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.).
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
A new interactive map of European spirits geographical indications (spirits GIs) has been launched by spiritsEUROPE to highlight the value and importance of these products to communities all over the EU. The map
Read the interview with oriGIn Managing Director Massimo Vittori on the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement, in the lasted edition of the Italian Journal of Dairy Science and Technology
Dear member, From now until the end of 2020, to keep benefiting from our unique worldwide network of groups, experts and policy-makers while travel restrictions remain, we have decided to organize a series
On 27 July, one year after the approval of the Federal law amending the part IV, the consolidated version of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, which introduces geographical indications together with the
On 18 March, the ICANN working group on the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in All generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) had published its Initial Report, covering the following instruments available to
oriGIn EU, the European alliance of Geographical Indications (GIs), warmly welcomes the publication of the EU “Farm to Fork” and “Biodiversity” strategies, both focused on efforts to create a greener future. oriGIn and
INTRODUCTION In Europe, in June 2018, the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) took legal action before Hamburg’s Regional Court, complaining of a German distiller’s use of “GLEN BUCHENBACH” on its label in respect of
On 28th April, the EU and Mexico concluded the last outstanding element of the negotiation of their new trade agreement (an agreement in principle was reached in April 2018). As for the chapter
In China, several laws regulate the protection of Geographical Indications (GIs). On the one hand, general provisions are provided in the Civil Law. In its Article 123, GIs are listed among the intellectual
On 17 April, the Board of Appeal of the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) published an important decision concerning the concept of evocation in relation to GIs. In 2017, a Czech company had
