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The American Chamber of Commerce in South China

mission of undisclosed test or other data concerning 7. ?¥è?产æ?????????
the safety and efficacy of the product as a condition of
marketing, and prohibiting any third persons, without RCEP??PTPPè¦??æ¯??ç¼?º¦?½æ?ç«??è¯?º§???
the consent, to market the same or a similar product on ?¤å?åº?????ä¾µæ?è¡?¸ºï¼???TA???å·²æ????è¯?
the basis of that information or the marketing approval 产æ?ä¿???¶åº¦ï¼??æ±?¸­?½å?强æ??»å?åº???
granted to the person that submitted such test or other
data for at least 10 years from the date of marketing ap- RCEP??PTPPè§?????è¯?º§????¤å?åº??为æ?
proval of such agricultural chemical product.21 äº??æµ???¾¹å¢???½å??????????æ­¤ä?å¤??ETA
As for pharmaceutical products, CPTPP provides that ?´å??°ç????注è??¿æ?æµ??ä¾??è¦??ä¸???????
each Party shall ensure that undisclosed test or other ???è¿?????§æ?è¡????????æ³???¨æ??°ç???
data concerning the safety and efficacy of the pharma-
ceutical products submitted for marketing approval RCEPæ°?????强è???¹³??????ç¨??ï¼??ä¸?ç¼?º¦
shall be protected for at least five years. However, ETA ?½å?å½?½¿??????人å??·å?????§è??¥è?产æ?æ¶?
does not provide protection terms for undisclosed tests ???ä»»ä?æ°???¸æ?ç¨????????å½?????å¾????
or other data concerning the safety and efficacy of the ??????è¶³å?ç»????¹¦?¢é???ï¼??????©è?æ±??
pharmaceutical products submitted for marketing ap- ?¹æ????å½??许ç?åº???????äº???±ç?ç«??æ³??
proval. Instead, it provides an early resolution mecha- 顾é?代表ï¼?¹¶ä¸??åº??å¾????¼º?¶æ?人å?åº??ç¹?
nism for patent disputes. ???æ±?????¶ï????使ç??¿ä»£?§ä?ç«?§£?³ç?åº?§£
?³ä??¥è?产æ??????????äº??ç«?22??TA?¨æ?äº?
4. Geographical Indications ????¹é?è¦??ç®????ä¹??è¯?»¥???äº??请ä?å®¶æ?
è¯?ººå¹¶å?åº??ä¸??è¯?ººè¯??è¿??è´¨è????ä¼?23 ??
CPTPP and RCEP requires each Party to ensure, in
its laws and regulations, adequate and effective means ?¨ç¡®å®??è¯?º§??¾µ???äº??害è??¿æ?ï¼?CEPè¦?
to protect geographical indications, including domes- æ±?¾µ??ºº????©æ???ºº???????¥è?产æ?ä¾µæ???
tic administrative procedures, objections and cancel- ???害ç?èµ??????¢è?ä¹??RCEPå¥????¡«å¹³å?????
lations, which, in the essence, requires the Parties to ï¼??ä¾µæ?人æ?ä»??æ¬?????è¿???©æ???ºº?????
establish a protection system for geographical indica- 害ä??°é?ï¼??è§???©ç??§è??¿ã???æ³???³è?????
tions. The ETA, on the other hand, based on the exist- ?©æ???ºº?????»»ä½??æ³??ä»·å?¼è?ä¼°ï????????
ing system, requests that China?? protection measures ??????????¥é???·±ä»??ä¾µæ?æ´»å???¾µ??ºº??
for geographical indication shall not impair market ??????人æ?ä»??ä¾µæ??·å????æ¶??ç¡?????
access for U.S. goods and services exported to China. èµ??24????¶è??¿å???¸ºç»´æ?????????´¹???
The three agreements focus on different aspects of geo- ???è¯???????????å¾??è´¹ã??????CPTPP
graphical indications. ä¸??ç¬?18.74?¡è?å®?????å¤???¿â????¶åº¦ï¼????
容è?ç³»ç??½è?æ¡????ä»??????¿â??????让æ?ï¼??
5. Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge ä»??è¶?? ??¡«å¹³å??????为â???ç½??§è??¿è??????å¥?
and Folklore äº???¶ã??TAè¦??ä¸???¥è???¾¾?°æ?é«??å®??ç½?
???å¼?????ç½???»æ??????????è¯?º§??¾µ??
RCEP emphasizes the measures for protection of ge- è¡?¸º??
netic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore,
and enables the interested party and other Parties to RCEPè¦???³å?对å????ä¸??模ç???????ä½??
know the requirements for disclosure of the origin or ????³æ??©ç???????ä¾µæ?????µé??????ç¨??
birth of genetic resources. CPTPP only indicates that ???ç½??????????以å?ä¸??模ä??µå½±?¢æ???¸­
the Parties shall cooperate to promote understanding å¤???µå½±ä½??ï¼?????å¸??ä¸??该ä?????????
on questions about traditional knowledge and the ge-
netic resources. ETA does not have any relevant provi- 22 ???????¢ç?æµ??ä¼´å?ç³»å?å®???????ç«?????ç¬????
sions on these matters. ä¹??
23 ??¸­??ººæ°??????¿å?????©å?????½æ?åº??æµ?´¸???
21 CPTPP, Section F: Patents, Article 18.47 �???��????�1.31??
24 ???????¢ç?æµ??ä¼´å?ç³»å?å®???????ç«?????ç¬?????

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