Confirmed participants
An impressive lineup of GI groups, law firms, organizations and experts have already confirmed their participation.
Among them (in alphabetical order):
GI groups:
- Association of Indonesian Geographical Indication (AIGI),
- Associazione Nazionale Industriale Distillatori di Alcoli e Acquaviti (AssoDistil),
- Bavaria Brewers’ Association (Bayerischer Brauerbund e. V.),
- Bureau National Interprofessionnel Du Cognac (BNIC),
- Calzia – Yute de Caravaca,
- Comité Champagne (CIVC),
- Comité Interprofessionnel de Gestion du Comté (CIGC),
- Consejo Regulador de la Quinua del Altiplano Sur de Bolivia,
- Consejo Regulador del Tequila (CRT),
- Consejo Regulador DOP Jabugo,
- Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma,
- Consorzio di tutela formaggio Parmigiano Reggiano,
- Consorzio di tutela formaggio Asiago
- Consorzio di tutela Prosecco DOC,
- Consorzio per la Tutela del Franciacorta,
- Consorzio Prosecco DOC,
- Consorzio di Tutela Aceto Balsamico di Modena (CABM),
- Consorzio di tutela Grana Padano,
- Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH,
- FEDERDOC, Confederazione Nazionale dei Consorzi volontari per la Tutela delle Denominazioni dei vini italiani,
- Istituto Salumi Italiani Tutelati (ISIT),
- Le Mani di Napoli,
- National Federation of Colombian Coffee Growers (FNC),
- Organisme de Défense et de Gestion de l’appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape,
- ORIGEN España,
- QUALIFICA/oriGInPortugal,
- Scotch Whisky Association (SWA),
- Sri Lanka Tea Board.
Law and consultancy firms:
- Altius (Belgium),
- AKA ZEBRA (France),
- Asociación Punto Verde (Venezuela),
- Berenguer y Pomares Abogados (Spain),
- Bird & Bird LLP (Germany),
- Bird & Bird (Italy),
- CASALONGA (France),
- Cavelier Abogados (Colombia),
- Cerberus IP (United Kingdom),
- Com Laude (United Kingdom),
- De Tullio and Partners (Italy),
- DLA Piper (Italy),
- GB Avvocati (Italy),
- GriffeShield (Italy),
- Gulliksson (Sweden),
- H&A (Mexico),
- IPotencia (Switzerland),
- IPvocate Africa (Mauritius),
- Ivett Paulovics Law Firm (Italy),
- Jacobacci Avocats (France),
- JALIFE CABALLERO (Mexico),
- KATZAROV S.A. (Switzerland),
- K&S Partners (India),
- Lenz & Staehelin (Switzerland),
- Malamis & Associates (Greece),
- NCL Limited (United Kingdom),
- O’Connor and Company European Lawyers (Belgium),
- Ofoventura (Turkey),
- Oritain (United Kingdom),
- REDD (Switzerland),
- RKR & Partners (India),
- Reinforce Intellectual Property Association – RIPA (India),
- Rouse (Thailand),
- Società Italiana Brevetti (Italy),
- Wanhuida Intellectual Property (China).
IP Offices:
- European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO),
- Federal Institute of Intellectual Property – IPI (Switzerland),
- Institut national de la normalisation et de la propriété industrielle – INNORPI (Tunisia),
- National Institute for the Defence of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property – INDECOPI (Peru),
- National Institute of Industrial Property – INPI (France),
- National Institute of Intellectual Property – INPI (Brazil),
- National Intellectual Property Center – SAKPATENTI (Georgia),
- Patent and Trademark Office – UIBM (Italy),
- Slovenian Intellectual Property Office (SIPO),
- State office for inventions and trademarks (Romania),
- Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB).
International Organizations:
- Asociación Interamericana de la Propiedad Intelectual (ASIPI),
- European Union (DG Agri),
- European Union (DG Connect),
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN),
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
National authorities, institutes and universities:
- Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement – CIRAD (France),
- China National Institute of Standardization – CNIS (China),
- Department of central inspectorate for fraud repression and quality protection of the agri-food products and foodstuffs – ICQRF, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests (Italy),
- Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Commerce (Cambodia),
- Ecole Supérieure des Agricultures -ESA (France),
- Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing – ESPM (Brazil),
- Government of Michoacan (Mexico), Instituto Federal de São Paulo – IFS (Brazil),
- Gujarat National Law University (India),
- Institut national de l’origine et de la qualité – INAO (France),
- Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture l’alimentation et l’environnement – INRAE (France),
- Institut Supérieur Agronomique (Tunisia),
- İzmir Commodity Exchange (Turkye)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Albania),
- Ministry of Agricultura and Livestock (Brazil),
- Ministry of Agriculture (Tunisia),
- National Office of Crafts (Tunisia),
- Nottingham Trent University (United Kingdom),
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México – UNAM (Mexico),
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS (Brazil),
- Universitá degli Studi di Verona (Italy),
- Universitá di Camerino (Italy),
- Université de Poitiers (France).