Certification trademarks indicate that goods or services have certain specific qualities, while ordinary trademarks indicate that goods or services come from a certain operator. ?The registrant of a certification mark must be an organization established in accordance with the law, with legal person qualifications, and the ability to detect and supervise the specific quality of goods and services. Applicants for registration of ordinary trademarks only need to be business operators registered in accordance with the law. who. ?When applying for registration of certification marks, management rules must be submitted in accordance with the "Registration and Management Measures for Collective Trademarks and Certification Marks". Ordinary trademarks only need to be submitted to the Central Clearing Committee in accordance with the provisions of the "Trademark Law" and "Details". ?The registrant of a certification mark cannot use the certification mark on the goods or services he operates. For ordinary trademarks, he must use his own registered trademark on the goods or services he operates. ?If a certification mark is allowed to be used by others, it must go through the procedures in accordance with the provisions of the "Registration and Management Measures for Collective Trademarks and Certification Marks" and be issued a "Permit of Use". If a general trademark is allowed to be used by others, a license contract must be signed. ?Both certification marks and ordinary trademarks can be transferred. However, the transferee of a certification mark must be an organization established in accordance with the law, with legal personality and the ability to detect and supervise. The transferees of ordinary trademarks include individual industrial and commercial households and partners registered in accordance with the law. ?The Trademark Office shall not approve the registration of identical or similar trademarks within two years after the certification trademark expires. For ordinary trademarks, it only takes one year for the Trademark Office to approve the registration of identical or similar trademarks. Applicants for registration of certification marks, like applicants for registration of collective marks, must provide legal documents and certificates of enterprises and units registered in accordance with the law and with legal person status. They must also provide a statement issued by the competent department stating the goods or services designated by the applicant for registration. Documentation proving the ability to detect and supervise specific quality products. The competent department generally refers to the business competent department above the central government or provincial government.

The difference between certification marks and ordinary trademarks [2005-1-1023:36] Certification marks indicate that goods or services have certain specific qualities. A general trademark indicates that goods or services are produced by a certain operator. The registrant of a certification mark must be an organization established in accordance with the law, have legal personality, and have the ability to detect and supervise the specific quality of goods and services. Applicants for registration of ordinary trademarks only need to be operators registered in accordance with the law. When applying for registration of a certification mark, management rules must be submitted in accordance with the "Registration and Management Measures for Collective Trademarks and Certification Marks". For ordinary trademarks, applications only need to be submitted in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Law and Rules. The registrant of a certification mark cannot use the certification mark on the goods or services he/she operates. General trademarks must use their own registered trademarks on the goods or services they operate. If a certification mark is allowed to be used by others, the procedures must be followed in accordance with the "Registration and Management Measures for Collective Marks and Certification Marks" and a "Permit of Use" must be issued. To license a general trademark to others, a license contract must be signed. Both certification marks and ordinary trademarks are transferable. However, the transferee of a certification mark must be an organization established in accordance with the law, with legal personality and the ability to detect and supervise. The transferees of ordinary trademarks include individual industrial and commercial households and partners registered in accordance with the law. The Trademark Office shall not approve the registration of identical or similar trademarks within two years after the certification trademark expires. For ordinary trademarks, it only takes one year for the Trademark Office to approve the registration of an identical or similar trademark. What are the differences between collective trademarks and ordinary trademarks? A collective organization can apply for registration of a collective trademark or a common trademark, but the two have the following differences: (1) Both collective trademarks and common trademarks indicate the operator of goods or services, but collective trademarks indicate that the goods or services come from a certain organization; a common trademark indicates that it comes from a certain operator. (2) A collective trademark can only be applied for registration by an organization; a general trademark can be applied for registration by an organization or an individual operator. (3) When applying for a collective trademark, you must submit usage management rules; there is no such requirement for applying for an ordinary trademark. (4) Collective trademarks cannot be used by members outside the organization; general trademarks can be used by members outside the organization. (5) There is no need to sign a license contract when a collective trademark licenses its members to use it; a license contract must be signed when a general trademark licenses others to use it. (6) Collective trademarks cannot be transferred; ordinary trademarks can be transferred to others. (7) The Trademark Office shall not approve the registration of identical or similar trademarks within two years after the collective trademark expires; for ordinary trademarks, it only takes one year for the Trademark Office to approve the registration of identical or similar trademarks.

The following factors should be considered in determining a well-known trademark: (1) The degree of awareness of the trademark by the relevant public; (2) The duration of use of the trademark; (3) The duration of any publicity work for the trademark, The extent and geographical scope; (4) Records of the trademark being protected as a well-known trademark; (5) Other factors that make the trademark famous.