一、地理标志保护现状地理标志作为知识产权的专业名词,最早见于1995年起生效的《与贸易有关的知识产权协定》(下称TRIPS协定)的第三节第二十二条的规定:本协定所称“地理标志”是表明某一货物来源于一成员的领土或该领土内的一个地区或地方的标记,而该货物所具有的质量、声誉或其他特性实质上归因于其地理来源。具体到我国则是在2001年修订的商标法中首次出现了关于地理标志的规定,对地理标志的规定与TRIPS协定并未 I. STATUS OF PROTECTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDEPENDENT GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS As the professional term of intellectual property, the first term refers to Article 22 of Section III of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (hereinafter referred to as the TRIPS Agreement) which entered into force in 1995: The agreement states that “GI ” is a mark indicating that a certain goods comes from a member’s territory or within a territory or place within the territory and that the quality, reputation or other characteristics of the goods are in essence attributed to Geographical origin. Specific to China is the first revision of the Trademark Law, 2001 appeared on the provisions of the geographical indication, the provisions of the geographical indication and the TRIPS agreement did not