1. What is a collective trademark? A collective trademark is registered in the name of a group, association or other organization, and is exclusively used by members of the organization in commercial activities to indicate the user’s membership in the organization. sign. 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 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. 2. Characteristics of collective trademarks (1) A collective trademark does not belong to a single natural person, legal person or other organization, that is, it belongs to a community organization composed of multiple natural persons, legal persons or other organizations, which means that the goods or services originate from a certain collective organization. This A collective can be a specific industrial and commercial group such as a guild or chamber of commerce or other collective organization. The providers of specific goods or services retreat behind the collective as members of the collective. It reflects its characteristics of "universal ownership" and "universal use"; (2) A collective trademark is a collective trademark applied for registration and ownership in the name of a collective composed of members, and is used jointly by all members. Rights are reflected in the application for registration of collective trademarks, which requires that only collective organizations with legal personality can apply, because only collective organizations with legal personality can own trademark rights in the independent name of their collective; (3) Collective trademark reflection In terms of the use of trademarks, collective organizations usually do not use the collective trademark, but are used jointly by members of the organization; members who are not members of the organization cannot use it; each member has equal rights to use it, and members have equal rights to use it. There is no affiliation; at the same time, the use of its collective members must be supervised, and members who violate the rules of use must be dealt with; (4) The registration, use and management of collective trademarks should formulate unified rules to detail the rights of members , obligations and responsibilities, as well as the amount and purpose of management fees, and make them public, and collective members should abide by each other and be subject to public supervision; (5) When a collective trademark is infringed and claims compensation for losses, all rights reserved by collective organization members should be included. Including the losses suffered; (6) When a member withdraws from the collective, he can no longer use the collective trademark. When a new member joins, he can use the collective trademark due to his membership status. This This membership status is not transferable, nor is the right to use a trademark based on this status relationship; (7) Geographical indications can be registered as collective trademarks. If a geographical indication is registered as a collective trademark, a natural person, legal person or other organization whose goods meet the conditions for the use of the geographical indication may request to join the group, association or other organization that has registered the geographical indication as a collective trademark. The group, association or other organization The organization shall be admitted as a member in accordance with its articles of association; groups, associations or other organizations that are not required to participate in the registration of the geographical indication as a collective trademark may also use the geographical indication legitimately, and the group, association or other organization has no right to prohibit it. It should be particularly pointed out that Article 16 of my country’s “Registration and Management Measures for Collective Trademarks and Certification Trademarks” clearly states that “when applying for the transfer of a collective trademark or certification mark, the transferee shall have the corresponding subject qualifications and comply with the Trademark Law and Implementation Regulations and the provisions of these Measures.” Therefore, collective trademarks are transferable in my country. 3. What are the collective trademarks? my country’s current collective trademarks include: Pinggu fresh peaches, Xiaozhan rice, Shanxi mature vinegar, Shanxi mature vinegar, Zhenjiang balsamic vinegar, Changbai Mountain ginseng, Wuchang rice, Longjing tea, Sanmen blue crab, Zhoushan hairtail, Shaoxing rice wine, Jinhua ham, Anxi Tieguanyin, Jingdezhen blue and white, Pu'er tea, etc. What are the collective trademarks? I believe everyone already knows it. From the above content, we can easily see that a collective trademark is a trademark that can be used uniformly by members of the group. The collective trademarks provided above are basically based on place names and local names. The specialty products are registered as collective trademarks. According to the relevant provisions of our country's laws, collective trademarks can be transferred in our country.