欧共体保护农产品和食品商标和地理标志案评析

Review of the case of European communities–protection of trademarks and geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs

美国、澳大利亚诉欧共体保护农产品和食品商标和地理标志案是WTO成立以来DSB审理的唯一一起地理标志案件。作者在介绍案情、DSB的裁判及其执行的基础上,从案件的成因、国民待遇原则、WTO保护地理标志的优越性及对地理标志谈判的影响等四个方面对案件进行了评析。

The case of European Communities -protection of trademarks and geographical indications（GIs） for agricultural products and foodstuffs has been the single case heard by DSB since the foundation of WTO. Firstly the author introduces the case ,the rule of DSB and its implement.And then the author reviews the cause, National Treatment, the advantage of WTO in protecting GIs,and the effect to the negotiation of GIs.