a collective trademark refers to a sign registered in the name of a group, association or other organization and used exclusively by members of the organization in commercial activities to show the membership of users in the organization. A certification trademark is a symbol used to prove the origin, raw materials, manufacturing methods, quality or other specific qualities of the commodity or service. Applicants for collective trademarks must be legally established organizations with legal personality; However, the applicant who certifies the trademark must also have the ability to detect and supervise the specific quality of the goods or services. Collective trademarks emphasize organizations, and organizations that can only register trademarks can use the trademarks; Certification trademark emphasizes a kind of provability, which has the ability to detect the quality of products and is relatively high in technology.

Legal basis:

Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 22 An applicant for trademark registration shall fill in the category and name of the goods using the trademark according to the prescribed commodity classification table and file a registration application.

article 28 the trademark office shall, within nine months from the date of receipt of the application documents for trademark registration, complete the examination of the trademark applied for registration, and if it meets the relevant provisions of this law, make a preliminary examination and approval announcement.

article 33. within three months from the date of the announcement of the preliminary examination and approval, the prior obligee or interested party thinks that the trademark violates the provisions of article 13, paragraphs 2 and 3, article 15, article 16, paragraph 1, article 3, article 31 and article 32 of this law, or anyone thinks that it violates article 4, article 1, article 11, article 12 and article 19 of this law. If there is no objection at the expiration of the announcement period, the registration shall be approved, a trademark registration certificate shall be issued and an announcement shall be made.