I. Definition of collective trademark and certification trademark 1. Certification trademark: a trademark controlled by an organization with the ability to detect and supervise a commodity or service, but used by people outside it to prove the origin, raw materials, manufacturing methods, quality, accuracy or other specific qualities of the commodity or service. For example, the "green food" sign. 2. A collective trademark refers to a sign registered in the name of a group, association or other organization and used exclusively by the members of the organization in commercial activities to show the membership of users in the organization. In some countries, federations of some enterprises can also be registered as representatives, and sometimes government agencies leading these enterprises register on their behalf. The function of a collective trademark is to show users that the enterprises that use the trademark have the same characteristics. Enterprises that use collective trademarks have the right to use other special trademarks at the same time. China, the United States, most western civil law countries, some eastern European countries and some developing countries all have provisions to give collective trademark registration protection. 2. What's the difference between a collective trademark and a certification trademark? (1) Both are trademarks used by multiple manufacturers or service providers. (2) A collective trademark indicates that the goods or services come from the same organization; A certification trademark indicates that the quality of a commodity or service reaches the specified quality. (3) The applicant for a collective trademark must be an organization with legal personality established according to law; However, the applicant who certifies the trademark must also have the ability to detect and supervise the specific quality of the goods or services. (4) collective trademarks can be used by all members of the collective, and members outside the organization may not use them; The certification mark should show its openness, and all goods or services that meet the specific quality stipulated in the management rules can be required to use the certification mark. (5) The registrant of a collective trademark may use the collective trademark on the goods or services it deals in; The registrant of a certification trademark shall not use the certification trademark on the goods or services it deals in. (6) A collective trademark may not be transferred after registration; The certification trademark can be transferred to other legally established organizations with legal person qualification and inspection and supervision ability. To sum up, the difference between certification trademark and collective trademark is obvious. Although both are trademarks, they have different emphases. Collective trademarks emphasize organizations, and only organizations that register trademarks can use the trademarks. Certification trademark emphasizes a provable ability, that is, the ability to detect the quality of products. Relatively speaking, the technical content is relatively high. Everyone should pay attention to distinguish the characteristics of different trademarks.