The Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, referred to as the Nice Agreement, was signed in Nice, France on June 15, 1957, and came into force on April 8, 1961. my country began to use the International Classification of Goods for the Purposes…
The World Trade Organization is an international organization dedicated to supervising and promoting world trade. It was established on January 1, 1995, with 104 countries as its founding members. The predecessor of the World Trade Organization was the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade established in 1947. At that time, the General Agreement on Tariffs…
Geographical indications first appeared in Article 2, paragraph 2, item b of the EU Regulation on the Protection of Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin of Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs (No. 2081/92/EEC): “Geographical indications are the names of a region, a particular place or, in individual cases, a country, which indicate that an agricultural product…
Due to different attitudes towards the protection of geographical indications in various countries, coordinated actions have been taken internationally. The Paris Convention of 1883 was the first to include geographical indications in the scope of industrial property protection, and made some substantive provisions on the counterfeiting of geographical indications. The Agreement on Sanctions on False…
The competitive advantage of an enterprise originates from its special resources, which can bring economic rent to the enterprise. Driven by economic interests, enterprises that do not obtain economic rent will certainly imitate the superior enterprise, and the result is that enterprises converge and rent dissipates. Therefore, the existence of enterprise competitive advantage and economic…
The Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification, referred to as the Strasbourg Agreement, is one of the special agreements concluded between the member states of the Paris Convention on the establishment of an international patent classification. It was signed in Strasbourg, France on March 24, 1971. The Strasbourg Agreement has 17 articles. Its main…
The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs), also known as the TRIPS Agreement, is a multilateral trade agreement governed by the World Trade Organization and is an international rule for the protection of intellectual property rights that is observed by WTO members. Its purpose is to: strengthen effective and adequate protection of…
The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was adopted at the 32nd General Conference of UNESCO in October 2003 and entered into force in April 2006. It aims to protect the intangible cultural heritage represented by traditions, oral expressions, festivals and rituals, manual skills, music, dance, etc. The purpose of this convention…
1. China Trademark Network Step 1: Log in to China Trademark Network, the website is http://sbj.saic.gov.cn/, click “Trademark Search” in the title bar, and the “Trademark Search Instructions” will appear. After clicking “I Accept”, the relevant trademark search interface will appear. Step 2: Click “Trademark Comprehensive Search” in the title bar to enter the trademark…
The Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions was adopted by the 33rd UNESCO General Conference on October 20, 2005. “Cultural diversity” refers to the various forms in which groups and societies express their culture. It is not only reflected in the various ways in which human cultural heritage is…