Protection Of Geographical Indications In China

As an important part of the intellectual property rights, geographical indications (GIs) have been paid more and more attention by the governments of various countries, and GIs have become one of the focuses of negotiations on international intellectual property rights and negotiations on bilateral or multilateral trade.

There is no uniform definition of GIs or appellations of origin around the globe. The term was first mentioned in the 1883 Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, where, for the first time, GIs became an object of protection of industrial property rights.^[1]  The first paragraph of Article 2 of the1958 "Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration", for the first time, defines the connotation of appellations of origin, namely, it is a geographical denomination of a country, region, or locality, which serves to designate a product originating therein, the quality or