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What is the difference between trademarks and product packaging and decoration?

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What a trademark protects is the name of the product. Others cannot use the common industry name. The protection authority of the trademark is limited to the name graphic, within the protected category

2. Product packaging and decoration belongs to the category of appearance patent. Generally speaking, it belongs to the unique design protection of the enterprise and belongs to the category of patent. Appearance patent only protects the overall style and pattern

3. The protective effects of trademarks and appearance patents are different. The enforcement of trademarks is relatively strict, and the effectiveness of all protection of appearance patents is not subject to substantive examination and can only be determined based on successive applications.