Advocacy/oriGIn Alerts

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

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

oriGIn last General Assembly – held in Treviso in October 2017 – approved a “GIs sustainability strategy”. Following this, oriGIn concluded an agreement with the Food Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)

Together with a sound multilateral legal framework for GIs (which must set in an transparent way a solid level of protection as a guarantee for all businesses and consumers around the world), oriGIn

In November 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) notified to the European Commission and the Member States the terms of a referral it received from the Spanish Supreme Court

The European Commission published the calls for proposals for 2018 for: Simple programmes Multi programmes   The deadline for submission is 12 April 2018 at 17.00. The calendar is the following: 29.3.2018: Deadline

Since January 2017, Turkey has a new law covering GIs (the Law No. 6769 on the Protection of Industrial Property Rights ). In application of articles 2 and 46 of such law, the

In December 2017, the EU and Japan agreed on the terms for a free trade agreement – the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). On GIs, the EPA provides a high level of protection for