论“混淆可能性”——兼评《中华人民共和国商标法修改草稿》（征求意见稿）

作为商标法中的基本范畴，“混淆可能性”既是侵权认定的主要标准，又是商标审查的重要尺度。实际上，对于大多数商标来说，其权利边界都取决于“混淆可能性”；即便是驰名商标，要确定其保护范围也离不开这一基本范畴。尽管如此，《中华人民共和国商标法》主要条款却避开了“混淆”概念，在一定程度上削弱了“混淆可能性”的基准性地位，误导商标执法司法。《商标法》第三次修订在即，我国立法机关应遵循商标法制的运行机理，以“混淆可能性”为基准重构商标侵权规范和审查（评审）规则。

Likelihood of Confusion

As one of the basic categories in the trademark law,"likelihood of confusion" acts as not only the main criterion of trademark infringement,but also the important yardstick in trademark registration system.In fact,for most trademarks,the extension of the owner's right lies on "likelihood of confusion";even the protection scope of the well-known mark is closely related to the basic category.Unfortunately,the main clauses in China's current law never mentions the concept of confusion,as a result the benchmark status of "likelihood of confusion" is somewhat weakened.Therefore,it is necessary to review China's trademark infringement system and registration rules on the basis of "likelihood of confusion".