certification trademark

Collective and certification trademarks can also now be registered in China.

The owner of a certification trademark is then allowed to sell licences to be used for certain products meeting the owner's criteria.

In 1978, the certification trademark "Bioland" was registered.

It also offers an SIF Certification trademark licensing program, administered on its behalf by The Open Group.

However, the industry faces challenges due to plagiarism of the word "Shetland" by manufacturers operating elsewhere and a certification trademark, "The Shetland Lady", has been registered.

For instance, in Canada, only Canadian wines can be VQA approved but other certification trademarks can be registered under the intellectual property legal regime.

In 1974, the association that had been renamed to Fördergemeinschaft organisch-biologischer Landbau e.V. (development program association on organic biological agriculture) enlisted the certification trademark "Dr. Müller bio gemüse".

In 1936 the Stilton Cheesemakers' Association (SCMA) was formed to lobby for regulation to protect the quality and origin of the cheese, and in 1966 Stilton was granted legal protection via a certification trademark, the only British cheese to have received this status.