从TRIPS到CPTTP:气味商标的法律保护

From TRIPS to CPTTP: Legal Protection of Scent Trademarks

通过比较法以及实证研究法进行研究,对比美国、英国以及澳大利亚等国家对气味商标的法律规定,一些气味商标案例中的法律问题,中国是否应将气味商标纳入商标法的保护范围。研究认为,气味商标应纳入我国《商标法》的保护范围,并提出相关建议,以改变气味商标在我国法律保护空白的现状。

Through comparative law and empirical research methods, by comparing the legal provisions of odor trademarks in the United States, Britain, Australia and other countries, this paper analyzes the legal issues in some odor trademark cases, and discusses whether odor trademarks should be included in the protection scope of trademark law in China. According to the research, odor trademark should be included in the protection scope of the Trademark Law of China, and relevant suggestions are put forward to solve the current situation of the gap in the legal protection of odor trademark in China.