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…
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 the 1st of August 2020, 169…
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 Requirements Applicable to Tobacco Products and 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 entered into force in February 2020. Currently,…
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 shows the 240 different spirits GIs protected…
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 of webinars, open exclusively to oriGIn members,…
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 existing appellations of origin scheme, will enter…
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 protect rights in the context of Internet…
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 its members believe that sustainability, with its…
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 a German product. The Hamburg Court sought…
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 concerning GIs : More than 340 EU…
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 property rights to be protected in China.…
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 filed the European Union trademark (EUTM) application…
In these unprecedented circumstances triggered by the COVID-19 outbreak, while geographical Indications (GIs) producers are making tremendous efforts to maintain the supply of quality products to citizens, they’re facing unprecedented challenges that might threaten the very existence of some of…
