What are the trademarks classified by structure?

1. prefix

Refers to trademarks composed only of characters, including China Chinese characters and minority languages, foreign languages and Arabic numerals, or trademarks composed of various languages;

2. Graphic trademarks

Refers to a trademark consisting only of graphics. This can be divided into:

(1) Mark trademark: refers to a trademark with simple symbols;

(2) Geometric graphic trademarks: trademarks composed of abstract graphics;

(3) Natural graphic trademark: it is a graphic trademark that takes people, animals and plants, natural scenery and other natural objects as objects. Some are physical pictures, and some are trademarks made of processed, refined, generalized and exaggerated natural graphics.

3. Alphabetic trademarks

Refers to a trademark with pinyin or phonetic symbols as the minimum writing unit, including pinyin and foreign letters such as English letters and Latin letters.

4. Digital trademarks

A trademark consisting of Arabic numerals, Roman numerals or Chinese capital numerals.

5. Three-dimensional logo trademark

Three-dimensional trademark, also known as three-dimensional trademark, is a trademark symbol composed of three-dimensional objects of length, width and height. It is different from the trademark pattern usually seen on the plane, but appears in a three-dimensional material form, which may appear in the shape of goods, or in the container or other places of goods. This is a new content added in the newly revised Trademark Law of 200 1, which will make China's trademark protection system more perfect.

6. Color combination trademark

A color combination trademark refers to a trademark formed by arranging and combining two or more colors. A trademark composed of words, patterns and colors is not a color combination trademark, but a general combination trademark.

7. Combination trademark (1 ~ 6 or above)

A trademark consisting of two or more ingredients, also known as a compound trademark.

8. Audio trademarks

The trademark of a group of music composed of notes or goods or services with special sounds is an audio trademark. For example, a record company in the United States uses 1 1 notes to form a group of music and records it at the beginning of the tapes they sell as a sign to identify their products. The company applied for registration to protect the exclusive rights of its stereo and prevent others from using and copying it. At present, audio trademarks are only recognized in a few countries such as the United States. It cannot be registered as a trademark in China.

9. Smell trademark

Smell trademark uses a special smell as a trademark to distinguish different goods and different services. At present, this trademark is only recognized as a trademark in some countries. It cannot be registered as a trademark in China.

The content of this article comes from: China Law Publishing House "General Knowledge Series of Legal Life"