International trademark registration categories include word trademarks, graphic trademarks, letter trademarks, digital trademarks, three-dimensional logo trademarks, color combination trademarks, overall combination trademarks, sound trademarks, and scent trademarks.
1. Word trademarks
refers to trademarks consisting solely of words, including Chinese characters and ethnic minority characters, foreign characters and Arabic numerals, or trademarks that are a combination of various different characters.
2. Graphic trademarks
refers to trademarks consisting only of graphics. Which can be divided into:
1. Symbol trademarks: refer to trademarks that use certain simple symbols to form patterns;
2. Geometric trademarks: are composed of more abstract graphics
3. Natural graphic trademark: It is a graphic trademark composed of natural objects such as people, animals, plants, natural scenery, etc. Some are based on actual photos, while others are trademarks composed of natural graphics that have been processed, refined, summarized and exaggerated.
3. Alphabet trademarks
refers to trademarks that use the smallest writing unit of pinyin characters or phonetic symbols, including pinyin characters, foreign letters such as English letters, Latin letters, etc.
IV. Digital trademarks
A trademark composed of Arabic numerals, Roman numerals or Chinese uppercase numerals.
5. Three-dimensional logos and trademarks
1. Three-dimensional logos and trademarks are also called three-dimensional trademarks, which are trademarks composed of three-dimensional objects with three dimensions: length, width and height; < /p>
2. Three-dimensional logos and trademarks are different from the trademark patterns we usually see on a plane, but appear in a three-dimensional material form;
3. Three-dimensional logos and trademarks present The three-dimensional material form may appear on the appearance of the product, or may be displayed on the container or other places of the product;
6. Color combination trademark
A color combination trademark refers to a combination of two A trademark formed by the arrangement and combination of two or more colors. A trademark composed of words, patterns and colors is not a color combination trademark, but a general combination trademark.
7. Overall combination trademark
Refers to a trademark composed of two or more components, also known as a composite trademark.
8. Audio trademarks
1. A trademark that uses a set of music composed of musical notes or a special sound as a product or service is an audio trademark.
2. Audio trademarks are currently only recognized in a few countries such as the United States, and cannot be registered as trademarks in China.
9. Smell trademarks
1. Smell trademarks use a special smell as a trademark to distinguish different goods and services.
2. Smell trademarks are only recognized as trademarks in certain countries and cannot be registered as trademarks in China.