In July 2019, the law amending part IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and introducing the protection of geographical indications (scheme which will be available together with the existing appellations of origin one) has been approved. According…
With respect to the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA), the registration phase of GIs (which in this case followed the end of the negotaitions) had started in March. Concerned groups can follow the status of the GI they represent on the…
On June 11, the Commission published a roadmap regarding the conclusion of a bilateral agreement on GIs between the EU and Mongolia. oriGIn has submitted its comments, reiterating its key principles for GIs protection in bilateral agreements This…
On 28 June, the EU and Mercosur reached a political deal for a trade agreement . Concerning GIs, 355 EU products’ names will be protected the agreement in the 4 Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) and 1 in 3 of…
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 (160 for the EU and 39 for…
On 26 June, Albania became the third country (following Cambodia and Côte d’Ivoire) to accede to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications. With the process almost completed in the EU (formal accession expected…
The global expansion of Chinese Internet marketplaces, such as ALIBABA, TMALL, or JD.COM, means that illegal Chinese products with counterfeit GIs are being exported to more and more countries. This results not only in loss of sales for the original…
Recent court decisions in the United States – concerning a product labelled as Kona Beer while not being produced in Kona, and fruits and vegetables which labels refereed to a Washington farm while coming from all over the world –…
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 (160 for the EU and 39 for…
In 2018, to raise GIs awareness among academic circles, oriGIn signed a cooperation agreement with the European Intellectual Property Institutes Network – Innovation Society (EIPIN-IS). EIPIN-IS is a consortium of five European leading intellectual property research centers (Maastricht University, Queen…
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 (EDB) – will serve as a secure…
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 the EU any agricultural GIs (Canadian GIs…
oriGIn in cooperation with the International Trade Center (ITC) developed the online course “Adding Value to Origin Products Through Geographical Indications (GIs)”. It is available on the ITC SME Trade Academy . Through the online course, participants will: Explore the value and…
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 up to Decree No. 27/2018 of January…
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 a contribution to the competent local authorities,…
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 of spirit drinks in the presentation and…
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 the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO),…
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 and Italian) for optional referendum. Provided no optional…
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 has been selected because, over the years,…
