Reminder to regulate the use of the geographical name of the "and field dates"
Businesses, operators:
Wada dates are the product of the protection of national geographical indications, and the fields are the only source of the date. As one of the major pillars of the wada region, watanabe has achieved high brand value and market influence after years of effort. In order to further strengthen the protection and management of the geographical names of the products of the “and field dates”, to safeguard the quality and reputation of the “and field dates” and to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of the consumer groups of the “and field dates”, in accordance with the law of the people's republic of china on product quality, the law of the people's republic of china on anti-improper competition law, the law of the people's republic of china on the protection of consumer rights and interests, the measures for the protection of geographical marks products (order no. 80 of the state intellectual property rights agency), the measures for the regulation of the use of geographical marks (preliminary test) (official gazette no. 354 of the state intellectual property authority), the following is recalled:
I. Legal eligibility for use
Only enterprises and operators within the republic's territory that produce “and field dates” of quality that meet the local standards of the xinjiang uyghur autonomous region, geographical signing products and field dates (standard no. Db65/t 4197-2019), are eligible to use geographical indications of the product name “and field dates”; only enterprises and operators registered by the national intellectual property agency are eligible to use geographical indications of the product name “and field dates” and geographical indications. The remaining use of geographical marker product names, “and field dates”, and geographical markers are violations。
Ii. Normative requirements for use
The name of the product and the name of the geographical symbol “and the date” should be used: the name of the product using the geographical symbol “and the date” should be indicated together with the standard symbol of the geographical symbol being implemented (db65/t 4197-2019); when enterprises registered by the national intellectual property agency (inip) use the special emblem, they should download the vector map strictly in accordance with the regulations for the use of the special sign of geographical indications (pilot) and also the geographical symbol name “and the date of the field” should be used in the network of officials of the national intellectual property authority, as well as the standard symbol of the geographical symbol being implemented (db65/t 4197-2019) or the approved bulletin number (dgs bulletin no. 112 of 2016). Sign vector maps are scaled to ensure that the label is clearly visible and that they do not change the pattern, composition, text font, text scale, colour value。
Quality control of products: products using the geographical symbol "and field dates" for the name of the product and for the purpose of marking, the quality of which must conform to the local standards of xinjiang uighur autonomous region, geomark products and field dates (standard no. Db65/t 4197-2019). Producers should establish well-developed quality control systems, from planting, harvesting, processing and marketing, to ensure that products are characterized by geographical indications of “and field dates”。
