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GIs in the USA

In search of new paradigms:

GIs and sustainability

  • Rural development

  • Interest of consumers

  • Traceability
  • IPRs = protectionism??? They are rather an instrument to protect investments, ingenuity and knowledge

  • IPRs are territorial rights, so are the exceptions to IPRs

Practical problems encountered by GI groups in the USA

  • Involvement of producers

  • Later TM applications

  • Litigation costs

  • Protection and enforcement in foreign markets

GIs are IPRs

  • Recognized by the WTO TRIPs Agreement

  • Monopoly rights

  • Exceptions: generic names and previous trademarks (flexibility)

T-TIP:

Expectations of GIs

from both side

of the Atlantic

T-TIP and GIs:

an opportunity for the economy

  • Let's not drop a huge potential for a very limited number of conflictual names

  • Let's be flexible an creative, with the main objective of protecting consumers

Idaho® in Germany

Napa Valley Wines infringements around the world

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