The Council has today adopted a regulation on geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products. This is the last step in the decision-making procedure. Once this regulation comes ...

The applicant, an association of farmers with approximately 1450 members, is the proprietor of the German collective trademarks “Hohenloher Landschwein” (= “Hohenloher country pig”) and “Hohenloher ...

EU quality schemes safeguard the heritage of Europe's agricultural products. They make quality products easily recognisable for consumers and offer market opportunities to producers, including ones ...

Hu Gang of CCPIT examines protection of geographical indications in China, assessing the Sino-US Economic and Trade Agreement and EU-China Agreement China and the United States, two of the world's ...

Historically, trademarks for place names have often been refused registration in Switzerland or, if granted, only for specific goods and services restricted to their geographical origin. However, the ...

But since TRIPs also provides enhanced protection for wines and spirits geographical indications, an exception (see box 4) was made for trade mark applications and registered trade marks existing ...

Addis Ababa, June 3, 2025 (ENA) -- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director-General Daren Tang noted today that geographical indication system would enable Ethiopian coffee, honey, ...

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 ...