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Geneva Act gains momentum
In a guest post, Ozlem Futman of the MARQUES Geographical Indications Team brings news about EU membership of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement:
On 27 July 2018, it was announced that the European Commission recommended that the EU joins the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement, relating to the protection of geographical indications.
The Lisbon Agreement of 1958, which is administered by WIPO, offers a way to secure protection for appellations of origin (AO) through a single registration. In May 2015, the Agreement was changed by the Geneva Act, which expanded its scope beyond AOs to all geographical indications and allowed accession by international organisations such as the EU.
The Lisbon Agreement currently has 28 members, of which seven are EU member states. Once the EU joins, it will enable the rapid, high-level and indefinite protection of European GIs in all current and future parties to the Geneva Act.
The Commission will now prepare a recommendation to the Council that the EU should join the Geneva Act, to be able to take full advantage of the revised Lisbon system.
The MARQUES GI Team will continue to follow these developments and keep the MARQUES community updated.
Ozlem Futman is a founding partner of OFO Ventura and a member of the MARQUES GI Team
Posted by: Blog Administrator @ 08.05Tags: GI, Geneva Act, Lisbon Agreement, AO,
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