›› 2020, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (6): 1103-1111.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2020.06.18

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Rethinking on protection of denomination of new varieties of plants

WAN Zhiqian, CHEN Chen   

  1. College of Humanities & Law, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
  • Received:2019-11-25 Online:2020-06-25 Published:2020-06-24

Abstract: The denomination is names for the new varieties of plants developed by breeders. The denomination is conditions, other than the contents for the acquisition of the plant variety rights. The denomination is not right but legal interest, which is different from the generic names in the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China. The acquisition of denomination shall meet some virtual conditions, such as identifiability, legality, and the names should not conflict with the right of priority. Also, the denomination shall be obtained through the registration process. The denomination will become the generic designation of the new varieties of plants as soon as they were obtained. Different ways of protection can be applied to the illegal and improper use of the denomination according to the object of infringement. If the civil legal interests of the denomination is infringed, it shall be protected by the Law of the People's Republic of China for Countering Unfair Competition. If the state's right of supervision and administration over the denomination is infringed, it shall be protected by administrative penalty. And if the order of the social market economy is destroyed by counterfeiting the denomination, criminal sanction will be applied.

Key words: denomination of new varieties of plants, generic name, legal interest, counterfeiting, anti-unfair competition

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