Guangdong: It is planned to formulate the first local regulations for the protection of geographical indications in China.

Guangdong is formulating China's first local regulations on the protection of geographical indications. 165438+1October 29th, the 47th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th Provincial People's Congress deliberated the Regulations of Guangdong Province on Geographical Indications (Revised Draft) (hereinafter referred to as the Revised Draft). Article ***28 of the revised draft of the Bill provides for strengthening the protection of geographical indications in the whole chain, promoting the development of related industries, improving the supervision and management system, strengthening the safeguard service measures, and severely cracking down on illegal acts, so as to provide legal protection for the work of geographical indications in Guangdong.

The government should regularly carry out a general survey of geographical indication resources.

Geographical indications are important signs of product origin and belong to important types of intellectual property rights. 《? Fourteen or five? National intellectual property protection and application plan, protection and application of geographical indications? Fourteen or five? Planning and other documents have clearly stated that it is necessary to actively promote special legislation on geographical indications. At present, Guangdong is speeding up the construction of a demonstration province with strong intellectual property rights, and it is necessary for Guangdong to formulate regulations to strengthen the protection of geographical indications.

? Due to the lack of special laws and regulations, some deep-seated problems in the protection of geographical indications in Guangdong cannot be solved. ? The relevant person in charge of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress introduced that this legislation focuses on solving the problems existing in practical work. Re-declaration and light protection? , fraudulent use of special signs for geographical indications, geographical indications are not well known and the market competitiveness is insufficient.

According to the revised draft of the Bill, geographical indications refer to the signs that products come from a specific region, and the specific quality, reputation or other characteristics of products are mainly determined by natural factors or historical and cultural factors in the region.

At the same time, it is stipulated that the government should conduct a general survey of geographical indication resources on a regular basis, emphasize the responsibility of the government to formulate development plans and support policies for geographical indication industries, refine measures for publicity and promotion and brand creation, and make clear provisions on promoting the development of geographical indication industries from the aspects of industrial technology innovation, industrial management, industrial integration and development, product trade, financial support and international cooperation.

Full chain protection of geographical indications

In view of the existing in the actual work? Re-declaration and light protection? The revised draft regulations clarify the responsibilities of the government and its relevant departments in quality control, daily supervision, standard setting and credit management, and standardize the responsibilities of geographical indication managers and producers and operators, which is conducive to comprehensively improving the level of geographical indication protection and accelerating the formation of full chain protection.

The revised draft of the bill points out that the people's governments at or above the county level should strengthen the quality management of local geographical indication products and strengthen the construction of quality infrastructure such as application standards, inspection and certification. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the daily supervision and management of the scope of origin, quality characteristics and standard compliance of geographical indication products, and publicly supervise and inspect the situation regularly.

The revised draft of the bill also stipulates the prohibited acts related to geographical indications in two paragraphs, and clarifies the corresponding legal responsibilities. For example, it is stipulated that no unit or individual may use the special signs of geographical indications without authorization; Legal users of special geographical indications shall not use special geographical indications on products produced outside the scope of origin of the protection announcement, and shall not use special geographical indications on products outside the protection announcement.

Promote Guangdong geographical indication products? Going out?

Guangdong province is rich in characteristic agricultural products. At present, there are 162 geographical indication protection products and 779 geographical indication professional enterprises in China, and 10 geographical indication products have been selected into the list of mutual recognition and protection of geographical indications in China and Europe.

In order to promote more Guangdong geographical indication products? Going out? The revised draft of the Bill stipulates that the people's governments listed at the provincial and prefecture levels should cultivate the trading market of geographical indication products, standardize the market order and promote the docking of production and marketing. At the same time, the government should promote the coordinated development of related industries such as storage, processing, transportation and sales of geographical indication products, encourage e-commerce platforms and exhibition service platforms to open online zones for geographical indication products, and expand trade channels for geographical indication products.