The Paris Convention is the earliest international convention for the protection of intellectual property rights in the world, involving the protection of industrial property rights. However, the protection principles stipulated do not include absolute patents, tax and customs procedures, trade secrets and copyright-related issues, which need to be stipulated and protected by domestic laws. First of all, absolute patent refers to the exclusive intellectual property rights of a technology or product. Although there are similar protection measures in the world, they are not within the scope of the Paris Convention. Secondly, taxation, customs procedures and trade secrets are all related to intellectual property rights, but there is no specific convention in the world to regulate and protect them, and countries need to formulate relevant laws to protect them. Finally, the Paris Convention does not involve copyright-related issues, because there are other special conventions to protect it, such as the Copyright Convention of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
How do domestic laws protect absolute patents, tax and customs procedures, trade secrets and copyright-related issues? In China, absolute patent is regarded as an unfair competition, which is regulated and protected by the anti-unfair competition law. Taxation and customs formalities are regulated and protected by People's Republic of China (PRC) Customs Law, People's Republic of China (PRC) Import and Export Tariff and other laws; Trade secrets are regulated and protected by the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Copyright is regulated and protected by the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Although the Paris Convention is one of the important conventions to protect intellectual property rights, the protection principles stipulated in it do not include absolute patents, tax and customs procedures, trade secrets, copyright and other issues. Therefore, countries need to regulate and protect through their own laws.
Legal basis:
Article 2 of the Paris Convention Industrial property rights mentioned in this Convention refer to invention patents, utility model patents, design patents, trademarks, industrial designs, business marks, trade names, geographical indications and any agreements, decisions and judgments that authorize or prohibit others from using the above industrial property rights.