A trademark is a distinctive sign that identifies a certain product, service, or a specific individual or enterprise related to it. When a brand or part of a brand is registered by the relevant government department in accordance with the law, it is called a "trademark." The transfer of Class 30 trademarks is also called convenience food trademark transfer in the industry. So what does the 30 trademark categories include? How to classify trademarks? Let me introduce it to you below. _1. What does Trademark Class 30 include and how to classify trademarks? Trademark Class 30 mainly includes plant foods for daily use or storage and seasonings. Specifically, they include coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, rice, edible starch, sago, coffee substitutes, flour and cereal products, bread, pastries and candies, iced foods, honey, syrup, fresh yeast, baking powder, salt and mustard, Vinegar, sauce (condiment), spices for seasoning, ice. Trademarks can be divided into 8 categories according to different standards and perspectives: (1) According to the structure of the trademark, it can be divided into word trademarks, graphic trademarks, and graphic and text combination trademarks. (2) Classification according to the purpose and function of trademarks can be divided into commodity trademarks and service trademarks. (3) According to the different owners and users of trademarks, they can be divided into manufacturing trademarks, sales trademarks and collective trademarks. (4) Classified according to the management of trademarks, they can generally be divided into registered trademarks and unregistered trademarks. (5) According to the trademark user’s motivation for using the trademark, it can be divided into joint trademarks, defensive trademarks and certification trademarks. (6) Classification according to the meaning of trademarks can be divided into meaningful trademarks and non-meaningful trademarks. (7) Classification according to the way the trademark is used can be divided into main trademarks, sub-trademarks, product group trademarks and specific product trademarks. (8) According to the classification of trademark carriers, they can be divided into flat trademarks, three-dimensional trademarks, sound trademarks, smell trademarks, etc.

2. The purpose of trademarks 1. Business trademarks refer to trademarks used by producers or operators to use specific logos or company names on the goods they manufacture or operate. 2. Certification trademarks are controlled by an organization with the ability to supervise certain goods or services and used by units or individuals other than the organization to certify the origin and raw materials of the goods or services. , manufacturing methods, quality or other signs of specific quality. 3. Class trademarks. Class refers to the same trademark or different trademarks used on a commodity with different quality, specifications and grades. Some of these trademarks have the same name, but different graphics or text fonts; some have the same graphics, but are distinguished by different colors, different papers, different printing techniques or other signs in order to facilitate the differentiation of different product qualities; and some are Use different brand names or graphics to distinguish them. 4. Group trademarks. Group trademarks refer to several trademarks used to distinguish similar goods due to differences in variety, specification, grade, and price. These trademarks are registered as a group at one time. applied for trademark. Group trademarks are similar to graded trademarks; 5. Family trademarks. Family trademarks are trademarks that are based on a certain trademark, combined with various words or graphics, and used on various goods of the same company. Also called a "derivative trademark". 6. Alternate trademarks, also known as storage trademarks, refer to the registration of several trademarks on the same goods or similar goods at the same time or separately. They may not be used immediately after registration, but are stored first and used when needed. 7. Defensive trademarks. Defensive trademarks refer to well-known trademark owners who, in order to prevent others from using their trademarks on different categories of goods, register their trademarks on non-similar goods separately. This type of trademark is called a defensive trademark. At present, my country’s trademark laws do not have relevant provisions on “defensive trademarks”. 8. Joint trademarks. Joint trademarks refer to several identical or similar trademarks registered by the same trademark owner on the same or similar goods. Some have similar words and some have similar graphics. These trademarks are called joint trademarks. After registration of such mutually similar trademarks, it is not necessarily necessary to use them. The purpose is to prevent others from counterfeiting or registering, thereby more effectively protecting one's own trademarks.

3. Trademark Validity Period According to Article 39 of the Trademark Law, the validity period of a registered trademark is ten years, calculated from the date of approval of registration. You can renew and pay the renewal fee twelve months before the expiration of the validity period. Each renewal is still valid for ten years. There is no limit to the number of renewals. If the application is not submitted within this period, a 6-month extension period may be granted.

If the renewal of registration is not submitted within the extension period, the Trademark Office will cancel the registered trademark and make an announcement.