Moreover, the author has also historically analyzed and studied the IG by placing this concept of GI under the frameworks of WIPO and WTO separately, so as to fully reveal the exact meaning of the GI.

• 本文首先重点阐述地理标志与原产地名称、货源标记、原产地、产地等相近似概念的关系，从而明确“地理标志”的定义，并且，把“地理标志”分别纳入WIPO和WTO的法律框架下进行历史分析研究，从而全面揭示“地理标志”的准确含义。