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Publication of Japan-Korea Similar Group Codes Concordance Lists (Corresponding to the Nice Classification, 10th edition, Version 2014)

December 2013

Japan Patent Office

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) are working on a cooperative project to compile concordance lists that indicate the corresponding relationships between the respective, similar group codes used for trademark examination at the JPO and the KIPO, based on a bilateral agreement the two offices signed.

Similar group codes are the codes assigned to goods and services that are presumed to be similar to each other in trademark examination. The project aims to improve the predictability of examination results, by encouraging users who file trademark applications with the JPO or the KIPO to utilize the concordance lists when searching for the existence of already registered trademarks.

As a result of the JPO-KIPO cooperation, the JPO is pleased to publish the Japan-Korea Similar Group Codes Concordance lists corresponding to the Nice Classification, 10th edition, Version 2014 (NCL(10-2014)), which is scheduled to come into effect on January 1, 2014.

Furthermore, at the 25th JPO-KIPO Commissioners Meeting held on December 5, 2013, the JPO and the KIPO agreed to discuss enhancing the Japan-Korea Similar Group Codes Concordance lists.

Published materials

Japan-Korea Similar Group Codes Concordance lists (corresponding to the Nice Classification, 10th edition, version 2014(NCL(10-2014))

Reference

“‘Similar Group Codes’ used at the JPO”

Meanings of Items in the Concordance Lists

  •  Class: Class to which goods or services belong
  •  Basic No: Unique No. of goods and services given to the goods and services in the International Classification
  •  EN - Goods and Services NCL (10-2014): Indication of goods and services in English listed in NCL(10-2014)
  •  Acceptable or not by the KIPO:
    • ○＝Goods and services indication acceptable by KIPO
    • ×＝Goods and services indication not acceptable by KIPO
  • Korean Translation: Translations in Korean for goods and services corresponding to the NCL(10-2014)
  • KIPO’s similar group codes: Similar group codes assigned to goods and services by KIPO
  • Acceptable or not by the JPO:
    • ○＝Goods and services indication acceptable by JPO
    • ×＝Goods and services indication note acceptable by JPO
  • Japanese Translation: Translations in Japanese for goods and services corresponding to the NCL(10-2014)
  • JPO’s similar group codes: Similar group codes assigned to goods and services by JPO

[Last updated 6 December 2013]

Contact

Japan Patent Office

Trademark Division

FAX: +81-3-3580-5907

E-mail: PA1T90@jpo.go.jp

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