Over the years, oriGIn built a truly international network of GI producers and specialists and acquired significant knowledge and expertise in several areas touching upon GIs (legal protection, socio-economic impact, marketing and certification issues, quality, etc.).
Online event on “Sustainable management of wild collected products for GIs”, organized in cooperation with European Forest Institute (EFI) Date: 12 November Time: 3 to 5.30 pm (CET) Program and presentations Moderator: Carsten
Online event on “How GI strategies can help developing countries pursue sustainability objectives”, organized in cooperation with IPI Switzerland Date: 11 November Time: 3 to 5.30 pm (CET) Program and presentations 15:00 Opening,
27 October 2020, 15:00-17:00 CET Trends in the beverage sector. The case of wine. In collaboration with Equalitas (English) Speakers’ presentations Webinar Report 11 November 2020, 15:00-17:00 CET How GI strategies can help developing
Online event on “Trends in the wine sector”, organized in cooperation with EQUALITAS Date: 27 October Time: 3 to 5 pm (CET) Program and presentations 15:00-Opening, background and objectives: Mr. Massimo Vittori
Earlier this year, in May 11, the Second Board of Appeal of the EUIPO has rendered its decision (R 2028/2019-2) concerning the appeal relating to the European Union trade mark application No 17
On 17 September, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Advocate General Pitruzzella delivered his opinion on Case C 490/19, opposing the “Syndicat interprofessionnel de défense du fromage Morbier” and the
24/10/2024-Engage with oriGIn and the FAO on improving GI sustainability performances 02/08/2024-Call for contributions for the International Conference on “Global Perspectives on Geographical Indications” 20/03/2024-oriGIn and the FAO launch the publication : “Developing
On 17 September, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Advocate General Pitruzzella delivered his opinion on Case C 490/19, opposing the “Syndicat interprofessionnel de défense du fromage Morbier” and the
On 7 September, the African Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), the “Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle” (OAPI), the African Union Commission (AUC), the European Commission and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
At the beginning of September, the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) signed a General Protocol for Action with the Spanish Civil Guard to further the protection of Scotch Whisky in Spain, a relevant export
Background On 8 June 2020 the European Commission received a complaint by an industry association regarding an obstacle to the import of ‘Tequila’ in the European Union (EU). The complaint submits that, on
On 2 September, the European Parliamentary Research Service published an update on the EU-China stand-alone GIs Agreement. We were glad to note that, as background information on EU concluded or ongoing talks on
On 3 August, the European Commission published a Study on evaluation of practices for combating speculative and abusive “.eu” domain name registrations. The Study assesses the practices to prevent and fight “.eu” domain
On 4 September, the Australian Government launched a second round of public consultations on GIs. This gives Australian producers, businesses and consumers a three-month window (until the 30 November) to provide comments on
The Withdrawal Agreement, which entered into force on 1 February opened a transition period in the relations between the UK and the EU, which will run until the 31st of December 2020. The
On 9 July, the Council of the EU adopted its decision on the signature of the stand-alone GIs Agreement between the European Union and the government of the People’s Republic of China. The agreement
On 08 June, Vietnam’s National Assembly ratified the free trade agreement concluded with the EU (EVFTA). The European Parliament had done the same in February this year. When the agreement enters into force
On 09 June, the WTO Appellate Body issued its report in the cases brought by Honduras and the Dominican Republic in “Australia – Certain Measures Concerning Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Other Plain Packaging
On 5 June, the Federal Council submitted to Parliament the proposal for Switzerland to accede to the WIPO Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications. The treaty has
