Trademarks are divided into eight major categories according to different standards and perspectives:
(1) Classified according to the structure of the trademark, it can be divided into word marks, figurative marks, and combined marks of figures and words.
(2) Classified according to the uses and functions of the trademark, it can be divided into product trademarks and service trademarks.
(3) Classified according to the differences of trademark owners and users, it can be divided into manufacturing trademarks, selling trademarks, and collective trademarks.
(4) Classified according to trademark management, in general, it can be divided into registered trademarks and unregistered trademarks.
(5) Classified according to the motives of trademark users for using trademarks, it can be divided into associated trademarks, defensive trademarks, and certification trademarks.
(6) Classified according to the implications of trademarks, it can be divided into meaningful trademarks and meaningless trademarks.
(7) Classified according to the ways of using trademarks, it can be divided into main trademarks, sub - trademarks, product - group trademarks, and specific - product trademarks.
(8) Classified according to the carriers of trademarks, it can be divided into two - dimensional trademarks, three - dimensional trademarks, sound trademarks, and smell trademarks, etc.