10/09/2010 – The European Commission Consultation on the Retail Market: oriGIn’s views More information is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2010/retail_en.htm
On 25 August, the “Arroz do litoral norte gaúcho” – a rice produced in the north coast of the “Rio Grande do Sul”, became the first agricultural DO registered in Brazil. Read more
Last July the INDECOPI, the Peruvian Trademark Office, issued an important resolution protecting the GI “Champagne”: – Summary of the case – Resolution N°1404-2010/CSD-INDECOPI
28-30/09/10 – Experts Meeting on the GI potential in Cameroon in Cocoa and Coffee Sectors, Yaoundé, Cameroon: – Presentation Note – Geographical Indications: challenges and opportunities for the coffee and cocoa sectors in
Argane Oil Producers from Morocco and the Fédération Régionale des Coopératives Agricoles Aquitaine (FRCAA). Thank to oriGIn, Moroccan producers and the Fédération Régionale des Coopératives Agricoles Aquitaine entered in a partnership to set-up
26/07/2010 – oriGIn’s Response to the EU Public Consultation on a Future Trade Policy
30/08 – 03/09/2010, Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System (Appellations of Origin), Geneva, Switzerland oriGIn contributed to the WIPO Survey on the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of
28/07/2010 – Lamy Reports ‘New Dynamic’ in Doha Talks (ICTSD Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest, Volume 14, Number 28)
Thanks to our partnership with Intellectual Property Watch (IP-Watch) – a non-profit independent news service – oriGIn members receive periodically special articles concerning GIs, trademarks as well as other relevant IP issues.
The European Union is now launching a Public Consultation on the Future of Trade Policy: http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=FutureTradePolicy
WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications met from June 30 to July 2.
WIPO has recently launched an interactive map of the Appellation of Origin registered under the Lisbon Agreement.
GIs have become a global phenomenon. As a result, national laws are rapidly evolving. Are you familiar with your national regulation concerning GIs? Do you know the applicable rules in foreign countries where
01/06/2010 – Launching of oriGIn’s handbook American Origin Products (AOP): Protecting a Legacy, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, 1101 New York Avenue N.W., Washington D.C. 20005 03/06/2010 – Seminar on American Origin Products (AOP): Economic and
12/04/2010 – The future of European agricultural policy – Call for a public debate. Speech of Mr.Ciolos to the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee Brussels, (Belgium)
11/05/2010 – oriGIn at the 12th edition of the “Assises de l’origine”, Bordeaux (France): www.origine.coop
On 23 March, oriGIn – the international organisation of Geographical Indications (GIs) – launched in Geneva its latest handbook on American Origin Products (AOP): Protecting a Legacy.
As of 1 April 2010, oriGIn members will receive free of charge Intellectual Property Watch special articles concerning GIs, trademarks as well as other relevant IP-Watch stories. Moreover, oriGIn members will benefit from a 30%-discount, should they wish to subscribe for the IP-Watch service and have access to all articles and stories concerning intellectual property policies.
oriGIn contributed to the WIPO Survey on the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration
On 25 February the partnership Habanos-Tequila was formally established by signing an agreement between the two institutions Habanos SA and the Consejo Regulador del Tequila (CRT).
20/12/2009 – Read the oriGIn Newsletter and find out about: the IV General Assembly, the debate on the EU Green Paper on Quality and other interesting activities
