Advocacy/oriGIn Alerts

On 30 June, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) designated “Dahlonega Plateau” as American Viticultural Area (AVA). The area is situated in northern Georgia. The petition had been submitted by

On 30 March 2019, the United Kingdom (UK) will leave the European Union (EU). While negotiations between the parties continue to ensure an orderly withdrawal, uncertainties regarding the future EU/UK relations remain, including

On 17 July, at the EU-Japan summit in Tokyo, the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) has been signed. On GIs, through the Agreement more than 200 EU GIs will be recognized and protected (with a

On 12 July, the UK government published its latest White Paper on Brexit , which among other issues touches upon GIs.  The document though leaves several questions unanswered. While the paragraphs on GIs

On 28 June, the WTO panel report concerning the cases brought by Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Indonesia against Australia – Certain Measures Concerning Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Other Plain Packaging Requirements

The month of June has been quite intense in terms of GIs recognitions around the world. “Koh Trong pomelo” (a pomelo grown in the Kratie’s Koh Trong commune in Cambodia) became the third

On 29 June, “pierre de Bourgogne” was recognised as GI by the “Institut national de la propriété industrielle” (INPI – France). This is the 4th non-agricultural product’s name approved in France following the

Last May, the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC), which represents today over 540,000 coffee-growing families, received the Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Standard-Setters Award for its commitment to sustainability, improving coffee farmers’ livelihoods and conserving

On 31 May, Georgia and Switzerland have signed a bilateral agreement on the protection of GIs.   This “stand-alone GIs agreement” follows a free trade agreement between the EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and

Last May, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center issued an administrative panel decision (sole panelist) in the Case No. D2018-0168 concerning the disputed domain name “rioja.com”. The case opposed the Regulatory Board of

New research from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shows that EUR 60 billion is lost every year due to counterfeiting (corresponding to 7.5 % of their sales) in 13 economic sectors,

On May 21, the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) refused the trademark application “Pawsecco” filed by the company “Woof and Brew Limited” for its line of still wine for dogs and cats.

On 7 June, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published an interesting judgement in Case C-44/17. Following the action initiated in Germany by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), the Court

Two months after the establishment of the Brussels-based antenna, the Board of oriGIn EU gathers today in Brussels, at the occasion of the presentation by the European Commission of legislative proposals which will affect

Earlier this month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) published a study on “Strengthening sustainable food systems through geographical indications” .

On April 23-26, the WIPO Standing Committee on Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT), which oriGIn follows regularly as an observer, discussed an interesting survey on the existing state of play of

Since 2015, oriGIn has been working on raising awareness among GIs groups about the strategic value to respond to sustainability challenges, at the economic, environmental and social level. In this context, oriGIn is