Geographical indication protection products
Refers to the products produced in a specific area, whose quality, reputation or other characteristics depend on natural and man-made factors of origin, and are named after examination and approval and protected by regional patents. [ 17]?
Geographical indication protection products include: first, products planted and cultivated in this area; Second, raw materials come from this region and are produced and processed in this region according to a specific process. [ 17]?
Special protection of geographical indications
Refers to the sign that a product originated in a certain region or place in a member's territory, and the specific quality, reputation or other characteristics of the product are mainly attributed to its geographical origin. In order to protect such geographical indication products, nearly a thousand geographical indication products in China have been specially protected.
On June 27th, 2009, Wei Chuanzhong, deputy director of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said that as of September 2009, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine had accepted a total of 1070 applications for the protection of geographical indications, giving special protection to 932 geographical indication products in China.
The Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights explicitly requires WTO members to protect geographical indications. 1On August 7th, 999, the former State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision issued the Regulations on the Protection of Geographical Indication Products, which marked the initial establishment of the protection system for geographical indication products with China characteristics.
On June 5438+1October 3 1 2000, Shaoxing wine became the first protected geographical indication product in China, that is, geographical indication product protection product.
In June, 2005, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine formulated and issued the Regulations on the Protection of Geographical Indications Products on the basis of summarizing and absorbing the original Regulations on the Protection of Geographical Indications Products and the Regulations on the Administration of Marks of Origin. The formulation, promulgation and implementation of this regulation marks the further improvement of China's geographical indication product protection system.
The special protection system of geographical indications is becoming an effective means to protect the intellectual property rights of geographical indications, improve the quality of featured products, and promote China's regional economic development and foreign trade, playing an increasingly important role.