Legal Protection Of Geographical Indication In China

The Geographical Indication Protection, which is one of the hot issues in domestic and international protection of intellectual property rights, is universally concerned by the society. Despite some correlated laws and regulations in our country, there still appear deficiencies in the protecting system and actual implementation. Thereby we should build a more open and foreseeing guiding thought, establish and consummate a law system of Geographical Indication Protection with Chinese characteristics when we come to consider the issue of Geographical Indication Protection.This thesis mainly gives us an analysis to the Geographical Indication Protection of China from the angle of law and economics based on the current economic globalization, using the theories in international treaties and domestic rules about brand and Geographical Indication Legal Protection. It chiefly uses both demonstration analysis and comparison analysis and gives a historical review of international and domestic Geographical Indication Protection combining the reality of our country. It as well analyses the essentiality and significance of Geographical Indication Protection under the multilateral trade system and international trade competition after China's entering WTO. The thesis compares the international and domestic legislation mode of Geographical Indication Protection and explores the consummative measures and future development trend of our country's Geographical Indication Protection proceeding from the consideration of extensive benefit.The main points and research contents in this thesis include:1. As a great power of agricultural economy, China has a variety of brand-name and quality products. It is a necessary choice to strengthen the Geographical Indication Protection in order to promote the international competitive power of our country's products especially agricultural products.2. Through studying the reality of the Geographical Indication Protection in our country, we put forward that the problems of the Geographical Indication Protection work lie in the contradictory conflict of our special"dual protection mode".3. It is suggested that the united departments register and operate the Geographical Indication. Besides, we could consider drawing the experience of international legislation and conducting specialized legislating on the basis of The Rule of the Original Regional Product Protection and The Rule of the Geographical Indication Product Protection.