On The Improvement Of Chinese Protection Systems Of Geographical Indications

Today,the tendency of globalization of intellectual property rights is gathering momentum.To strengthen and improve the protection of geographical indications also become more and more important.China is a country with a long history.In the long history and culture of five thousand years,our ancestors left us with plenty of valuable assets.Special geographical resources have cultivated a large number of traditional products,which have distinctive features and in line with the characteristics of geographical indications.These products,embodied the wisdom of the Chinese nation,need to be cherish as our great wealth.To improve and strengthen the protection of geographical indications is not only conducive to the promotion of local economic development,but also help our country to participate in international competition.At present,the protection of geographical indications still have many problems in our country.The most important one is the right conflicts of trademarks and geographical indications,which to a large extent weaken our country's protection of geographical indications.At the same time,our country's research and legislation about geographical indications are lagging behind.Its research and protection exploration are still in the imperfect stage and lack of systematic theoretical support.Therefore to in-depth and detailed the study of the protection of geographical indications,there is an extremely important theoretical and practical significance.Thus,in chapter 1 of this paper,the concepts of geographical indications, indications of source,appellations of origin and trademark will be analyzed and distinguished,and the main exist geographical indications protection modes on the world will be introduced to clear the protection of geographical indications and its protection mode.Subsequently,chapter 2 further sums up our country's relevant legislative,judicial and administrative practice.After that,to get a comprehensive understanding of the conflicts and the harm of it,the type of the right conflicts will be concluded,and the causes of it will be in-depth analyzed, and then the problems caused by the conflicts in the reality will be illustrated and analyzed.Finally,on the basis of the previous illustration,the final chapter of this paper discusses the feasible solutions to solve the conflict in the existing system and propose some advices in improving the protection system of geographical indications in our country.