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
On 22 May, the Council of the European Union authorised the Commission to launch negotiations for Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Australia and New Zealand. The first round of talks will take place
On 1 May 2018, the Agreement on the protection of GIs for agricultural products between the EU and Iceland entered into force (together with the one on the further liberalisation of trade in
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
The Reform of the Mexican Industrial Property Law (“Decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones de la Ley de la Propiedad Industrial“, hereinafter “The Decree”) entered into force on 27
The Reform of the Mexican Industrial Property Law (“Decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones de la Ley de la Propiedad Industrial“, hereinafter “The Decree”) entered into force on 27
On 21 April, the EU and Mexico reached an in principle agreement towards the modernized Global Agreement: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1833 and https://www.gob.mx/se/prensa/comunicado-conjunto-de-los-comisionados-malmstrom-y-hogan-y-el-secretario-de-economia-de-mexico-guajardo-villarreal On the GIs chapter (not yet available): More than 340 EU and Mexican GIs will be
On 18 April, The Commission presented to the Council the outcome of negotiations for the Economic Partnership Agreement with Japan and the Trade and Investment agreements with Singapore Once approved by the Council, the
Consolidated texts on the EU-Mercosur negotiations were leaked following the negotiation round which took place in early March. This does not constitute the final version of the IPRs chapter as the negotiations are
The Act on the Protection of the Names of Specific Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products and Foodstuffs Act (the GIs Act) entered into force in Japan in June 2015. In April this year, the
Bolivia and El Salvador negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (which cover GIs under the IPRs chapter) are expected to be concluded this year. Bolivia and El Salvador negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement
On 9 March, Jamaican Senate approved the “Geographical Indication Bill”, which provides a solid level of protection (modelled around TRIPs article 23) to all GIs. The new law also establishes a “Geographical Indications
On 16 March, Mexico has recognized its 16th GI: “Yahualica” (See oriGIn Worldwide GIs Compilation ). Yahualica is a chili with specific characteristics related to its production area, “Los Altos”, in the State of
oriGIn is following the negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) concerning the UK withdrawal from the EU (“Brexit”). We have prepared this paper and sent it to the
On 9 March, Cambodia joined the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications. As the EU is preparing its accession to the same treaty, the Geneva Act is
A new poll released by the Wine Origins Alliance finds 94 percent of American wine drinkers support laws that would protect consumers from misleading wine labels. Read the full article
On 22 February, the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) gave an interesting opinion on a case concerning the potential evocation of GIs (SWA v Klotz re Glen Buchenbach –
On the 1st of March, the European Parliament adopted the amendments on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, presentation and labelling of spirit
In 2016 , Morocco had adopted a new law on non-agricultural GIs (Loi 133-12 relative aux signes distinctifs des produits de l’artisanat , in French, see page 745). The law does not mention foreign
