Recently, the "Notice of the Office of the State Intellectual Property Office on Carrying out a General Survey of Geographical Indications Protection Resources" was issued. The "Notice" pointed out that in order to strengthen the protection of geographical indications and accurately grasp the information on the protection of geographical indications in China, it was decided to conduct a nationwide survey of geographical indications protection resources.

The “Notice” emphasizes that the purpose of this census of geographical indication protection resources is to accurately verify the geographical indication products that have been approved for protection and the relevant data of geographical indications registered as collective trademarks and certification trademarks, and to grasp the number, structure and distribution of geographical indications , Understand the use of special geographical indications by market entities, and provide statistical information support for the realization of strict protection and unified management of geographical indications. The "Notice" pointed out that the content of this census is data on all geographical indication products that have been approved for protection as of the end of August 2019, data on companies using special signs for geographical indications, geographical indication data registered as collective trademarks and certification marks, and geographical indication data for agricultural products. resource.

The "Notice" requires that all local intellectual property offices (intellectual property management agencies) are responsible for organizing the implementation of the census in the region, logging in to the Geographical Indications Protection Data Management System of the State Intellectual Property Office for filling and verification as required, and before October 31 Report to the Intellectual Property Protection Department of the State Intellectual Property Office. (Source: China Intellectual Property News)