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Intellectual Property Rights for Geographical Indications: What is at Stake in the TTIP?
(2016)
Abstract
Regulations on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Geographical Indications (GIs) have a long history, leading back to two separate organizations devoted to dealing with them: the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The WTO, through its 1994 TRIPS Agreement, gives wines a high level of protection, but leaves individual countries to draw up national GIs legislation for other agri-food products. On the other hand, the WIPO implemented the Lisbon Agreement of 1958 and gives GIs a high level of protection, but involves a lower number of countries. The US approach follows the WTO and is based on existing trademarks and competition legislation, while the EU legislation is partly based on the Lisbon Agreement and has a sui generis legislation, giving a high level of protection to agri-food GIs. The two different legislative approaches on IPRs on GIs are a source of political and economic debate between the US and the EU that impact massively on agri-food supply chains, consumer relations, and environmental and cultural aspects, as well as trade.This book provides insights into the potential impacts that the future Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement could have at national, European and international level, and covers areas such as policy setting, implications for trade and consumer perception, food safety, and rural and local development. As such, it will provide a reference point for researchers and academics in agricultural and rural economics and law, as well as policy makers.
Keywords
- Intellectual Property Rights,
- Geographical Indications,
- Food Law,
- TTIP
Disciplines
Publication Date
October 25, 2016
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN
978-1-4438-9481-4
Citation Information
Luis González Vaqué, Mario Veneziani, Filippo Arfini, Maria Cecilia Mancini, et al.. Intellectual Property Rights for Geographical Indications: What is at Stake in the TTIP?. (2016) p. 1 - 245 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/luis_gonzalez_vaque/217/
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