A vast number of consumers worldwide prioritize authenticity and product quality above all else. Geographical indications (GIs)—a designation identifying a product originating from a specific ...

For centuries, civilizations have consistently associated certain products with their places of origin. For instance, wines from Bordeaux, silks from Suzhou, olive oil from Tuscany and numerous ...

Ministers have adopted a mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament ('general approach') on the proposed regulation on geographical indication (GI) protection for craft and industrial ...

A draft bill to amend Part 4 of the Russian Civil Code will introduce the concept of geographical indications (GIs) into Russian law, which will help to protect folk crafts as well as to support local ...

The Council and the European Parliament reached today a provisional deal on the regulation for geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products. Once this regulation is finally ...

One of the ways that a “Geographical Indication”, or a “GI” can be protected in Australia is by registration of a ‘certification trade mark’. Certification trade marks are a specific type of trade ...

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The tiny archipelago of São Tomé and Principe has kickstarted the protection of its cocoa through geographical indication, explains Diana Pereira of Inventa. São Tomé and Príncipe is an island state ...

Gang Hu of CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office discusses the Economic and Trade Agreement between China and the US regarding the protection of geographical indications China and the US, as the world ...

Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Culture organised an introductory workshop on the ‘Geographical Indications (GI) system for national products’ in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy and Tourism and ...

Next month, the European Union and the United States will likely resume their negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). This ambitious and far-reaching agreement will ...