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The negotiations of a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Japan (which includes a chapter on GIs) are expected to be concluded this year. In this context, the EU Commission has recently

Origo 2017 Geographical Indications’ Global Forum – a forum dedicated to the global challenges and opportunities of the European Union’s Geographical Indications’ system – will be held in Parma on 11, 12 and

From 27 February to 3 March, “La Habana” will host the 19th edition of “Festival del Habano”, with some 3.000 professionals expected to gather there to celebrate the Cuban GI “Habano”. The Festival

On 9 November, the EU Commission adopted its 2017 Annual Work Plan, increasing the budget to 133 million EUR for co-financed programmes concerning the promotion of agricultural products: 90 million for single programmes,

From the WIPO 2016 General Assembly, where we will discuss with some of our members and key actors of the Internet domain names’ environment the challenges for GIs and country names protection in

On 15 September, oriGIn attended the EU Civil Dialogue Group on International Aspects of Agriculture. On the current Free Trade Agreements negotiations impacting on GIs, the most interesting news are the following: On

The effective action of the “Consorzio di tutela del formaggio Asiago” stops the marketing of fake “Asiago” in Ukraine.  For more information: Press release “Asiago punta ad Est”  Consorzio blocca falso ‘Asiago’ in

Geographical indications (GIs) are often associated with amazing journeys. While today you can easily buy unique products identified by GIs in a shop close to you or even online, traveling to the places where they are made to

The 26th of July, the EUIPO published its last sectorial report on the economic cost of counterfeiting within the EU in the spirits and wine sectors.  The loss of sales due to counterfeiting

Over the past few months, the European Commission has been working on the simplification of the rules affecting the wine sector. However, so far only a limited part of the Commission draft proposal

On 26 June, “Café de Valdesia” (Dominican Republic) – was recognised in the EU as Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). “Café de Valdesia” is Arabica coffee of the Typica and Caturra varieties, which

On the 6th of July, the Ministry of Commerce and Consumers Affairs of New Zealand launched a “Consultation on proposed regulations and fees for Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirits)” under the Registration Act

In 2016, Under Regulation 1144/2014/EU on information provision and promotion measures concerning agricultural products implemented in the internal market and in third countries, 199 simple programs (amounting to 307 million EUR out of

Following the entry into force of the Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 on the EU trade mark, on 6 July the European Commission published the new guidelines for customs on in-transit goods suspected of infringing

In response to the article “For the love of pizza”, published by the Economist on June 4th under the column “Charlemagne”, oriGIn and AICIG sent some comments with the objective to clarify some

During the event of Vinitaly, last April, Equalitas, a society funded by FederDoc, Unione Italiana Vini, Gruppo CSQA – Valoritalia, 3Avino and Gambero Rosso, presented the standard SUSTAINABILITY OF THE WINE-PRODUCING INDUSTRY: ORGANIZATIONS,

From 7 to 9 June the First Session of the WIPO Working Group for the Preparation of Common Regulations under the Lisbon Agreement and the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement will take

On 30 May, the EU and Mexico have launched new trade and investment negotiations with the goal to modernize and broaden the scope of the existing 1997 Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation