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What is a common trademark? Certification mark? Collective trademark?

(1) Ordinary trademarks refer to the vast majority of trademarks that do not receive special legal protection when used under normal circumstances. It is a trademark corresponding to a well-known trademark.

(2) Certification trademarks are controlled by an organization that has the ability to supervise certain goods or services, and are used by units or individuals other than the organization for their goods or services to certify the goods or services. The origin, raw materials, manufacturing methods, quality or other signs of specific quality of goods or services.

(3) A collective trademark refers to a mark registered in the name of a group, association or other organization and exclusively used by members of the organization in commercial activities to indicate the user's membership in the organization. ?

Extended information:

1. There are two types of certification marks:

One type is the certification mark of origin, which proves that the goods or services themselves come from a certain origin. Origin is a geographical indication, and the name of origin can also be registered as a certification mark under certain circumstances;

The other type is a quality certification mark, which is a mark that proves that goods or services have a certain quality.

2. Type of collective:

According to Article 3 of the Trademark Law, trademarks approved and registered by the Trademark Office are registered trademarks, including: commodity trademarks, service trademarks, Collective trademark, certification mark. The law has clearly divided these four trademarks into four basic types of registered trademarks.

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