the prior application, the designated product of the pre-applied and pre-registered trademark is extracted from the trademark DB. At this time, if the applicant's product is not similar to the designated product of the prior application, the registered trademark, the report is printed and sent to the applicant. At this time, the competitor DB 746-2 may be used.

When we know information about designated product

If there is a DB containing information on what products the applicant produces, processes, certifies, and sells, the extracted applicant is referred to this DB to recognize the identity (trade name, representative, address, website address, telephone number, etc.). The identity can be acknowledged by comparing any element that can identify it.) If there is a data that can be identified as an identity, it is extracted and associated with the applicant. In this case, the similarity determination and the registration possibility determination may be performed on the corresponding trademark portion and the extracted product. This result can be sent to the applicant, which in turn can lead to the application.

Article DB

Knight concept

Article DB is a database of articles such as newspapers, magazines, specialty magazines, and industry newsletters (hereinafter referred to as [newspapers]). One article in which articles are identified for identity is called a unit article.

1) information about the producer, supplier, distributor, or service provider of the product, 2) information on the name of the product or service / service business, or 3) information on an identification label that may correspond to a trademark or brand. All or articles containing 1) and 3) or 1) and 2) correspond to articles of the present invention. That is, the article of the present invention can extract the applicant information, the trademark information, or the product information from the article.

Information extraction processor

background

First, it explains what each piece of information has in newspaper articles.

First, Applicant information is a proper noun and usually corresponds to the subject in the sentence. In addition, in many cases, information about the representative of the company, such as the CEO or the president, is combined with parentheses, or a telephone number or information on a website is often combined.

Product information usually corresponds to the object and is closely related to idiomatic expressions such as [released], [developed], and [started selling]. That is, the name of the product can be determined by querying a DB corresponding to the name of the product among the elements constituting the sentence. These idiomatic expressions and the like are used as extraction keys for extraction, and they may be pre-inputted into the extraction processor by a person.

Trademark Information This section is often used in conjunction with angle brackets, trademarks with parentheses, model names, quotes, etc., and quotes or other emphasis or identification.

In particular, since the newspaper article often has the applicant information and the product information portion simultaneously appearing in the first sentence, the weight of the first sentence may be increased. In addition, information on the release or development of new products is often introduced in a special section in the case of newspapers or magazines, so this section can be utilized.

Newspaper Analysis Engine

The engine that extracts the applicant information, trademark information, or product information necessary from the article DB is called a newspaper article analysis engine. The engine works by extracting applicant information, trademark information, and product information.

Applicant information is 1) forming a candidate group of applicants' information from newspaper articles, and 2) requesting each candidate to a DB containing information about the company, such as a business registration DB, and providing phone number information, representative name information, and website information. Candidates are determined by cross-searching from related information.

Product information is a noun described around the predicates (various verbs, predicates, noun forms of verbs, nouns related to action contents, etc., which are combined with the product information, and these predicates must be registered in the reserved word DB) or Find the noun phrase and cross-search with the product name DB to confirm the product information. In this case, when referring to the applicant information, only products having a high degree of relevance to the applicant's business type may be extracted. To do this, there should be a relationship between the business sector and each component of the product name DB.

Trademark Information Because this section is usually used with angle brackets, parentheses, trademarks, model names, quotes, quotes, or non-dictionary quotes or other emphasis or identification marks, Based on this identification information, the relevant part of the trademark information is extracted.

At this time, the extracted applicant information, product information, trademark information portion may be finally determined through the modification of the person.

Processor

The process of extracting the applicant information, trademark information, or product information necessary from the article DB is as follows.

First, the article DB is entered and analyzed. At this time, the newspaper article analysis engine analyzes the article by word, phrase, word, and part-of-speech unit, and stores the analyzed (candidate group) and the characteristics of the analyzed (eg [word in parentheses]) together. .

Second, the applicant information, product information, and trademark information are determined by referring to a company DB, a product name DB, and a DB regarding various characteristics among various candidate groups. At this time, there may be a case where there are only two of these three pieces of information, but if only one is extracted, it is discarded.

Identification System (560)

Concept and Necessity

The identification system 560 refers to a system that improves the accuracy of extraction by cross-searching and confirming applicant information, product information, and trademark information. There are two main methods of confirming the confirmation system 560. One is to cross-search through another external DB to improve the accuracy of information extracted from a single source, and the other is through an external article DB (eg A daily newspaper, B specialized daily newspaper, C magazine, etc.) with different sources. It is characterized by the method of cross-searching the extracted information or checking it from a different DB.

Cross Search Through External DB

In order to confirm the identity of the applicant, a cross-search process may be performed through an external DB. An external DB is a database other than an article DB. It can acquire the identity of a company, such as a business registration DB, a human name DB, a member DB of an economic organization, a company information DB, a person information DB, a telephone directory DB, and an applicant information DB of the KIPO. The DB belongs to the above external DB regardless of the relationship with the application derivation system 500 / 1-1. In addition to the identity of the applicant, this external DB may contain information to find a contact point for the applicant. A connection point means arbitrary information which has a 1: 1 correspondence with the applicant, such as a telephone number, an address, an e-mail address, a homepage, and a business registration number.

Cross Search Using External Article DB

Since information on the release of new products is often introduced in two or more media, the information extracted from the currently analyzed article can be cross-searched through articles such as other newspapers or magazines. In other words, if other newspapers or magazines can extract information that is recognized at the same or higher level of similarity, the reliability of the information extracted from the currently analyzed article becomes higher.

Registration possibility judgment system (400 / 1-1)

It is a system for making a judgment on whether the extracted applicant information, trademark information to be applied, and designated product information can be registered, and the configuration thereof has been described in detail above. That is, the trademark and the designated product to be filed are inputted to the above-mentioned registration possibility determination system 400 / 1-1, and the result is output.

Competition

Competitor DB

When there is a competition relationship between individuals or companies, the competitor DB is the accumulation and management of data on the relationship between them. Examples of competitors in the present invention include: 1) those who run the same or similar business, or 2) those who want to run the same or similar business, or 3) those who want to run the same or similar business; 4) Persons with a civil or criminal dispute, 4) Classified as a homogeneous or similar business group in the class of merchandise or business; 6) may be the same or similar trademarks, or those who intend to use them.

These competitors, of course, include domestic and foreign countries can also be applied under the same standard. In other words, competition in the first country market, competition in the world market, competition in the first country market, but the competitors' rights, such as nationality, headquarters location, trademark rights, etc. The competitor DB contains information about any trader or group of traders that may be in a relationship, or for which a competitive relationship may be established, and their relationships.

How to find a competition                     

Here's how to find a competition.

Competition found from structured DB (730-3)

Telephone directory by business type, various DB related to business registration, various DB related to taxation, member company list of various groups or groups, shopping mall DB, life information DB such as flea market, price information magazine, product information magazine, distribution information magazine, various yearbooks, various exhibitions, DB that collects information on which companies produce, manufacture, sell, and distribute products, and various DBs that classify companies by directory method under various criteria (company DB of various search sites, regional portals For example, a database that collects information about suppliers of various goods or services.), A national or public institution, a public interest organization, a public organization, a group or group for profit or a non-profit, The lowest level in the fixed DB (730-3) such as the created DB, the trademark disclosure publication DB (710-6), the trademark registration publication DB (710-6), or the lower than a predetermined level set by the system. The classification can be estimated or assumed by the same person contender.

When a certain property is satisfied, the competition judgment rule is regarded as a competitor and the competition decision rule DB is stored in the competition decision rule.

If there are generalized decision rules, specific exceptions may occur. For example, even if the lowest classification is the same, the non-competitive relationship of affiliated companies and suppliers can be extracted and the information can be reflected in the competitor DB.

In addition, competition may be found by linking and integrating various types of DBs 730-3. Although it is practically competitive, the classification criteria of the various stereotyped DBs 730-3 are different and thus excluded from the competition when based on a specific stereotyped DB 730-3, but other singular or multiple stereotyped DBs 730 -3) As a standard, competition may be established.

In this case, you can think about the weights for the competition. The weight may be determined in relation to the frequency of competition relationship establishment in various types of DBs 730-3 and the degree of reflection of the DBs 730-3 itself.

Competition found from non-deterministic DB (730-4)

The method of detecting a competition in an undefined DB (730-4) is as follows.

First, by analyzing the contents of non-deterministic DB (730-4), suppliers of goods or services that are not recognized with the same identity identify supply information on the markets of identical, similar products, and competitive products, and make these suppliers competitors. Can be estimated or considered.

Content analysis of newspapers and magazines analyzes information about applicants and information on designated products. The relationship between the same product, similar product, and competitive product can be determined by using the product DB including various classification systems for the designated product classification, similar product code, product studies dictionary, and other products of the Patent Office.

Competitive Discovery Through Classification Matching

It is possible to match the classification of the designated product of the JPO with the classification on other product DBs. The position of the JPO is that [products belonging to the same group of the same group are regarded as similar products]. Therefore, by matching the classification of the JPO-designated product with the classification on other product DBs, a competitive product can be found in the product DB.

There are two major aspects of this response.                     

First, when a particular subclass in a class of a particular class of a certain class and another product DB is recognized for equality, similarity, or sub-relation. Sub-relationships include the case where goods of a particular subclass fall under a particular class of a particular class. This includes the case where a particular designated product belonging to a particular class of a particular class has the same identity, similarity or subordinate relationship with a specific subclass, and where there are a plurality of subdivided products under that particular designated product. .

Second, only a part of a particular subclass in the classification system of a particular class of a particular class and another product DB is the case where identity, similarity, or subrelationship is recognized. In this case, if there is a more granular classification, the first procedure above can be applied to that classification. In the case where there are only individual products without more detailed classification, the correspondence relationship is established only when the identity, similarity, and subordinate relationship are recognized.

If the correspondence is established, the following benefits are obtained.

First, by using the correspondence relationship, the specific product in question can be replaced with the designated product of the Korea Intellectual Property Office.

Second, by linking the product DB classification system and the Patent Office-designated product classification system can assist the applicant in the process of designation of the designated product. That is, if the name of the product to be designated by the applicant does not match the product name specified by the KIPO, but coincides with the product name on the other product DB, a change may be induced to the product specified by the KIPO while presenting the corresponding relationship between them.

Registration of competition                     

Concept and Necessity

Applicants and the like may be registered as members for some or all of the practice of the present invention. It is the registration of the competition that forms one of the officials for these members. A system for discovering a competitive relationship or registering, managing, or updating a competitive relationship and performing all actions on a competitive relationship is called a competition management system.

Competition registration process

Applicants and others may register natural or legal persons, corporations and organizations of domestic or foreign countries that compete with them. At this time, it is also possible to input identification means for the competition. The identification means may be a name, a business name, an address, a social security number, a business registration number, an applicant code, etc. in the case of a natural person, and a business registration number, a trade name, an applicant code, an address, etc. in a corporation or an organization. When the competition relationship management system receives one identification code, it may contact any DB related to the present invention to find another identification means to help the competitor's identification and registration process. Of course, national competition may constitute an identification means when competition outside the country is an issue. The competition relationship may be registered at the member registration stage, but may be registered later in connection with the implementation of the present invention, or the competition relationship management system may be automatically found.

Menstrual competition

Menstrual competition refers to the case where two or more nationalities or headquarters (or principal place of business) of persons competing for the same or similar products compete in the domestic or global market. In other words, Korea's Samsung and Japan's Cygnus are in a menstrual competition in the domestic or global market. In the present invention, when referred to as a competition for convenience of technology, it includes a menstrual competition.

Composition of a Competition Management System

The competitive relationship management system uses a competitive relationship discovery engine and a competitor DB as essential components. The competition discovery engine is responsible for discovering competition from structured and unstructured competitor databases. At this time, the degree of competition can be introduced, which is 1) common in the lower classification system, 2) common competition in the competing products or services, 3) size, location, main customer base, business scope, etc. If this is common, the degree of competition becomes large. The degree of competition can be stored as a weight in the competitor's relationship.

Application Guidance System (500 / 1-1)

It can provide a variety of information to competitors in relation to the spirit of the present invention. The following information can be provided:

First, the information on the tendency of trademark applications or rights of competitors can be obtained. This requires a competitor DB and a trademark DB analysis process. Receives a trademark DB and inputs a competitor's or competitor's group based on the other party's time (processing based on application date, notification date, registration date), product (individually or collectively processing specified products), agent or other trademark Based on the field name of a DB or a competitor DB, a trademark application, an application announcement, and a trademark registration may be analyzed, and the analyzed result may be provided. The analysis may be provided with any conventional statistical analysis technique, and information may be provided about the analysis of the trends of the filed trademarks described herein. In addition, it is possible to determine the possibility of registration on the trademarks of competitors registered, filed, announced and registered, and if the possibility of registration is low, the report can be synthesized to induce information provision, objection, and invalidation trial.

Second, it is possible to provide those who produce, sell, and distribute this product on the basis of a particular product for information on the application and registration of various trademarks that make this particular product a designated product. Contains information about products manufactured and managed by the private sector (eg www.tpage.com or www.tpage.co.kr) or by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy or the National Statistical Office and other producers, suppliers, distributors and sellers of the products. If there is a DB or a database containing information on the products produced, processed, supplied, and distributed by each business entity, the following information can be provided to those related to the product. This database is processed and analyzed to identify competitors who produce, process, sell, and supply commodities that are common or related (above or below the classification criteria) as competitors. I can do it.

International Application Guidance System (500 / 1-1)

Concept and Necessity

The application derivation system 500 / 1-1 between countries refers to a system for deriving a trademark registration application from or to a foreign country when the applicant and the application target country are different. That is, a system for inducing a specific trademark in Korea to be filed in Japan or for inducing a specific trademark in Japan to be filed in Korea. In the age of global competition, it is necessary to apply for a trademark registration in a foreign country, and a foreign country may be designated under the Madrid Protocol. In this case, finding a person to apply for a trademark registration in a foreign country and determining whether the trademark can be registered in the foreign country are essential to inducing international applications. For convenience of description, the domestic country is called the first country and the foreign country is called the second country. Therefore, the second country may be a plurality of countries, and the first country is one country in question.

With reference to FIG. 9, the structure of the international application derivation system is demonstrated.

There is a system server (1-1a) of the first station and a system server (1-1b) of the second station, each of which is the first patent office server 900, the second patent office server 920, and the first client company. Any one or two of the server 830, the first country applicant / member / customer / user computer 800, the second country customer server 840, and / or the second country applicant / member / customer / user computer 810 The network 1000 is connected to the above. Each country server 1-1a, 1-1b includes a trademark similarity determination system 100, a product similarity determination system 200, a similarity determination system 300, a registration possibility determination system 400, and an application derivation system 500. It includes one or two or more of a variety of systems, such as the dispute induction system 600, management system 1100, and the like.

A brief description of the derivation process between countries will be given below with reference to FIG. 8.

First, the process of deriving the application to the first country for the applicant of the second country, the processing of the trademark of the second country's trademark DB (8-1), and reading the trademark / commodity information from the trademark of the second country's database (8-2) Then, there is a process (8-4) of judging the possibility of registration for the first country with respect to the trademark / good (8-3) and inducing the application to the first country for the second country applicant.

Second, inducing the application of the applicant in the first country to the second country, the process of reading the product / trademark information from the trademark DB of the first country (8-2a) and judging the possibility of registration for the second country (8-3a) The application derivation system to the second country is applied to the first country applicant (8-4a).

Thirdly, the trademark of the second country is notified to the applicant of the first country and filed with the Patent Office of the first country, and the unregistered / unapplied trademark is extracted (8-5) from the first country among the trademarks of the second country, The electronic application process and application request process to the first country are determined by determining the possibility of registration (8-6), and informing the first country / second country about the possibility of registration in the first country (8-7). 8-8) can be stepped on. Hereinafter, each is explained in full detail.

Domestic filing guidance system (500 / 1-1)

The domestic application induction system 500 / 1-1 refers to a system for inducing foreign applicants to apply for a domestic application. The system is essentially the same except that the applicant discovery system 510 is targeted to that particular foreign country (second country), and that contacting the applicant of that particular foreign country or the like has the nature of menstruation. Therefore, foreign applicant discovery system 510 is described in detail. First, the processing of a trademark registered or pending with a foreign patent office (in the case of the user's country, includes a trademark which is not registered in that country, hereinafter referred to as [the trademark of a second country]).

Processing of the second country trademark DB

The second country trademark DB may be processed to suit the utility of the present invention.

The contents of processed trademark DB may include the following depending on the nature of processing.

Large applicants, etc.                     

For all periods or in recent years, a large number of applicants (the number of trademarks but the number of designated goods) are statistically averaged for all or for each class / group (referring to the classification criteria of the second country's designated products for convenience). You can find information about more than a certain limit).

Company size, etc.

The size of the applicant's business, export volume, and trade volume with the Republic of Korea (first country) can be confirmed through the company's statistics. You can also find well-known brands and trademarks.

Applicants who have a trade relationship with Korea

Information on whether the trademark applicant or trademark owner's product has been imported to the Republic of Korea for the whole period or recent years. This can be confirmed through the Korea Customs Service DB. When the goods are cleared, the nationality and brand name and the classification code of the product (HS code / code DB (720-3)) should be filled in. This data can be used to confirm which trademark owner or trademark user's product has been imported from which country. have. In addition, the presence of affiliated companies such as branch offices and spin-offs in Korea can be identified through the company information DB held by the embassy of the second country.

Registered member of the system to which the present invention applies

As a registered trademark of a second country, if a registered member of the system to which the present invention is applied, the domestic application can be induced with the member as a priority.

Use of Other Trade Information DB                     

By using various DBs on trade information, there are many well-known trademarks, their trademarks, counterfeit trademarks or trademarks, trademarks or trademarks with a large or increasing trade volume, and a large amount of trade in certain second countries. You can find a brand or trademark that differs significantly.

Domestic application derivation process

The following process may be performed with respect to a trademark DB 710-1 registered in the Patent Office of a second country or a DB which processed these DBs (hereinafter referred to as a second country trademark DB).

First, the trademark and its designated product that are pending or registered with the foreign patent office are read from the trademark of the second country. When the designated product classification of the second country adopts NICE classification (or when the designated product classification system of the first country and the second country is the same), the NICE classification translation DB that translates the NICE classification into the language of each country is used. do. A dictionary that associates a language representing a designated product without this translation database with a first language (this dictionary may involve two or more dictionaries. For example, there is no Hebrew-Korean dictionary, and there is a Hebrew-English dictionary. , If more than one dictionary is involved, such as translating Hebrew into English and English back into Korean).

Second, it is determined whether the trademarks and goods of the second country can be registered in the first country. This determination may apply the similarity determination system 300 / 1-1 first, but may also utilize the registration possibility determination system 400 / 1-1 immediately. In this case, this process may not be applied to all the trademarks of the second country, but may be preferentially applied to the trademarks and products in the processed DB.                     

Third, when the possibility of registration is high, some or all of the application induction system 500 / 1-1 in the domestic case is applied. In this case, the report may be in the language of the country or in English, French, Japanese or Chinese. If international application under the Madrid Protocol is involved in the induction of this application, the first country with a high possibility of trademark registration may be designated as the designated country.

International filing guidance system (500 / 1-1)

Concept and Necessity

The international application derivation system 500 / 1-1 is essentially the same except that the positions of the first and second stations are changed in the domestic application system and the system to which the present invention is applied. That is, if the example of the domestic application induction system 500 / 1-1 is to apply a Japanese trademark to Korea, the international application induction system 500 / 1-1 refers to the application of a Korean trademark to Japan. At this time, the international application method according to the Madrid Protocol can be selected. In this case, if it is determined that the trademark of Korea (the first country) can be registered in a foreign country (it may be determined only by similarity), another foreign country having a high possibility of registration may be designated. In addition, even if an international application has already been made, additional designation systems may be available for countries with potential registration.

Korean Application Induction System (500 / 1-1)

In the spirit of the Paris Treaty, the principle of trademark independence applies. At this time, it is possible to find a trademark that is not registered or not registered in the Korean Patent Office among Japanese registered trademarks and induce a trademark registration application to a third country other than domestic or Japan to a third party of a country other than Japan. This process is as follows.                     

First, it finds a trademark that is not applied or registered in Korea (the first country) among the trademarks of the second country, and determines the registration possibility. This process is the same as that described in the domestic application guidance system 500 / 1-1. In particular, the judgment as to whether a well-known prominent trademark may be strictly enforced in such a manner as to increase the weight on this element.

Secondly, inform the domestic (first country) or the second / third country that a particular second country trademark has the possibility of registration for a specific designated product or the whole designated product. The notice may be made only to domestic or foreign members and may be published via online or offline media.

Third, a person who intends to apply for a particular trademark in Korea can request an application through an electronic application process or other domestic agents.

Remote foreign application filing system (500 / 1-1)

Concept and Necessity

A remote in-country application derivation system 500 / 1-1 is a system having a structure similar to that of the domestic application derivation system 500 / 1-1 described above, and the first country is not Korea. If the system is based on Korea, which exists physically, legally or logically), it is a system for the second country. The structure of this system is the same as in the domestic application derivation system 500 / 1-1, replacing a first station (a position corresponding to Korea in the description) with a second station other than a specific second station. For example, this system is in Korea, and refers to a system for inducing trademark registration in the United States to Japanese applicants and the like.                     

Reporting system

Concept and Necessity

The reporting system is the applicant information, the trademark information, the designated product information, and the registration possibility determination system (400 / 1-1) found by the applicant discovery system (510) to inform the applicant of the registration possibility of the trademark, and responds It refers to any system for the purpose of receiving a message.

Configuration of the reporting system

The reporting system consists of 1) a report preparation system 300-5, 2) a sending and receiving system, and 3) a trademark synthesis system.

Report Writing System (300-5)

The report generation system automatically synthesizes the report. The content of the report includes the following: 1) Applicant's label, Label, Designated Goods, and other bibliographic information; 2) Display of any analytical information regarding the possibility of registration; 3) Same or similar designated product for the same trademark. Information about two or more applicants, 4) information about competitors or competitors, 5) guidance, usage, or contact point for the online filing system, for example, the address of a website with an online filing system. Etc.) or 6) other relevant information.

In order to automatically synthesize a report, a typical DB report writing technique or an electronic catalog production technique can be used. 3) The method of presentation of the information part for two or more applicants for the same or similar designation of the same or similar trademark in 1) is possible to collect for the applicant, including the address, telephone number, e-mail address, website, etc. for the applicant. Any information may be added (especially in the case of printing and sending out on paper, etc.), or 2) hyperlinked to the place where all the information is connected. 3) If the system accepts the intention that the applicant wants information about another applicant, the system may accept the intention and extract information about the other applicant and transmit it to the applicant.

Sending and receiving system

The sending and receiving system refers to a system that functions to send a completed report to the applicant and receive the applicant's response.

Offline shipping

Offline shipment refers to a form output on paper or other offline media to be sent to the user without the wired / wireless network 1000. Mailing is one of the simplest examples. To this end, the process includes obtaining, confirming and determining a contact point for the applicant, outputting a report, and sending a report.

Online shipping

The online delivery is the transmission through the wired / wireless network 1000 and is delivered to the applicant through electronic mail or other message delivery means.

Online filing system

Brand synthesis system                     

The trademark synthesis system refers to a system for producing a trademark using the network 1000 technology. In particular, it refers to a system that serves to enhance the possibility of registration by creating a new trademark by adding a discriminating means to a trademark which is judged to be low in registration, particularly a trademark which is judged to be inferior in discrimination.

In this system, trademarks that have only technical marks or prominent geographical names are generally less likely to be registered. Therefore, attention is paid only to them, so that new marks, characters, figures, three-dimensional shapes, or colors can be combined to obtain identification as a whole. It helps to do it.

The trademark synthesis system goes through the following process.

First, the applicant's registration possibility of the trademark is judged, and if the possibility is below a certain standard, the applicant is sent any judgment information on the possibility of registration and information on various means for improving the identification power.

Secondly, the applicant agrees to use the means to enhance his or her discriminating ability online or offline.

In the case of on-line, it can go through the proposal of the system's identification factor and the applicant's selection and consent in real time or at a certain time. This proposal and selection process can be repeated several times. In this case, a graphic program (including a plug-in) may be used to show a combination of identification enhancing means for a trademark to be applied online.

Propose additional components of discernible trademarks, such as by mail, even when offline, and send responses to documents or other means expressing your choice and consent to those in charge of or related to the system. can do.

Online payment system

The Trademark Registration Application Process and Use of the Trademark Synthesis System Others In order to utilize the various systems of the present invention, charges can be combined for each process or for each system unit. Payment may be made by credit card, mobile phone payment, online remittance, or other common payment method commonly used on the Internet. In addition, an offline method (transfer and deposit confirmation) can also be used as a payment method.

Online filing system

The online application system refers to a system for applying for trademark registration online. This includes, in addition to the determination of trademarks and designated products, which are various elements for the application, information or information on the applicant, forms of power of attorney or other documents that correspond to statutory requirements for the application or any other submitted documents. This is necessary.

The online filing system receives the information sent or input from the user and processes, modifies, or re-enters it to fit the legal filing form.

Since the applicant's trademark is basically processed as an image file, when the applicant applies for a trademark consisting of letters or symbols only, the applicant may enter an input of the characters or symbols to automatically generate an image.

Through this process, bibliographic details, trademarks, designated products, and other documents to be submitted are determined, which can be printed out and filed with the Patent Office in an offline or online manner.

In case of filing with the Korean Intellectual Property Office, this information can be used for electronic filing.

Extended Application Guidance System (500 / 1-1)

Concept and Necessity

Extended application derivation system 500 / 1-1 is more targeted at those who have already applied for a trademark, or who are registered trademarks or who wish to select and apply certain designated goods (these may be called "applicants"). Refers to a system for filing a trademark or encouraging more designated goods. This may allow the applicant to have more trademark rights.

Extended Application Induction Processor

The process of encouraging the applicant to extend the application of a number of designated products that may be registered is as follows.

First, the applicant and the applicant's application trademarks, registered trademarks or trademarks to be filed and their respective designated goods are identified.

Second, the scope of the applicant's designated product is arbitrarily expanded to determine the possibility of registration for the expanded designated product. How to expand: 1) designated service industry closely related to the designated product, 2) designated product in another group of the category to which the designated product belongs, and 3) 10 designated products (assigned as much as possible without paying additional charges under the system). If there is no number of designated products), it may be a method of recommending any designated products in the group or class. With respect to these recommendations, the possibility of registration is determined, and only those whose registration possibility is higher than the intrinsic standard are recommended. In order to recommend a designated service business closely related to a designated product, the following process may be performed. 1) Statistically analyze the Patent Office Trademark DB 710 to find a pair of highly specified (designated goods, designated service businesses) that designate a specific designated service business when an applicant or owner designates a specific designated product. 2) Process 1) is limited to competitors.

Third, the applicant is analyzed to extract the competitors from the competitor DB. Whether these competitors: 1) have applied for trademark registration or trademark rights for products similar to the applicant's designated product, and 2) whether there is a competitor's pending or registered trademarked product regardless of the applicant's designated product, 3) When there are a plurality of competitors, it is checked whether there is a product designated in common in the pending or registered trademarks of a plurality of competitors, and 4) or a product designated by a plurality of competitors. At this time, if there is such a product that is not in common with the designated product of the applicant, the applicant is informed of the fact, and the applicant is recommended for a product similar to the competitor's product. At this time, of course, such products may be judged as to whether an applicant's trademark can be registered, and only a designated product which may be registered may be recommended.

Fourth, the judgment basis reporting system and the online electronic filing system 300-6 which follow in the following order are the same as above.

Rights Owner's Rights Protection System / Dispute Induction System (600 / 1-1)

Concept and Necessity

It is common knowledge of the intellectual property industry that there are many infringement of trademark rights, but there are many cases where such infringement is not found, so that the rights of trademark owners are not sufficiently protected. In the present invention, a dispute means a trademark owner or a person who has certain rights in a pending trademark (hereinafter referred to as [the right holder]) who has a substantial legal benefit in conflict with the right, or the trademark in law. It refers to the process of realizing legal benefits through legal proceedings against persons who do not have the right to use (hereinafter referred to as "non-owner"). Inducement of disputes means that the right holder can discover the non-right-holder and take legal action so that the right-holder can realize his or her rights. In the present invention, the term dispute induction system 600 / 1-1 is used in the same sense as the rights protection system of the owner.

Application induction refers to the concept of protection between the right holder and the non-right holder, if the concept is not established between competing trademarks or between those who do not file a trademark application. Since the induction of the application and the protection of the rights of the owner are the same or similar in many places (i.e., virtually applicable), the detailed description borrows the induction of the application as it is or applies mutatis mutandis, with emphasis on the differences.

The dispute induction system largely includes a trademark infringement determination system (dispute potential discovery system) 610, a rights protection system of a right holder in a trademark registration application, and a system for responding to trademark rights ineligible for registration.

Common to all of these systems is the similarity determination system 300 / 1-1, which essentially includes a process of determining similarity between a trademark and a designated product. In addition, all of these systems use in common the various subcomponents that make up the application guidance system 500 / 1-1. Therefore, Applicant Discovery System 510 has much in common with Dispute Prospector Discovery System 610.

Trademark infringement judgment system

concept

Since trademark owners monopolize the right to use their trademarks in designated products, trademark owners have a legal basis to protect their rights from direct or indirect infringement. The trademark infringement determination system is a system that determines whether the trademark rights are directly or indirectly infringed, finds the infringer (dispute potential discovery system 610), and plays a role in protecting the trademark owner from infringement.

Configuration

A description with reference to FIG. 10 is as follows.

Dispute candidate discovery system 610 includes: 1) Dispute Probability Finder Engine 611, 2) Dispute Inducement Data DB 612, 3) Patent Office (registered) Trademark DB, 4) Trademark Similarity Determination System (100 / 1-1) And a product similarity determination system 200 / 1-1, and optionally 5) a trademark registration possibility determination system 400 / 1-1 may be added. The basic composition is based on a method of searching and matching both a DB containing information on the owner and a DB containing information on the non-holder.

The method of finding potential candidates is essentially a combination of 1: 1 discovery and its expansion. One-to-one discovery refers to finding one non-righteous person who is violating the rights of a trademark owner. If there are a large number of infringers, there will be 1: multiple discovery; if there are multiple rights, there will be multiple: many; if there are multiple rights, there will be many: 1. This is called expansion. Expansion is seen as a parallel combination of 1: 1 discovery. Apart from this, various DB utilization technologies such as search and matching technology can be used to schedule the discovery of multiple pairs of disputed candidates and form a system.

Conflict Finder Discovery Engine (611)

The dispute candidate discovery engine 611 detects a dispute candidate, a trademark, and a target of a dispute, which are expected to be disputed by right holders and non-holders, such as a dispute inducing material DB 612 such as information and data input to the engine. It is an engine that plays a role in extracting goods to be sold. Since the validity of trademark rights extends to the use of identical and similar trademarks on the same similar product, the dispute candidate discovery engine 611 essentially passes through a processor for determining the identical similarity between the trademark and the product.

At this time, there may be two or more dispute candidate pairs corresponding to the same or similar designated products for the same or similar trademarks. This is especially the case when the trade name or telephone directory is set as the dispute inducing material DB 612.

Conflict Induction Material DB (612)

There are three types of DBs used to find a potential person of a dispute, except for the registered trademark DB 710-1 of the KIPO, which has information on registered owners.

The first is essentially the structured, unstructured DB 730-4, which is the same as the filing guidance system 500 / 1-1. It is a dispute induction system 600 / 1-1 that is problematic when a trademark owner or an application for trademark registration after notification of an application is found among applicants extracted in the same or similar process as the application induction system 500 / 1-1. In the case of applicant discovery, a search for the existence of a registered trademark owner is essential when determining the possibility of registration of a target trademark, and when a potential dispute is found, the type of DB is the same in that the registered trademark owner is searched separately from the possibility of registration. Its purpose and search order may be different. Therefore, since the description of the example of the detailed dispute inducing material DB 612 is overlapped, it uses what was demonstrated by the application derivation system 500 / 1-1.

Second is a trademark DB published or published application. This is primarily the subject of an appeal.

Third, it becomes the registered trademark DB 710-1 itself. By analyzing the registered trademark DB 710-1 itself, it is possible to find out that a trademark that cannot be registered or registered twice is misregistered, which is subject to invalidity judgment.

Conflict Finder Processor

The dispute candidate discovery engine 611 receives a dispute inducing material DB 612, and the Patent Office (registered) trademark DB through the trademark similarity determination system 100 / 1-1 and the product similarity determination system 200 / 1-1. And cross search. At this time, as an example of the dispute inducing material DB 612 may be a trademark application DB, registered notification.

The process of cross-search involves finding similar brands and products as well as finding identity. Therefore, for each trademark and product in the dispute inducing material DB 612, the patent office trademark DB 710 searches whether there is a registered right for the same or similar product and trademark. Conversely, a method of searching whether there is an identical or similar trademark and a product in the dispute inducing material DB 612 for each trademark and the designated product constituting the registered trademark may be taken.

Sun

There are three main types of potential conflict finders.

Owner Standard Type

Right holder standard form refers to the search for a dispute based on the registered or extracted trademark owner. In other words, it refers to finding the information of the non-owner from the various DBs mentioned in the present invention while the DB of the right holder is stored.

For example, as follows.

If you are a registered trademark owner, you have data on the specific trademarks and designated products of this owner, and various formal or irregular forms described in the application induction system 500 / 1-1, such as newspaper articles, phone books, trademark publications, etc. In the dispute inducing material DB 612 such as DB 730-4, a person who may infringe a trademark right of the owner or a lawful interest (for example, a post-applicant) who is in conflict with the trademark owner is referred to.

Non-Ownership Type

Non-owner's reference type is a method of inputting information about non-owner in DB and searching for registered trademark owners whose similarity is recognized based on this non-owner's information. Contrary to the above, applicants, trademarks, and designated goods are extracted and confirmed from various dispute-inducing materials DB 612, such as newspaper articles, telephone books, and trademark disclosure publications, and then registered trademark owners (who have practically contradictory benefits). How to find out.                     

Integrated

Integrated form refers to the operation of the owner-based and non-holder-based forms simultaneously. That is, in some parts of the system, the owner reference type is executed in real time or non-real time, and in other parts, the non-holder reference type is executed in real time or non-real time. In this case, the real time refers to proceeding with a dispute probable discovery processor without sufficiently passing the time for accumulating the dispute inducing material DB 612 or the DB of the registered trademark owner.

Infringement

A processor for disputes that may arise in situations that presuppose the use of a trademark on a non-owner's side. This includes indirect infringement. In this case, a cross-search of the DB for rights holders and various dispute inducing materials DB 612 finds the use of the trademark rights of non-right owners within the scope of rights of the registered rights holders.

Objection / Invalid Trial

It is a processor for disputes that may arise in situations that are unrelated (unless precluded or separate from use) of the trademark on the non-owner's side. For example, if a trademark that falls within the scope of the trademark owner's rights has been filed or notified, or if there is an application notice or a registration notice for a trademark that is not eligible for registration, the registered trademark owner or competitor may appeal, inform, or invalidate the trademark. Inducement of legal action such as request for referee. That is, in this case, the DB of the registered trademark owner and the DB containing the application notice, the registered notification or the information about the registered trademark owner are cross-searched.

This type includes disputes over first- and last-release trademarks. That is, the first applicant is in the position of the owner in the present invention, the post applicant is in the position of the non-holder.

Processor for finding potential candidates

The processor in the case of finding a potential candidate 10-2 is as follows. In this process, it is possible to selectively determine the possibility of registration for a disputed trademark, and then describe it based on this.

First, after the potential candidate for dispute is discovered, the process of determining the possibility of registration for the disputed trademark (5-4). The subject of the disputed trademark is a trademark, a registered trademark, which is pending application. A dispute may be an appeal (including the provision of information) if the application is pending, or an invalid trial or other judgment and litigation if registered.

Second is a report preparation system 300-5 for potential dispute candidates. The content of the report may vary depending on which of the potential parties the dispute is to be based on. If it is determined that the possibility of registration is higher than the standard after the possibility of registration, the operator of the system may prepare a report (10-3) on the part of the owner. At this time, the system can also make a report (10-3a) on the other side of the right holder, and can notify the subject of another act (the Patent Law Firm is an example) that there is a potential candidate for dispute. Of course, a report may be prepared for this subject and, with the subject's remote consent, the report may be forwarded to the other side of the rights holder in the name of the subject. You can also write your report on the other side of (10-4a).

Third is the operation of the dispute system (10-5, 10-5a) for potential conflict candidates. Dispute systems can be used to represent virtually any legal remedy, including the provision of information, detailed reports, consultation, analysis of rights, appeals, invalidity trials and litigations, warning notices, and provisional disposition for the right holder or the other party. Refers to an agent on offline. At this time, in order to comply with the principle of prohibition of bilateral deputies, when the dispute system receives a request for representation of a dispute against one side of the potential dispute holder, the dispute system may provide information about the opposite party's potential representatives on the other online or offline state. Patent law firms, law firms, patent attorneys, attorneys and other representatives of disputes over trademarks) or legally other systems.

Reporting system

Concept and Necessity

The reporting system is defined as: 1) information about the rights holder and non-holders, 2) the relationship between rights holders and non-rights owners through a specific trademark, and 3) information about procedures and statistics on the dispute. And 4) any system that aims to notify the owner or non-holder of any information relating to the dispute, such as predictive information about the outcome of the dispute, and to receive a response.

Configuration of the reporting system

The reporting system consists of 1) a report preparation system (300-5), 2) a sending and receiving system, and 3) a dispute processing system.

Report Writing System (300-5)

The report generation system automatically synthesizes the report. The content of the report includes: 1) information about the owner and non-holder, 2) information on the relationship between the owner and the non-holder through a specific trademark, 3) information on procedures, costs and statistics on the dispute, and 4) One or more of the predictions for the outcome of the dispute.

Information about rights holders and non-rightsholders shall include: 1) indications of potential disputes, indications of trademarks, indications of designated goods and other bibliographic information; and 3) two or more potential claimants of identical similar goods for identical trademarks. Information about a competitor, or 4) information about a competitor or competitor.

Information on the relationship between a right holder and a non-rightholder through a specific trademark means: 1) a statement of any analytical information about the validity or possibility of registration for a registered trademark or pending trademark; Any information on whether the company falls within the scope of the rights holder's rights (this information may include evidence of analysis).

Information on procedures and statistics on disputes includes: 1) information on the remedy of rights holders' rights, which may be automatically determined at a previous stage; and 2) various procedures relating to disputes. 3) Costs (eg, expected values of various costs incurred in disputes), 3) Statistics related to various disputes (information on normal damages, etc.).

Predictive information on the outcome of a dispute is a judgment on whether a trademark is infringed, whether or not it is the subject of an objection, such as providing evidence on the judgment of the possibility of registration of a trademark, and the status of the crew of a pre-registered trademark Information about the basis of these judgments, including judgments as to whether or not they apply.

In addition, any information that may be relevant to the dispute (such as related cases) may be the content of the report.

The method of automatically synthesizing the report is similar to that described in the Application Derivation System 500 / 1-1 (ie, it is applicable).

Sending and receiving system

The sending and receiving system refers to a system that functions to send a written report to a dispute candidate and receive a response of the dispute candidate.

Offline shipping

Offline shipment refers to a form output on paper or other offline media to be sent to the user without the wired / wireless network 1000. Mailing is one of the simplest examples. To this end, it involves the steps of securing, confirming and determining a contact point for the potential candidate, printing a report, and sending a report.

Online shipping

The online delivery is the transmission through the wired / wireless network 1000, and the content is transmitted to the potential person of dispute through electronic mail or other message delivery means.

Dispute resolution system

A dispute proceeding system is a system that involves any legal means that a claimant can do to relieve his or her rights against a non-holder. Depending on the contention of the dispute resolution process, the process of sending a notice, requesting a trial, initiating a lawsuit, filing an appeal, etc., or printing the relevant documents for off-line processing. In order to proceed with the dispute, the premise of collecting all the data, such as online or online computerization of legal matters (anything that makes legal forms, powers of attorney and other procedures legal), etc. .

Import and export rights protection system

Concept and Necessity

Under the Trademark Act, there are provisions to protect trademark owners when exporting and / or importing goods, and Article 146-2 (Protection of Intellectual Property Rights) of the Korean Customs Code also provides protection against trademark infringement upon import and export. In the present specification, the provision of protecting intellectual property rights in import and export of foreign countries is referred to as "tariff law". In the import and export process, counterfeit goods, parallel imports of goods and trademark independence are frequently infringed on the principle of independence of trademarks, but domestic trademark owners are not properly protected due to the lack of surveillance and supervision system. Customs law stipulates that a trademark owner can report it, but whether or not it is reported, domestic trademark owners can be protected under trademark law. The system that can protect domestic trademark owners during import and export is called the protection system for import and export rights holders.

Configuration

Import and export rights holder protection system essentially includes: 1) trademark and designated product identification system, 2) similarity judgment system (300 / 1-1), 3) political party rights judgment system, and optionally 4) reporting system, 5) search System, and 6) a remote registration agent system.

Trademark and Designated Goods Identification System

When importing and exporting goods, importers and exporters are required to enter a trademark and HS code / code DB (720-3). Trademarks may be obtained from trademarks indicated by the person intending to import or export. The designated product specifies a product of an importer / exporter in a product DB including a correspondence relationship between the HS code / code DB 720-3 and the designated product on the product classification / division table DB 720-1 of the KIPO. Correspondence can be made to a designated product or to a group that the product belongs to. Based on the trademark and HS code entered into the trademark and designated product identification system, the scope of the trademark and the corresponding designated product or the corresponding designated product will be determined.

Similarity Determination System (300 / 1-1)

When the trademark and the corresponding designated product are determined, the registered trademark DB 710-1 is queried based on this to determine the similarity between the similarity of the trademark and the similarity of the product. This is handled by the trademark similarity determination system 100 / 1-1 and the product similarity determination system 200 / 1-1. At this time, if there is a trademark recognized similarity, the result is output.

Party Owner Judgment System

Refers to a system for determining whether an importer / exporter is a legitimate owner of a trademark in Korea. The scope of legitimate rights holders in the country may be the rightful trademark owners, exclusive licensees, and registered commercial licensees of the trademarks in the country. Say. Since they are registered with the Patent Office, they check with the Patent Office to see if they are registered party holders. The process of judging whether a party is a party holder does not limit only those who are registered with the Customs Service under the Customs Law, and only the provisions of the Trademark Law may apply even if they are registered with the Customs Service. If the party right registered in the Patent Office differs from the importer / exporter, it is assumed to be a non-party right.

Reporting system

Under the Customs Law, any registered trademark owner of the Customs Authority shall be notified to any registered owner if there is a product on which the trademark is recognized. The reporting system has more capabilities, including this. If there is a trademark that recognizes the same or similarity, the process is as follows.

First, in the case of a registered trademark owner who is a member of the rights protection system related to this import and export, any right to the party's right holders to bear any matters related to the trademarked goods in question, such as the trademarks and products to be imported and exported, the matters concerning the exporters and nationalities, etc. (In this case, it is not necessary to notify registered registered licensees.)

Second, a report determined by the similarity judgment system 300 / 1-1 on the basis of the judgment on the similarity between the trademark and the product is output to notify related parties.

Brand naming system (900 / 1-1)

Introduction and Problems of Existing Systems

The brand naming service described above is a process of naming a product when a new product is developed by a small or medium-sized company or a large company. Brand naming has been carried out through the agency.

However, the brand naming work performed by each company through the planning company takes a relatively long time, and there is a problem that a lot of costs due to the brand naming.

In the conventional method, brand naming specialists have established names suitable for brand names in advance, and a company manager looks at the entire data and selects a few to request a precise search. In addition, there was a difficulty in mass production of numerous brand names in advance, and a lot of manpower was required to build a brand name, which was a waste of human resources.

Concept and scope

The brand naming system 900 / 1-1 is a system that automatically or semi-automatically processes some or all of the brand naming process on the network 1000. This system is mainly composed of 1) brand candidate discovery system (910), 3) brand registration possibility determination system (400 / 1-1), brand pool (970), 970, management system (1100), And optionally, a brand synthesis system 930, a brand processing system 920, a brand analysis system 940, a brand filtering system 950, and an online electronic filing system 300-6. In addition, each system may have various engines 911, 921, 931, 941, 951, 961 and various DBs 912, 922, 932, 942, 952, 962 to perform the functions of the system.

The brand naming system 900 / 1-1 refers to any process of accepting a request from an applicant or the like, determining a brand, possibility of registration, and the like, and then filing an application. In this case, since the registration possibility determination and application process has been described above, it will be described based on the brand production process.

Brand Candidate Discovery System (910)

Concept and Necessity

In order to efficiently perform brand naming, it is often necessary to form a brand pool 970. The brand pool 970 refers to a collection of various brands that can be candidates for a brand by various criteria such as attributes, contents, language, and meaning. The brand pool 970 is stored as a DB is called a brand pool 970 DB.

Target of brand pool (970)

The object of the brand pool 970 of the present invention is largely as follows.

Korea Intellectual Property Office Related Brand Pools (971)

The brand pool 971 related to the Patent Office is brands based on trademark data maintained by the administrative offices of each country (Korean Patent Office, the US Patent and Trademark Office, etc.) in charge of managing the trademark applications and rights of each country. It is subdivided as follows.

First, they are registered trademarks of each country. On the basis of the principle of independence of intellectual property rights, which is a principle of the Paris Convention, if a registered trademark of a first country is not registered in a second country or obtains the legal status prescribed by other national laws of that second country, the second country shall in principle It becomes usable regardless of designated product.

Secondly, they are trademarks of the respective countries. The scope of an applied trademark is a trademark being applied and an applied but not registered trademark.

Third, it is an extinct trademark. Since trademark is essentially a choice from the public domain, not creation, the concept of novelty or progressiveness does not apply. In other words, the trademark of the year 2000 was not superior or advanced over the trademark used in the 1900's. It is common sense that the average life expectancy of a company is not more than 25 years, even if it is a large company. Therefore, expired trademarks can also constitute a good brand pool 971. Extinct trademarks are classified as trademarks which have expired after registration and trademarks which have expired after use regardless of registration. In particular, the latter is prominent in user states such as the United States.

The method of obtaining trademarks related to these patent offices can be achieved by 1) accumulating trademark publications in each country, 2) accumulating trademark publications in each country, or processing materials (such as CD-ROMs of various publications or websites specializing in intellectual property rights). Data), and 3) a database of trademark data stored and managed by the KIPO.

Name-related Brand Pools (972)

The name-related brand pool 972 refers to a brand pool formed on the basis of information on various names of natural persons or corporations or other organizations in Korea or abroad. This is largely different.

First, the brand pool 970 for human names. A person's name can include a family name, but it can also be the first name itself. The surname is usually inherited from the superior, but the first name is generally chosen by the parent, himself or anyone involved in the naming. Also, names often contain meaning. For example, a name containing a Chinese character or a simple Korean name may have various meanings. This phenomenon is similar to English, for example, [Colin] means [courageous person]. Early name-related DB includes DB on resident registration, white phone book, good name or pure Korean name, name dictionary, celebrity manual, and foreign language name. Some of these dictionaries are appended with this data in the Appendix.), And other materials that provide the name itself, its name, meaning, and related information, along with its database, form the name-related brand pool (970). can do.

Second, in the case of having a name referring to the subject as a subject other than a natural person regardless of the existence of a corporate personality such as a corporation, a group, a group, and the like, the name of the subject may form a name-related brand pool 970. The simplest example of this is illustrated in detail in the input DB section such as mutual phone book.

Dictionary-related brand pool (973)

The dictionary related brand pool 973 refers to a brand pool formed by using a dictionary issued in Korea or abroad. A dictionary usually requires the presentation of headings and other related information according to the purpose of the dictionary. In other words, it can be synonymous or synonymous in the case of Korean dictionaries, Hangul meaning in English-Korean dictionaries, English words or phrases in the Korean-English dictionary, or thesaurus. In addition, the dictionaries include dictionaries with strong DB concepts such as life dictionary, place names dictionary, classification dictionary, product studies dictionary, catalog, handbook, and yearbook.

The meaning of dictionaries is especially due to:

First, it is easy to find a foreign language with a specific meaning. For example, when there is a word meaning [king], [king] can be found through the Korean-English dictionary, and [konig] can be found in the German-English or English-English dictionary. When two or more dictionaries are mediated, the corresponding language of each country having the meaning of king can be found, which can be stored as a DB along with additional information such as pronunciation and language of any country. That is, corresponding words such as words and phrases of each country having the same or similar meanings may be related.

Second, dictionaries can be usefully used when determining descriptive marks. Many technical marks are often variations of verbs or adjectives. In particular, this is especially true for words that indicate quality, use, efficacy, shape, production method, processing method, method of use, and properties or attributes. In this case, the components of the trademark may be used to determine whether the verbs or adjectives in the Korean dictionary or variations thereof or each of them is a major component of the emblem. Examples of variations include endings of change (which are more severe in terms of idioms and onomatopoeia), the use of prefix suffixes, the repetition of identical or similar words, or the insertion of verbs, adjectives themselves, or modified words.

Brand Processing System (920)

The processing of a brand means:                     

Korean language brand

If the standard is Hangul, it is Korean. If English is the standard, it is English. This is to link brands of each country by title. Detailed tools and techniques for Koreanization are described in the Koreanization section above. That is, for each brand, if there is a title for the brand, it can be expressed in the language of each country (change into the system of notation of each country) based on the title and can be made into DB. For example, if there is [tiffany], it is an example to match [tiffany] in Korean.

This can also be the Korean language based on the meaning. That is, when there is a king, the words king and konig, which are words expressing the meanings, may be expressed as [king] in English pronunciation and [junich] in German pronunciation, respectively.

Brand connection

Brand linkage means that each brand is given a relationship of each brand in the brand DB based on the attributes and characteristics that are given to each brand in the brand naming system 900 / 1-1.

Brand Analysis System (940)

Concept and Analysis Elements

Refers to a system that analyzes the brand of the brand pool 970 through various criteria, and statistically processes and reports the results. Analysis criteria or contents to be identified (hereinafter referred to as [analysis factor]) may include the following. In this case, when the brand pool 970 is related to the KIPO, the brand pool 970 may be classified and classified according to the designated product, the group to which the designated product belongs, and the class to which the designated product belongs. Various natural language processing techniques and related DBs can be used for analysis.

First, grasp the exterior components of the brand. This property includes length, syllable number, composition word count, repetition, symmetry, number combination, image inclusion, foreign language expression (appearance and / or pronunciation (foreign language)).

Second, it is a semantic component. Color representations, content attributes (animals, art terms, myths, sports, slogans, shops, industries, plants, academics, nature, etc.), onomatopoeia, onomatopoeia, onomatopoeia, vocabulary, slang, and the use of vocabulary in negative sense In order to identify this semantic component, various dictionary DBs are needed.

Third, grasp the phonological components. Which letter is used as the first letter, the frequency of the consonants and vowels that make up the first letter, the total number of consonants and vowels that make up the first letter, the presence or absence of the bases that make up the first letter, and the types of the bases, and the use of specific consonants and vowels Frequency, specific converging frequency of specific consonants and vowels, conjoining distance, frequency and conjoining distance of specific consonants and specific consonants, frequency and concatenation of specific vowels and specific vowels, features of consonant and vowel arrangement sequences, You can identify the frequency of use and locational characteristics (used at the beginning, single-letter use, phonological characteristics of the phoneme following the horn), and whether it is softened in the entire brand.

Fourth, it is possible to grasp the parts of parts of speech features (such as the proportion of adjectives, verbs or their utilization forms, and the proportion of proper nouns).

Analysis processor                     

The analysis processor is configured as follows.

First, the specificity of the analysis factor. The analysis engine receives a specific analysis element and constructs a function for analyzing the brand. To do this, the analysis engine has a basic set of functions.

Second, data is read from the brand pool 970. According to the storage method of the brand pool 970, when a specific analysis element is stored in association with the brand, the analysis element may be extracted as a key.

Third, the result of analysis (number, frequency, weight, etc.) analyzed for each analysis element is stored and output. The stored items form the feature DB for each analysis element.

Trend analysis system

The brand trend analysis system refers to a system that analyzes a brand trend by using a specified product or other criteria for various domestically or internationally applied, registered or extinguished brands. The brand to be analyzed is a brand that has been filed, registered or rejected in a domestic or foreign region. The analysis criteria are 1) designated products, 2) attributes of the brand, and the like. The analysis can also be performed on the basis of time, duration, attributes of the applicant or owner.

The analysis process is as follows. It may include a process of inputting a plurality of brands into the brand trend analysis system together with various attribute information of the brand, a process of analyzing the brand by various criteria, and a process of outputting the analyzed results by various criteria.                     

For example, in Korea (region) between 1995 and 1997 (time), a number of trademarks [~~] (trademarks, attributes) can be obtained in beverages and food products (designated products). .

In addition, when the analysis is performed based on various analysis elements, trends for each analysis element by time, by designated products (including categories and groups), and by applicant attributes can be identified.

In addition, it is possible to analyze the trends of various applications, registrations and extinctions of foreign countries and use them for 1) brand synthesis, 2) brand recommendation to applicants, and 3) reporting of brand trends.

Brand Synthesis System (930)

Concept and Necessity

The brand synthesis system 930 refers to a system for creating a brand using various brand naming rules and various constraints. Not using automated programs during the brand's synthesis process can be enormous and costly.

Composition of Brand Synthesis System 930

Configuration

The brand synthesis system is composed as follows.

First, the applicant receives a desired brand attribute or feature (desired matters, etc.). In this case, an analysis element serving as a reference used by the brand analysis system 940 may be one of input attributes.

Second is the brand component extraction system. Various phrases constituting the brand can be extracted through a brand pool 970, a trademark DB, or a brand automatic generation system. A brand auto-generating system can be defined as a specific attribute (length, first letter, mother, desired consonant or vowel, content attribute (animal, art term, myth, sports, slogan, shop, industry, plant, academic, nature, etc.) Refers to a system that extracts from the brand pool 970 or synthesizes words at random to have an inputtable attribute. The brand automatic generation system can sort and output the generated brands by reflecting the analysis elements (from 100% satisfaction to low or low weight) when the analysis elements are specified.

Third, brand processing system 920. Brand naming techniques (adding, subtracting, repeating, symmetry, combining numbers, combining colors, combining with existing self-labels, softening, symbols, second foreign language notation, multiplication (consisting of two or more meaningful words) It refers to the processing of the brand through the same pronunciation, the way to omit the same meaning), the combination of onomatopoeia or synonym, the expression of the product with the opposite language, paradox, and humor.

Third is the system for reprocessing each processed brand. It is a system in which a processed brand is classified, extracted and reprocessed in consideration of the number of syllables, the first letter, the ending, the desired consonant or the vowel. In this case, the analysis element utilized in the brand analysis system 940 may be used as a criterion of reprocessing.

Fourth, it is a synthetic brand output system. The synthesized brand, which has undergone the above process, may be arranged in order of satisfaction of various criteria and presented to the applicant.

Example of Brand Synthesis System 930

By using the registered trademark DB (710-1), brand name DB or other trademark DB can be synthesized in the following manner.

First, the trademark name is analyzed in the registered trademark DB 710-1. Find frequently used words, phrases, phrases, syllables, morphemes, etc. in the brand names under analysis. For a brand name, the brand name can be broken down into one letter unit or two or more letter units (including morphological units), and then frequency can be obtained for each unit of how often a particular letter unit appears. For example, the word "True" can be extracted from brands such as Truzen, Trufland, etc., and the word Zenic can be analyzed and extracted from trademarks such as Autogenic, Zenix, etc. have. In addition, the analyzed words, phrases, phrases, syllables, and priorities according to frequency according to morphemes can be obtained. This process will give you an idea of how often a particular element (such as True or Zen) is used.

Second, the brand is synthesized by combining specific elements that are prioritized by frequency. In this case, the trademark [Truegenic] and its synthesis are deleted, repeated, or combined with other distinct elements, such as [Trunic], [Tenic], [Tnix], etc. The label can be output.

Third, these trademarks go through various filtering processes, including the registration possibility determination process.

Brand filtering system

It refers to a system for filtering synthesized / synthetic intermediate brands or man-made brands by applying various criteria. Filtering can be classified into registration possibility, use of various filtering rule DBs, or filtering among brand candidates or production clients / applicants among brand candidates. These processes can be repeated two or more times, reducing the number of candidates for the brand.

Judging possibility of registration

If there is a designation of the designated product, the registration possibility is determined including the designated product. If only a trademark is a problem, the possibility of registration is determined without involving the designated product. When the use of the brand is determined, the possibility of registration can be determined by selecting and inputting a designated product corresponding to the use. The detailed process has been described above in the registration possibility determination system 400 / 1-1.

Various filtering rule DB

If there is a certain filtering rule for a brand, the brand may be filtered to reflect the rule.

Filtering of people

The brand's creator or production client / applicant may select a brand from a plurality of brand sets.

Brand application system

It may be filed with or used by the Patent Office to entitle the selected brand. (Only in the United States and the like.) Detailed procedures are detailed in the application derivation system 500 / 1-1.

Embodiment of the Invention Idea                     

There are five major embodiments of the present invention in relation to the web.

The first is a method of implementing some or all of the present invention online. That is, some or all of the ideas of the present invention may be constructed in the form of a web service, and then a certain service may be provided to members or nonmembers connected to the virtual space on the network 1000 that provides the web service.

Secondly, some or all of the present inventions occur on the user's computer, and some of them are referred to as on-line offline integrated solutions in a way to achieve the object of the present invention by interworking with the web. That is, it refers to using various types of DBs, engines, and other related software in the user's computer and connecting them to the network 1000. This may be an advantageous model in the case of a large DB in terms of search speed and security.

Third, a method of executing part or all of the present invention in conjunction with foreign countries online.

Automatic split filing system

In the case of a trademark registration application, it is common to specify several designated products. In this case, if only a part has a reason for rejection, in order to overcome this, only the reason for the rejection or only the reason for the rejection may be separated and separately filed. Usually, there are many cases where a participant has a reason for rejection.

The split application engine system functions as follows.

First, a function of analyzing a trademark registration application of members (including clients) related to the spirit of the present invention. This is particularly effective when the trademark registration application of the members is made on the system to which the present invention is applied. What is needed to analyze members' trademark registration applications is the patent office's request for access to the application number and other applicant's application. From these data, we can access the DB of the KIPO to find out the current status of trademark registration applications. The member can specify the case in the system by 1) entering the unique number of the rejection reason notice and 2) entering the application number.

Second, the process of analyzing the reason for rejection is analyzed. If some of the members' designated products have a reason for rejection, only those products may be extracted. This can be done by excluding the designated products with the specified reason for rejection from the total rejected reasons.

Third, the split application and deletion correction are synthesized. In the divided application, the designated product is composed of only the designated product having the reason for rejection or only the designated product having no reason for rejection. In addition, the deletion amendment may correct the designated product in such a manner that only the designated product of the original application is subtracted from the content of the divided application, and may describe the purpose of enumerating and deleting the designated product in the divided application. In addition, the bibliographic information required for the divided application and the amendment is input or synthesized through the stored member information.

Fourth, the divisional application and the amendment are filed with the Patent Office in an electronic application.

Rights Protection over Network 1000

Concept and Necessity

Infringement or dilution of rights related to trademarks, service rights or other marks on the network (hereinafter referred to as [trademark rights]. ]).

Infringement may differ from the requirements in accordance with the provisions of the trademark law of each country, but the present invention is based on the concept of similarity to find out the action or the result of the third party likely to infringe, Describe.

Invasion of trademark rights is easy in the real world, but it is not easy to find them. The use of trademarks on the network 1000 (as legal openness is most often defined in the trademark law of each country, usually defined by a legal concept in each country, or a certain category of acts that are recognized as social notions. How to find out if there are any and how to protect the rightful owner against the use of the trademark of a person who does not have the right to the trademark. Describe.

Use of Trademarks on the Network 1000

If a trademark is displayed on the network 1000, it may be regarded as the use of the trademark. Except for the last decade or so, goods or services in human society have been based on mass-bearing matter. However, on the digital network 1000, there may be a product or a service that has nothing to do with material. For example, in the past there was milk as a substance, and there could be advertisements in printed or visual media about the milk. In this case, the print media or the image media may be an advertisement medium of a specific product, and the advertisement use of a trademark may be established. However, how to handle digital content such as icons, pictures, files, etc. that exist on the network 1000 and does not have a corresponding material may be a problem.

Problem of designated product

Report the digital content as a single product (when viewing a single product that exists in the form of a file rather than being stored on offline hardware such as a CD-ROM). Conventional trademark law can be applied by viewing a corresponding symbol, character, figure, icon, image, or content represented in any digital form (hereinafter referred to as [digital trademark]) as a trademark. In this case, two problems arise again. One is whether a digital product can be treated as a single product due to a problem of a designated product, and the other is a problem of a designated service industry. It's how you look at the service.

The problem with being able to be treated as a single commodity is that various commodities with mass are perceived differently by humans (music, movies and books are perceived differently), but when they are transformed into digital content, they are both 0 and 1. It is just a chunk of information stored in form. From this point of view, various digital goods can be treated as one product. However, digital content can be sensed as other commodities (movies as movies, books as books) through various playing media such as Windows media players, various viewer programs, and e-book software. . If you emphasize this case, you can treat it as another product. In this case, the designated product may be different, such as a product of ordinary mass. From the point of view of the former, since digital content is a collection of all zeros and ones, there is no apparent feature except file size, so there is virtually no concept of a designated product corresponding to digital trademarks online. This has the disadvantage of not keeping up with the trend of increasing online products. If the latter point of view is taken, there is a difficulty in classifying products on the basis of demonstration media, and there is a problem in that a category of designated products must be newly created for content products that are multimedia and complex.

The problem of the designated service industry also has the same problem as above, but even in the service industry in which a normal mass mediates, the service itself is intangible, and thus, the concept of the designated service industry in the same manner as in the off-line may be established for various services provided online. That is, many online services may correspond to various information providers, and the network 1000 may be regarded as only an intermediate media for providing these services.

Problems with Advertising Use

In a typical banner advertisement, a trademark and a product may appear, and in a video, a trademark and a product may appear together. In this case, the advertising use of the trademark may be a problem.

Determination of Similar Trademarks on Network 1000

Determination of trademark and similarity with respect to various contents existing on the network 1000 occurs through the following process. Reference is made first to the individual trademarks in question and then to the automatic implementation of this procedure for any trademark.                     

Private Label: Private Digital Content

When there is individual digital contents for individual trademarks, the comparison is 1: 1 and thus has the same process as the above similar judgment process. In other words, the similarity is input and the similarity determination engine is used to determine the similarity and the result is output.

Individual digital content is not specified

When digital contents are not specified for individual trademarks, there is a method of designating a specific website or database for a specific input of individual digital contents, and using a programmed robot, indiscriminate or predetermined logic or Search websites by order.

appointed

It is possible for a person to specify a specific website or database as follows. First is a specific or arbitrary search site. Search sites often have a certain classification system, and the classification system is usually in a textual language. In addition, in the lower or lowermost category, it is common to display various homepage addresses, names, trade names, names, names, abbreviated names, various identifiers representing the sites, marks for identification purposes, or components of marks. You can compare them with similarity to individual trademarks.

Second, it is possible to designate a specific website or DB held by the website. Phone book database (especially industry / mutual phone book), business register DB to search registered business names, DB, laws, orders, ordinances and other administrative measures for various businesses owned by the tax office or the IRS in relation to tax reporting DB for the names of products made on the back of the book (i.e., when publishing a book, etc., an ISBN is required, and the name of the book is required for appealing and issuing an object. This is an example of a DB for the names of products, etc. Of course, the name of the publisher is also required, and these are the DBs mentioned in the present invention.) Various registrations are made by countries, municipalities, or any public private institution. If a license is received, it is stored by the database that stores the registered contents, by the government, government office, or other public private organization that receives and stores the business registration. For example, DB may be an arbitrary DB including various marks used for identification purposes. These DBs may exist on or within the website itself, but they may be stored on media such as CD-ROM. They are also technically similar in comparison.

Robot program

The robot program refers to a kind of program that obtains content having a certain characteristic while traveling on the network 1000 at a predetermined rule or randomly. Search engines such as www.google.com and www.hotbot.com often use robots. The robot does the following:

First, the robot finds an arbitrary website and specifies the object of comparison. What can be compared is any digital content that exists on the website. Only those that have certain attributes in the digital content of these websites can be considered for comparison. For example, a typical website often declares?, Copyright, or other information at the bottom of the homepage, or displays its name, name, business name, etc. with a telephone number, e-mail address, or other information. Can search this part of the web page for a comparison.

Second, when the comparison target is specified, the location on the network 1000 where the comparison target exists (usually the location is the address of the website itself in place of the location of the web browser and the location of the target within the website). Information is displayed for a long time.) Or the website itself or a web page with the object is stored in the DB. In this case, the DB may extract information about a product or service related to the comparison target from the website or the web page and store the information together. To do this, the robot can be embedded with a program that extracts information about what products and services the site uses by using rules, reserved word determination devices, and artificial intelligence. This is important information for judging the same similarity of a designated product and the same similarity of a designated service in the judgment of infringement of trademark right.

Third, the similarity judgment can be done by one by one when each comparison target is found, by each website or by each DB, or by each target. You can do it together, or you can mix them together.

Problems on the Internet

Trademarks or service marks, domain names, trade names, etc. exist separately from each other, and there are many cases in which countries have related provisions such as trademark law. Hereinafter, a case in which an infringement or a possibility of infringement of a trademark right or the like occurs on the network 1000 is described, and various actions are taken, including finding the case in each case.

Use of registered or pending trademarks

There are many cases where a trademark similar to a registered or pending trademark is used on the Internet. It refers to a case where there is a probability of dispute with a registered trademark or a pending trademark by using a domain name or a trade name. In addition, the act of using a registered trademark or a pending trademark may be advertised, and it is assumed that the use of the registered trademark or pending trademark on the network 1000 may be broadly included in the category of use of the trademark. This will also be described in detail.

Background technology

First, the background technology and premise necessary for this purpose are described. It is mainly visual or auditory that a person senses various contents expressed on the network 1000. In some jurisdictions, sound trademarks may not be recognized, but they are also described by hearing.

Visually perceptible content includes text (including symbols or characters whose identity is recognized by Unicode or other code systems) or images (symbols that cannot be captured by other code systems such as Unicode). It is obvious that the three-dimensional shape is visually represented on the Internet, but it is also a dimension problem. It is obvious that the combination may include colors. ) Is a content formed of

In the case of text content, the same or similar judgment is quite easy. In other words, the title of the emblem can be directly expressed in letter-to-letter because it can be expressed as a letter symbol within each letter system. Text content that can be embedded in code systems such as Unicode for presentation on a computer (eg, exclamation marks, etc.) can be treated similarly. That is, when creating a trademark DB based on a registered trademark or a pending trademark, it stores the title as a letter system and the symbol as a symbol name or / and the symbol itself or / and a symbol code when expressing the elements constituting the trademark. Because it can. That is, if a trademark contains a question mark and an exclamation mark, it is possible to store the question mark and exclamation mark in the representation of the component of the trademark as the symbol's name, the symbol itself, and the code representing the symbol. .

Identifying the same or similarity of an image can be difficult for many. However, the image may also be represented by the sum of the image elements constituting the emblem. That is, a figure constituting a trademark is assigned to a higher category such as an animal, a plant, a simple figure, or a compound figure and a lower category belonging to the upper category (subclasses may exist again in the lower category). In this way, the mark can be characterized to a certain extent. That is, if [tiger picture] exists, the appearance of the trademark can be characterized by [animal / tiger / tiger head]. This figure is characterized and classified as a figure classification DB. This is the same as characterizing a trademark in the case of a letter trademark by mapping the letter corresponding to the title of the trademark to the letter.                     

In addition, trademarks can be automated through a computer without human characterization. This is important in the following points. Each country's writing system has a certain standard system in each country, but the image or the like may be arbitrarily set by the individual or organization, but it is common for a country not to have a classification system. The use of a classification system is always a question. Therefore, the following two techniques can be employed individually or in combination for this purpose.

The first is character recognition technology such as optical character recognition / reader (OCR). Character recognition technology refers to an arbitrary technology that receives an image with an image and outputs it as a character corresponding to the image. Normally, when a trademark is stored, it is generally stored as a trademark image (since the trademark is an appearance that emphasizes appearance, not an idea or technology), so that the letter portion of the trademark can be automatically recognized. The character part here refers to text containing characters and symbols in the code system. That is, when there is an input of a trademark image, the character recognition description unit extracts a character from the image and stores it. In this case, the recognition of the character may be performed by a person.

Second is pattern matching technology. This refers to any technique that compares an image to reveals the identity, similarity, or any other relationship between the two images. Broadly speaking, the character recognition technique is also a kind of pattern matching technique.

The utilization of this pattern matching technique in the present invention is as follows.

One is about the construction of the trademark DB. In other words, the image part of the trademark can be searched and compared with the image in the existing figure classification DB, and can be used for the classification process of the image part of the trademark. If there is similarity or relevance compared to each figure / image of figure classification DB, it can be stored there (in sub-classification or in the minimum size classification system to which the figure / image belongs) (of course, through human confirmation If the pattern-matching program determines that there may be a process, and that it can fall into more than one classification system, it can show the classification to the person and be given a choice. It can also be automated.) To update the DB. In addition, if it is difficult to assign to an existing classification system, the upper classification system can be re-created, and a new lower classification can be created in the upper classification system and the image stored there. Of course, these taxonomys can be used by others, or they can use their own.

The other is the search process for similarity of trademarks. The target trademark in question (this trademark may be an image or digital content that exists on the Internet) is searched and compared with the existing figure classification DB using pattern matching technology, and is identical to the figure portion of the trademark. Existing trademarks with similar or relevant relationships can be extracted. In this case, the degree of similarity used in the pattern matching technique (this criterion may be changed or adjusted, or may be learned by inputting images recognized for similarity using artificial intelligence techniques). You can also output numerical or categorized conclusions. Details of this are detailed in the section on artificial intelligence.

One example of the pattern matching technique is a speech recognition technique. Since speech recognition technology and figure expression technology are similar in principle and / or judgment process, they are not discussed in detail.

The effects of the present invention are as follows.

First, trademark similarity judgment and product similarity judgment can be made to search whether there is a trademark similar to the prior application or registered trademark before application. By combining linguistic engineering judgments about similarity, the data on the basis of similarity judgment can be automatically identified, and the report can be automatically generated and presented to users. This makes it easy to write opinions and increase objectivity in similar judgment. In addition, time cost can be reduced by automating manual similarity judgments. In addition, the morphological analysis engine for similar judgment and other various analysis engines presented in this specification can be applied to trademarks of other countries, thereby enabling analysis and similar judgment of foreign trademarks. This will be particularly effective in designating designated countries under the Madrid Protocol system.

Second, it is possible to grasp the possibility of registering a trademark in advance so that not only the trademark industry but also the general public can find out the possibility of registering the trademark in advance. In addition, it is possible to eliminate the waste caused by the trademark registration application that does not meet the registration requirements, thereby increasing the efficiency of the application.                     

Third, the application can be induced through the application derivation system 500/1-1 to increase the effect of the application, and the applicant, etc. can also effectively protect their trade name, name and other trademarks. By utilizing the DB analysis engine for the application guidance system 500 / 1-1, when there are various DB inputs, any attribute related to a trademark can be extracted and transmitted to the applicant or other interested parties. In addition, because the entire process is online, you can save time and money regardless of location and time.

Fourth, it is possible to increase the international trademark application through any method and system for guiding the trademark registration application at home and abroad, and to find out the possibility of registration in the second country in the international trademark application, so that the efficiency of the search can be improved. And the efficiency of the application is increased.

Fifth, it can effectively protect the rights of trademark owners at home and abroad through any method and system for inducing disputes or protecting the rights of rights holders, and can prevent general consumers from damages caused by misunderstanding of sources. . In addition, through the import and export rights protection system, it is possible to automate the task of retrieving trademarks and notifying the right holders of the Korea Customs Service, thereby protecting domestic trademark owners and increasing the work efficiency of the Korea Customs Service.

Sixth, through the method and system for automating part or all of the brand naming process, it is possible to automate various manual tasks generated during the brand naming process, saving time and manpower costs. In addition, it is possible to find a brand suitable for oneself by classifying various brands according to detailed criteria.                     

The effects of the invention of each detailed system are often mentioned in the concept and necessity sections of this specification.

Claims (5)

In the trademark system that can obtain information about a trademark applied to or registered in the patent office of at least one or more countries, and build a trademark DB, and provide a search function for the established trademark DB, the trademark system is Extracting trademark information and product information from at least one trademark data of the first country obtained; Associating the extracted product information with a designated product group of a second station; A trademark DB constructed for the registered or registered trademark information of a second country to determine whether the extracted trademark information has a trademark identical or similar to the extracted trademark information limited to a designated product group of the corresponding second country; Querying and examining; And Extracts only trademark data of the first country that does not have the same or similar trademark as the extracted trademark information in the registered or registered trademark information of the second country, or among the registered or registered trademark information of the second country If there is a trademark identical or similar to the extracted trademark information, the trademark information of the same or similar trademark of the second country is extracted, or the trademark information of the extracted or registered trademark information of the second country is the same or And extracting only the trademark data of the first country that is the same as or similar to the trademark when a similar trademark exists. In the case where the first station and the second station are the same, the trademark data is one or more of sector-specific telephone number data and mutual telephone number data, or electronic catalog data. When the first station and the second station are different from each other, the trademark data is one or more of sector-specific telephone number data and mutual telephone number data, electronic catalog data, or the trademark data data is a first station. Trademark information providing method characterized in that the trademark information is extracted from the trademark DB built on the registered or registered trademark information of the. In the trademark system that can obtain information about a trademark applied to or registered in the patent office of at least one or more countries, and build a trademark DB, and provide a search function for the established trademark DB, the trademark system is Extracting at least one of trademark information, product information, and applicant information from at least one trademark data of the first country obtained; Querying a trademark system established for the registered or registered trademark information of a second country with the extracted trademark information to determine whether there is a trademark identical or similar to the extracted trademark information; And If the same or similar trademark exists in the registered or registered trademark information of the second country, the extracted product information does not match the designated product group of the same or similar trademark. If only the trademark data is extracted or if a trademark identical or similar to the extracted trademark information exists in the registered or registered trademark information of the second country, the extracted product information coincides with the designated product group of the same or similar trademark. If so, extracting any one or more of the trademark data of the first country and the trademark information for the same or similar trademarks of the second country; In the case where the first station and the second station are the same, the trademark data is one or more of sector-specific telephone number data and mutual telephone number data, or electronic catalog data. When the first station and the second station are different from each other, the trademark data is one or more of sector-specific telephone number data and mutual telephone number data, electronic catalog data, or the trademark data data is a first station. Trademark information providing method characterized in that the trademark information is extracted from the trademark DB built on the registered or registered trademark information of the. The method according to any one of claims 1 and 2, When the trademark data is at least one of a business-specific phone number data and a business-specific phone number data, The trademark information is extracted from the business name or the text included in the business name from the telephone number data and the mutual telephone number data according to the business type, and the product information is business information. The method according to any one of claims 1 and 2, If the trademark material data is electronic catalog data, In the electronic catalog data, the trademark information is brand information, and the product information includes product name information, a harmonized system (HS), a standard international trade classification (SITC), and a United Nations Common Coding (UNCCS). Providing trademark information, characterized in that any one of the System, the United Nations Classification System (UN), UN / SPSC (UN / Standard Products and Services Classification) and SKTC (Standard Korean Trade Classification) Way. The method according to any one of claims 1 and 2, The designated product group of the second country is any one selected from the similar group code and the NICE classification of the second country, or the individual designated product.

Images