A collective trademark refers to a sign registered in the name of a group, association or other organization and used exclusively by 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. I. Qualifications for Application According to Article 3 of the Trademark Law and Article 2 of the Measures for the Administration of Registration of Collective Trademarks and Certification Trademarks (first revised in June 1998), the main qualification scope for domestic trademark registration applicants to apply for collective trademarks is "industrial and commercial organizations, associations or other collective organizations", and the conditions they should meet are: 65438+. An enterprise or institution should be an organization, which can be an industrial and commercial group, association, industry or other collective organization, rather than a single enterprise or individual operator; 2. There must be a certificate of the applicant's subject qualification issued by the local administrative department for industry and commerce, that is, a legal document that the applicant is legally registered and has the qualification of a legal person, which can be a business license of an enterprise or an approval document for the legal registration of a public institution or mass organization; 3. Rules for the use and management of collective trademarks must be formulated. Second, the application route 1 entrusts a nationally recognized trademark agency. 2. The applicant goes directly to the trademark registration hall of the Trademark Office. Steps: Inquire before application (optional procedure) → Prepare the application form → Submit the application form in the acceptance window of the trademark registration hall → Type the receipt barcode in the coding window → Pay the trademark registration fee in the payment window → The Trademark Office will issue an acceptance notice in about three months → Make corrections to the trademark registration application (optional procedure). The conditions for applying for a collective trademark are as mentioned above. The nature of collective trademark determines that it does not belong to individuals, and individuals only have the right to use it, which is mostly used for the registration of trade associations. There are strict restrictions on the use of collective trademarks, and people outside the collective cannot use them. At the same time, collective trademarks cannot be transferred to others like ordinary trademarks. Therefore, compared with ordinary trademarks, the conditions are more stringent, and naturally there are not as many as ordinary trademarks. I hope everyone can make good use of the trademark registration right.