Refers to products produced in a specific region, whose quality, reputation or other characteristics depend on the natural and human factors of the place of origin. Products are named with geographical names after review and approval, and are protected by regional patents.
Products protected by geographical indications include: first, planting and breeding products from the region; second, products whose raw materials come from the region and are produced and processed in the region according to specific techniques. means a sign identifying that a product originates from a region or place within a member's territory and that the specific quality, reputation or other characteristics of the product are primarily attributable to its geographical origin. It is necessary to provide special protection for such geographical indication products. Nearly a thousand geographical indication products in China have received special protection.
On October 27, 2009, at the "10th Anniversary of the Protection of Geographical Indication Products" held in Beijing, 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 There were 1,070 applications for geographical indication protection, and special protection was implemented for 932 domestic geographical indication products.
The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights clearly requires members of the World Trade Organization to protect geographical indications. On August 17, 1999, the former State Administration of Quality and Technical Supervision issued the "Regulations on the Protection of Products from Regions of Origin", marking the initial establishment of the protection system for geographical indication products with Chinese characteristics.
On January 31, 2000, Shaoxing wine became the first protected geographical indication product in China, that is, a 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 Indication Products" on the basis of summarizing and absorbing the original "Regulations on the Protection of Products from Regions of Origin" and "Regulations on the Management of Marks of Origin" 》. The formulation, issuance and implementation of this regulation marks the further improvement of the geographical indication product protection system in China.
The special protection system for geographical indications is becoming an effective means for China to protect the intellectual property rights of geographical indications, improve the quality of specialty products, and promote regional economic development and foreign trade, and is playing an increasingly important role. The so-called geographical indication rights refer to the relevant rights protected by geographical indications that are confirmed or stipulated by domestic laws or international treaties. Protecting geographical indications at the legal level is not only a technical identification and judgment of geographical indications, but more importantly, it focuses on the ultimate goal of legal protection of geographical indications and clarifies the rights characteristics and rights attached to geographical indications. content of rights, thereby ultimately guiding the direction of legislation.
Since the implementation of the geographical indication product protection system in 1999, my country has implemented geographical indication protection for 1,170 products. Among them, 1168 are domestic products and 2 are foreign products. The scope covers many fields such as liquor, wine, rice wine, tea, fruits, flowers, handicrafts, condiments, Chinese medicinal materials, aquatic products, meat products and other processed foods, with origins all over the country. According to statistics, the economic benefits of protected products are increased by more than 20% on average.