The international conventions has protected geographical indication for a long time, for example, in 1883, Paris convention regulates that geographical indication is one of the objects of industrial property protection; 国际公约对地理标志的保护早已有之,《巴黎公约》在1883年就规定了地理标志是工业产权的保护对象之一。
Tea leaf is one of the most suitable product to be protected of using geographical indication. 我国有丰富的名优茶,名优茶叶是最适合使用地理标志保护的产品之一。