Activities

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

The European Registry for Internet Domains (EURid) is the not-for-profit organization that manages the “.eu” and “.ею” (Cyrillic script) domains. EURid works with over 750 accredited registrars. Thanks to the collaboration between EURid and

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

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has recently published a “Comparative Case Study on Alternative Resolution Systems for Domain Name Disputes”. It compares the procedures, fees, timelines and case statistics of all

Following the Singapore GIs Act of 2014 and its implementation rules the national Registry of Geographical Indications will begin accepting applications for registration from 1st April 2019. Submissions will have to be made in

On 14 March, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission reached an agreement allowing the EU to join the WIPO Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical

On 13 February, the European Parliament adopted the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA). The European Council will have to approve the agreement as well for it to enter into force. Check here the list

On 12 February, Tequila was recognized as a Geographical Indication in Brazil by the “Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial” (INPI). We would like to congratulate the “Consejo Regulador del Tequila” (CRT) for this

Following the 2018 consultation on UK GIs schemes after Brexit, the Government published a summary of the 92 responses received (including the one of oriGIn) and its response. Meanwhile, as the withdrawal agreement