地理标志权利边界与国际化进程探索

Boundaries of Geographical Indication Rights and Exploration of Internationalization Process

摘要: 地理标志作为重要的知识产权，具有巨大的经济、政治及文化价值，在经济贸易活动中起着独特的作用。本文通过梳理地理标志在国际国内两层面的发展历史，总结目前地理标志制度下的不同保护路径，并以“通用名称”与“地理标志”的边界为例，分析不同国家因利益不同而在地理标志议题中存在的分歧。同时我国幅员辽阔，是一个拥有十分丰富地理标志资源的大国。我国近年来不断对外签署相关协议，如何在维护本国利益的前提下更好地完善地理标志国际保护是值得深入研究的问题。笔者认为需从国内国外两个方面同时进行，思考如何在国际地理标志合作中发挥我国优势，同时认为我国应在国际上发挥积极作用以推动地理标志制度统一化进程。

Abstract: As an important in-tellectual property right, geographical indications have great economic, political and cultural value and play a unique role in economic and trade activities. By combing the development history of ge-ographical indications at the international and domestic levels, this paper summarizes the different protection paths under the current geographical indication system. And taking the boundary be-tween “Common Name” and “Geographical Indication” as an example, this paper analyzes the dif-ferences between different countries in the issue of geographical indication due to their different interests. At the same time, China has a vast territory and is a large country with very rich geo-graphical indication resources. In recent years, China has continuously signed relevant agreements with the outside world, and how to better improve the international protection of geographical in-dications under the premise of safeguarding its own interests is an issue worthy of in-depth study. The author believes that it is necessary to carry out both domestic and foreign aspects at the same time, think about how to give play to China’s advantages in international geographical indication cooperation, and believe that China should play an active role in the international community to promote the unification process of the geographical indication system.