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What is the difference between a product name and a trademark?

Hello, the main differences between trade names and trademarks are:

1. Trade names are popular, owned by the public, and can be used by everyone; while trademarks are specific and exclusive. sexual.

2. The common name of goods is used to distinguish different types of goods, and the specific name of goods is used to distinguish specific goods and specific objects of the same type of goods; while trademarks are also used to distinguish goods. , but it is mainly used to distinguish producers and sellers of different commodities.

3. The common name of goods is not distinctive and cannot be registered as a trademark, because it not only cannot distinguish different producers or sellers of goods, but also turns the name that should be used by the public into Monopoly by a specific person, resulting in an undue monopoly;

As long as the specific name of the product does not violate the provisions of Article 11 of the "Trademark Law", most of them can be registered as trademarks, for example: 21 Jinvita, Moutai Liquor, Liangmianzhen toothpaste, etc., they are both the specific names of the products and the registered trademarks of the products.

4. The names of goods arise naturally and do not require any formalities; registered trademarks must be applied for and approved before they can become registered trademarks.

5. Product names are generally not protected by law. Only the names of well-known products can be protected by the Anti-Unfair Competition Law.

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