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What is a collective trademark and what materials should be submitted to apply for registration of a collective trademark?
A collective trademark refers to a trademark jointly owned by several different owners, which is called a collective trademark. In some countries, federations of some enterprises can also be registered as representatives, and sometimes government agencies leading these enterprises register on their behalf. The function of a collective trademark is to show users that the enterprises that use the trademark have the same characteristics. Enterprises that use collective trademarks have the right to use other special trademarks at the same time. Collective trademarks are generally not allowed to be transferred. In the trademark laws of China, the United States, most western civil law countries, some eastern European countries and some developing countries, there are provisions to give collective trademark registration protection.

The application documents to be submitted for applying for a collective trademark mainly include:

Application for trademark registration. Please refer to the filling instructions for details.

2. Qualification certificate and photocopy of the collective trademark applicant, or a valid photocopy stamped with the applicant's seal.

3, collective trademark use management rules.

4. List of collective members.

5. If you apply for registration directly in the trademark registration hall, you must submit the agent's ID card and a copy; Where a trademark agency is entrusted to apply for registration, a power of attorney for trademark agency shall be submitted.

6. Where the collective trademark applied for registration is a portrait of a person, a notarized statement that the owner of the portrait agrees to use the portrait as a trademark registration shall be attached.