Over the last months, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) was particularly active in the field of GIs: On 20 November, Lao PDR deposited its instrument of accession to the WIPO Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of…
Building a more sustainable future, through a development model which combines harmoniously economic, social and environmental value, is one of the main priority of our generation. While the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have set targets for 2030, it…
On 10 November, the Council of the EU adopted a set of conclusions on the future EU intellectual property policy, which includes the recognition of the need to strengthen GIs protection systems. In that framework, the Council announced it is…
On October 29, the National Directorate of Intellectual Property of Paraguay officially recognized the appellation Champagne in its jurisdiction. The appellation Champagne is now protected in Paraguay against any misuse and other infringements of the name according to the national…
The UK left the EU on 31 January, but it’s continuing to follow the bloc’s rules until the end of the year. These extra 11 months of transition were designed to give both sides some time to negotiate a post-Brexit…
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 17 257 981, filed on 27 September 2017,…
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 French company “Fromagère du Livradois”. The case…
30/09/2021-A Framework to assess and monitor the contribution of GIs to sustainability through a participatory process within value chains 27/05/2021 – Independent Dialogue on GIs in the context of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 21/12/2020 – oriGIn-FAO partnership to…
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 French company “Fromagère du Livradois”. The case…
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) approved the AfriPI action plan. AfriPI is…
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 market for our GI. As with all…
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 7 February 2020, the “Consejo Regulador del…
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 GI agreements (at the end of page…
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 name registrations that are identical or confusingly…
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 a possible future national GIs framework. Australia…
Historically, GIs have been excluded from the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) – the ICANN’s (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) dispute resolution mechanism implemented by accredited arbitration centers around the world (including the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center)…
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 scope and terms of the future partnership…
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 was then signed by the EU and…
