{"id":1985,"date":"2015-07-16T10:11:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T10:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sib.it\/?p=1985"},"modified":"2015-09-25T13:46:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T13:46:55","slug":"nuova-versione-trattato-su-tutela-internazionale-indicazioni-geografiche-interessati-produttori-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/flash-news\/the-lisbon-agreements-geneva-act-american-origin-based-producers-express-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lisbon Agreement\u2019s Geneva Act: American origin-based producers express interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">International protection for Geographical Indications is becoming a priority in a world market hungry for origin-based quality products: US producers show an interest in the possibilities offered by the Lisbon Agreement\u2019s new version.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1997 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shutterstock_30611779-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The Lisbon Agreement\u2019s Geneva Act American origin-based producers express interest\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shutterstock_30611779-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shutterstock_30611779.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The world markets\u2019 growing appetite for origin-based quality products (Chianti wine or Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, to name a couple of Italian examples) mean that more of these products need to be protected from fakes, look-alikes and other frauds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Countries that do not have specific legislation concerning the protection for the names of origin-based quality products are therefore starting to show an interest in the new version of the international treaty administered by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Intellectual Property Organisation<\/a>, called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/treaties\/en\/registration\/lisbon\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications<\/a> (the Lisbon Agreement).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Lisbon Agreement facilitates the international protection of Appellations of Origin (AOs) and Geographical Indications (GIs). An updated version of this agreement, known as the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement, was adopted on 20 May 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The essential changes introduced by the Geneva Act are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 flexibility about how countries may provide protection for AOs and GIs, including through trademark system if no AO or GI system is in place<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 safeguards for prior trademark rights and other prior rights such as personal names, plant varieties or animal breed denominations<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 possibility to challenge or invalidate the effect of an international registration in single jurisdictions within the Lisbon system<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 accession to the Geneva Act is open to international organisations competent for GI protection (e.g. European Union and African Intellectual Property Organization)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 new definition of AOs and GIs and of their scope of protection<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 countries may request payment of an individual fee<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 grant of protection will be notified.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The changes are designed specifically to attract new members to the Lisbon Agreement, notably those states that have now specific legislation on GIs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of such countries is the United States, whose representative at the WIPO diplomatic conference on the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement, however, criticised the adoption and indeed expressed concern both about the act\u2019s content and its approval process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nonetheless last week, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.origin-gi.com\/medias\/press-releases\/archive\/view\/listid-6-contacts-uk\/mailid-233-press-release-the-geneva-act-of-the-lisbon-agreement-represents-an-historic-opportunity-for-gis.html\" target=\"_blank\">this press release<\/a>, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aop-us.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"> American Origin Products Association<\/a> (AOP), representing about 6,000 US producers, expressed a strong interest in the new version of the Lisbon Agreement as a means to reduce the costs that its members must bear to protect their GIs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The AOP\u2019s reasoning is flawless: origin-based producers are often small enterprises lacking the resources to protect their own trademarks. GIs can be registered and managed by producer organisations and used by single producers at a fraction of the cost of an individual registration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But can the AOP\u2019s expression of interest be taken as an early sign that the United States might actually consider becoming a member of the Lisbon Agreement? Time will tell.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS International protection for Geographical Indications is becoming a priority in a world market hungry for origin-based quality products: US producers show an interest in the possibilities offered by the Lisbon Agreement\u2019s new version. 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