Following the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Judgment in Case C-614/17 earlier this year, in which it found that a name protected in the EU as PDO/PGI may be evoked
In July 2019, the law amending part IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and introducing the protection of geographical indications (scheme which will be available together with the existing appellations
With respect to the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA), the registration phase of GIs (which in this case followed the end of the negotaitions) had started in March. Concerned groups can follow the status
On June 11, the Commission published a roadmap regarding the conclusion of a bilateral agreement on GIs between the EU and Mongolia. oriGIn has submitted its comments, reiterating its key principles for GIs
On 28 June, the EU and Mercosur reached a political deal for a trade agreement . Concerning GIs, 355 EU products’ names will be protected the agreement in the 4 Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
On 30 June, the EU-Vietnam trade agreement was signed by the parties. Provision concerning GIs can be found in sub-section 3 of the Intellectual Property Chapter (page 21): The GIs included in the lists
On 26 June, Albania became the third country (following Cambodia and Côte d’Ivoire) to accede to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications. With the process almost
Recent court decisions in the United States – concerning a product labelled as Kona Beer while not being produced in Kona, and fruits and vegetables which labels refereed to a Washington farm while
On 30 June, the EU-Vietnam trade agreement was signed by the parties. Provision concerning GIs can be found in sub-section 3 of the Intellectual Property Chapter (page 21): The GIs included in the lists
Earlier in June, the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property (IP) rights of the EUIPO launched the new IP Enforcement portal This portal – which is the integration of the Enforcement Database
In 2016, when the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the EU was concluded (it provisionally entered into force, including the GIs Chapter, on 21 September 2017), Canada had not notified
In Argentina, a new trademark regulation was published in April and will come into force on June 3. It concerns the Law No. 22.362 of December 26, 1980, on Trademarks and Designations (as amended
Earlier this year, the Myanmar Trademark Law and Industrial Design Law was finally enacted. GIs, including foreign ones, are now able to obtain protection in Myanmar through registration. In 2017, oriGIn had submitted
On 17 May, Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names
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In April, the Swiss Parliament approved the agreement between Georgia and Switzerland on the recognition and mutual protection of GIs. The text is now published (for the time being available only in French, German
Next November, the Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia (FNC), the group in charge of the GI “café de Colombia”, will receive the Inter-American Dialogue Distinguished Leadership Award for Social Equity. The FNC
At the end of April, the appellation Champagne was recognized in Laos and in Cambodia. Champagne is the first foreign appellation to obtain GI status in both countries. In 2018, Champagne sales to
On May 2, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published the Judgment in Case C-614/17, opposing the “Fundación Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Protegida Queso Manchego” (the group
On 3 April the Cambodian GI “Skor Thnot Kampong Speu” – sugar made from sap of a palm tree collected and processed in three districts in the centre of Cambodia – was recognised
