Jite Intellectual Property: What are the uses of trademarks?

1． A business trademark refers to a trademark used by producers or operators to use a specific logo or company name on the goods they manufacture or operate. Some people also call this kind of logo a "factory logo", a "store logo" or a "company logo". .

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, raw materials, and manufacturing of the goods or services. Method, quality or other specific quality marks; such as: green food mark, genuine leather mark, pure wool mark, electrician mark, etc.

3. Class trademarks refer to the same trademark or different trademarks used on goods 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. A group trademark refers to several trademarks used to distinguish similar goods due to differences in variety, specification, grade, and price. These trademarks are filed as a group for registration at one time. trademark. There are similarities between group trademarks and class trademarks;

5. Family trademarks are trademarks that are based on a certain trademark and then combined with various words or graphics to be used on various goods of the same company. They are also called "derivative trademarks".

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. A defensive trademark refers to a well-known trademark owner who, in order to prevent others from using its trademark on different categories of goods, registers its 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 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.