Due to the imperfection of trademark registration management in China and the backwardness of judgment and examination methods, many company logos and organization logos are not registered now. Therefore, clarifying the relationship between trademark and logo is helpful to judge whether you need to register a trademark. What is a trademark? A trademark is a distinctive symbol composed of characters, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional symbols, colors or the combination of the above elements. It is adopted by commodity producers and operators on the goods they produce, manufacture, process, select and distribute or by service providers on the services they provide, and it is the product of modern economy. In the commercial field, trademarks, including words, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs and color combinations, as well as the combination of the above elements, can be applied for registration as trademarks. The difference between logo and trademark refers to different scope. Logo design is a general term, and all graphic symbols and text symbols with specific meanings can be called logos. Trademark design is a symbol with commercial purpose and value used in the commercial field. The use of marks as trademarks on commodities or commodity packaging shall be registered and protected by law. Belongs to a kind of logo design. Acquisition of rights Different logo as works of art do not need to be registered, and the copyright is automatically obtained after the design is completed. A trademark must be registered in the corresponding state organ to obtain the trademark right. The designer and owner of different signs may not be the same person. If the company wants to entrust a designer to design the logo, then as a commissioned works, the copyright of the logo belongs to two situations: it is agreed to be owned by the client; There is no agreement, it belongs to the designer. Trademarks belong only to trademark owners and belong to the category of intellectual property rights.