Welcome to Similarity

CF Similarity is a search tool which you can use in order to assess whether given Goods and Services are considered similar (and to what degree) or dissimilar according to the Participating IP Offices. The tool endeavours to reflect the practice of these IP Offices but the comparisons in the tool are NOT LEGALLY BINDING upon any entity. Furthermore, practice may differ from office to office. The extent to which the comparisons accurately reflect the current practice of any participating IP Office is the sole responsibility of that office.

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  • AUSTRIA: Österreichisches Patentamt (The Austrian Patent Office)

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  • BENELUX: Bureau voor de Intellectuele Eigendom (Benelux Office for Intellectual Property)

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  • BULGARIA: Патентно Ведомство на Република България (Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria)

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  • CROATIA: State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia

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  • CYPRUS: Τμήμα Εφόρου Εταιρειών και Διανοητικής Ιδιοκτησίας (Department of Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property)

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  • CZECH REPUBLIC: Úřad průmyslového vlastnictví (Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic)

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  • DENMARK: Patent- og Varemærkestyrelse (Danish Patent and Trademark Office)

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  • EUIPO: European Union Intellectual Property Office

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  • ESTONIA: Patendiamet (Estonian Patent Office)

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  • FINLAND: Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus (Finnish Patent and Registration Office)

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  • FRANCE: Institut National de la Propiété Industrielle (The National Institute for Intellectual Property)

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  • GERMANY: Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (German Patent and Trade Mark Office)

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  • GREECE: Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation

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  • HUNGARY: Szellemi Tulajdon Nemzeti Hivatala (Hungarian Intellectual Property Office)

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  • IRELAND: Intellectual Property Office of Ireland

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  • ITALY: Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi (Italian Patent and Trademark office)

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  • LATVIA: Latvijas Republikas Patentu Valde (Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia)

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  • LITHUANIA: Lietuvos Respublikos valstybinis patentų biuras (The State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania)

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  • MALTA:Commerce Department, Industrial Property Registrations Directorate

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  • POLAND: Urzad Patentowy Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Polish Patent Office)

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  • PORTUGAL: Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (Portuguese National Industrial Property Office)

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  • ROMANIA: Oficiul de Stat pentru Invenţii şi Mărci (Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks)

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  • SLOVAK REPUBLIC: Úrad priemyselného vlastníctva Slovenskej republiky (Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic)

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  • SLOVENIA: Urad RS za intelektualno lastnino (Slovenian Intellectual Property Office)

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  • SPAIN: Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas (Spanish Patent and Trademark Office)

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  • SWEDEN: Patent- och registreringsverket (Swedish Intellectual Property Office)

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  • SWITZERLAND: Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum (Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property)

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  • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: United States Patent and Trademark Office

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  • WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization