Study Of Geographical Indications Legal Issues

As a new category of intellectual property right , geographical indication's object is some information which uncovers the tight link between a certain kind of product's unique characteristics . such as quality, goodwill and so on , and the natural or humanistic surroundings of a particular geographical region for ordinary people. Because of this extraordinary indicatory function that geographical indications have , to qualified manufacturers of goods with geographical indications , geographical indications are intangible asset that can bring them wealth and goodwill , and to consumers and users , geographical indications not only mean some promise or guarantee made by the producers or sellers of products with special geographical indications marks , but also are symbols which reflect the difference between products with special geographical indication s marks and other ones. Thus , at one side , protecting geographical indications through legislating represents the esteem to intellectual fruits and the acknowledgement towards innovative work ; at the other side , for the sake of consumers or users interests , it is crucial and necessary to strengthen the management on the using of geographical indications with entitlement and the work against the illegal using of geographical indications without permission.The value of geographical indications themselves, the enhancement of international intercommunication, the globalization of world economy,the accession of the People s Republic of China to the World Trade Organization , all these factors above request China with so abundant resource of geographical indications to build the legal system about geographical indications. Basically speaking , China has established its own legal system to supervise and protect geographical indications through the continuous revision of the Trademark Law together with its affiliated regulations and the formulating of the Protection Rules on Products Designated Origin , etc. But Chinese geographical indications' legal system still has some defects because of our inadequate...