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How to apply for registration of geographical indication certification trademark
There are two ways to apply for a registered certification trademark or collective trademark:

(1) Entrust it to a trademark agency registered with the Trademark Office.

(2) Applicants should go directly to the trademark registration hall of the Trademark Office (applicants in Zhongguancun National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone can also go to the office of the Trademark Office in Zhongguancun National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone at the administrative office hall on the second floor of Haidian Branch of Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce, No.9 Daozuomiao, Haidian District, Beijing).

according to the trademark law, the validity period of a geographical indication certification trademark is ten years, counting from the date of approval of registration. You can apply for renewal of registration before the expiration of the validity period, and each renewal of registration is valid for ten years

1. An application for trademark registration with the official seal of the applicant.

2. documents and photocopies certifying the applicant's subject qualification, or valid photocopies stamped with the applicant's seal, and details of the professional technicians and professional testing equipment it has or the institutions entrusted by it shall be stated, so as to show that it has the ability to supervise the quality of the specific goods certified by the certification trademark.

3. Where a geographical indication is used as a certification trademark, the following contents shall be stated in the application: What is the difference between a collective trademark and an ordinary trademark

(1) The specific quality, reputation or other characteristics of the goods marked by the geographical indication;

(2) the relationship between the specific quality, reputation or other characteristics of the commodity and the natural and human factors in the area marked by the geographical indication;

(3) the scope of the area marked by the geographical indication of the certification trademark.

4. Management rules for the use of certification marks.

5. Six trademark designs (one is attached on the back of the application, and five are handed in), with clear designs and specifications of not less than 5 cm in length and width and not more than 1 cm. If a color is specified, attach 1 color sample, 5 cross-colored patterns and 1 black-and-white pattern.

6. If you come directly to the trademark registration hall to apply for registration, you must submit a copy of the ID card of the agent and show the original; Where a trademark agency is entrusted to apply for registration, a power of attorney for trademark agency shall be submitted.

7. If the certification trademark applied for registration is a portrait of a person, a notarized statement that the portrait owner agrees to register this portrait as a trademark shall be attached.

2. The difference between a collective trademark and a certification trademark. Collective

1. What conditions and associations are needed for the applicant of a certification trademark to apply for a collective trademark for an institution with supervisory ability? The applicants for collective trademarks are general groups and collectives.

2. Certification trademarks are generally used directly in economic activities; Collective trademarks are only used by collective members.

3. The applicant who proves the trademark owns the trademark, but has no right to use it; Members of a collective trademark have the ownership and right to use the trademark.

4. Some collective trademarks are also used in economic activities, such as the logo of the Olympic Committee and the logo of the basketball association.

3. Qualifications and conditions of the applicant for certification of trademark registration

1. According to Article 3 of the Trademark Law and Article 2 of the Measures for the Registration and Administration of Collective Trademarks and Certification Trademarks, the main qualification scope of the applicant for trademark registration in China is: "an organization capable of supervising a certain commodity or service"

2. How to apply for a collective trademark should meet the following conditions:

B, there must be the applicant's main qualification certificate issued by the local industrial and commercial administration department, that is, the legal document that the applicant is registered according to law and has the legal person qualification, and at the same time, the certificate issued by the competent department that the applicant has the ability to detect and supervise the specific quality of the goods or services designated for registration should be provided. The competent department generally refers to the competent department at or above the central or provincial level.

C, it is necessary to formulate the management rules for the use of the applied certification trademark.

a geographical indication trademark is a symbol indicating that a commodity originated from a certain region, and the specific quality, reputation or other characteristics of the commodity are mainly determined by natural or human factors in the region. Applying for geographical indication certification trademark is a common practice to protect characteristic products in the world at present. By applying for geographical indication certification trademarks, natural resources, human resources and geographical heritage can be reasonably and fully utilized and preserved, and high-quality characteristic products can be effectively protected and the development of characteristic industries can be promoted.