Collective marks and geographical indications is similar to the two definitions of similar characteristics, but with the essential difference between the two concepts. 
 Geographical indications indicators show a product derived from a region where a given quality, reputation or other characteristics, is determined mainly by natural factors or human factors of the region's flag. It has the following characteristics: high to regional requirements;, permanent, and no time limit does not have the exclusive and proprietary; transferability. 
 Collective mark under the new Trademark Law Article, paragraph 2, to groups, associations or other organizations on behalf of registered for use in commercial activities for members of the organization to show that the sign of the user's membership in the organization in terms of ownership, also has non-exclusive, non-exclusive characteristics. 
 Distribution both in the industry, geographical distribution, the transfer of trademarks coincidence, but the difference between the two is quite obvious. A collective mark is the product trademarks, geographical indications more often manifested as the origin of the product marks or characteristics of signs, and only after further approval as a trademark; collective trademark is the trademark ownership of collective reliance on regional not as good as the geographical indication is so strong; collective ownership of the trademark is registered organizations, associations or other organizations, geographical indications are usually the same industry in a particular area of ??all natural persons, enterprises, organizations; the right to use of the collective mark is limited to register members of groups, associations or other organizations, and the use of geographical indications only require goods to comply with the relevant provisions can not control the organization of the restrictions of the certification mark, do not join the organization. 
 Many collective mark often because of the similarity of the limit of the processing of raw materials and processing technology is more concentrated in an area, registration is often preceded by the geographical name more often confusing, and geographical indications, such as Xiamen Kuo Shan-purple long eggplant.