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Excuse me, do products with geographical indication certification trademarks have to be geographical indication products? What is the relationship between the two? Thank you!
Theoretically speaking, geographical indication certification trademark is a kind of geographical indication, and all products marked with geographical indication certification trademark are geographical indication products. But the actual market is not always like this, and counterfeiting can be seen everywhere.

The so-called geographical indication products are products marked with geographical indications. As for what is a geographical indication, the laws of different countries are different. In China, there are two forms of geographical indications, one is a trademark form, and the other is a geographical indication issued by the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision. Many countries in Europe have special geographical indications that are different from trademarks and other signs.

Geographical indication certification trademark is a kind of geographical indication and also a kind of certification trademark. In fact, it is a geographical indication fixed and protected by the legal form of registered trademarks. Firstly, it is a trademark; secondly, it has the function of geographical indication; Conversely, this geographical indication exists in the form of a trademark and is protected as a registered trademark.