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Legal Issues Of Protection Of Geographical Indications Of Agricultural Products

Posted on:2013-10-12Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H J MaFull Text:PDF
GTID:2246330374963257Subject:Economic Law
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There have More than a century on the history of the protection of geographical indications.Protection of geographical indications is important not only because it can identify the source ofgeographical indications of the goods, but also it can show the quality of products, features andreputation. There have a huge economic benefit of the geographical indications. Agriculturalproducts are the main carrier of geographical indication products. Geographical indications ofagricultural products has the general characteristics of geographical indications and its own uniquecharacteristicsChina is a large agricultural country, it has a long humanities history, and the geographyresource is rich. The diversity of the geographical environment and climatic conditions determinethe diversity of varieties of agricultural products. Effective utilization and protection ofgeographical indications of agricultural products not only can increase the added value ofagricultural products, enhance the market competitiveness of agricultural products, increasefarmers’ income, driven a region or a country’s agricultural economic development, but also canhelp increase the economic activity in the cultural connotation, create the distinctive economic andcultural green brand, achieve a win-win economic and cultural interaction and the sounddevelopment.As the main carrier of geographical indications for agricultural products, the way ofInternational protection of geographical indications of agricultural products is take it into the modeof protection of geographical indications. So study of geographical indications protected mode andthe mode of protection of geographical indications of agricultural products have the same affection.At present, there are three main modes in the Protection of Geographical Indications: the first,geographical indication is registered as a trademark to be protected by trademark law; the second,special provisions on geographical indications, specific legislation to be protected; the third is thegeographical indications protected by law against unfair competition. In China, protection of geographical indications of agricultural products is the trademark law protected mode. Comparedwith the advanced international trademark law protected mode, the existing 《Trademark Law》inthe provisions of the relevant geographical indications is not comprehensive, special provisions ongeographical indications of agricultural products is few. There is loss of coordination between theTrademark protection system and the quality inspection, and also between the Trademark protectionsystem and the administrative departments of agriculture. Trademark law protection of geographicalindications of agricultural research is a long way to go.In this paper, I analyze the pros and cons of each mode. I want to find a more suitable way forChina’s agricultural protection of geographical indications according to the world of geographicalindications protected mode. I hope China can establish a suitable way of the protection of thegeographical indications, this way can protect the national agricultural products protected perfectly.
Keywords/Search Tags:Agricultural product, Geographical Indications ofAgricultural product, Supply of sign, Agricultural industry association
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