Certification trademark: controlled by an organization with the ability to detect and supervise certain goods or services, and used by people other than it on goods or services to certify the origin, raw materials, and quality of the goods or services. Trademarks of manufacturing methods, quality, precision or other specific qualities. For example, "green food" logo, etc.

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. In some countries, it may also be registered by a federation of enterprises as a representative, and sometimes by the government agency leading these enterprises. The function of a collective trademark is to indicate to users that the companies using the trademark have the same characteristics. An enterprise using a collective trademark has the right to use other exclusive trademarks of its own at the same time. The trademark laws of my country, the United States, most Western countries with civil law systems, some Eastern European countries and some developing countries all have provisions for registration protection of collective trademarks.

What is the difference between a collective trademark and a certification mark?

(1) Both are trademarks used jointly by multiple producers, operators or service providers.

(2) A collective mark indicates that the goods or services come from the same organization; a certification mark indicates that the quality of the goods or services reaches the specified specific quality.

(3) Applicants for collective trademarks must be legally established organizations with legal personality; however, applicants for certification trademarks must also have the ability to detect and supervise the specific quality of goods or services.

(4) A collective trademark can be used by members of the collective and cannot be used by members outside the organization; certification trademarks should show their openness, as long as the goods or services meet the specific quality stipulated in the management rules You can request the use of certification marks.

(5) The registrant of a collective trademark can use the collective trademark on the goods or services he operates; the registrant of a certification mark cannot use the certification mark on the goods or services he operates.

(6) Collective trademarks cannot be transferred after registration; certification trademarks can be transferred to other organizations established in accordance with the law, with legal personality and the ability to detect and supervise.