Intellectual property rights for geographical indications : what is at stake in the TTIP? /

"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 1...

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Group Author: Arfini, Filippo; Mancini, Maria Cecilia; Veneziani, Mario; Donati, Michele
Published: Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
Publisher Address: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "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 co
Carrier Form: xiii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781443894814
1443894818
Index Number: K1562
CLC: D997.1
Call Number: D997.1/I611-8
Contents: What outcome to expect on geographical indications in the TTIP free trade agreement negotiations with the United States? / Alan Matthews -- The legal protection of GIs in TTIP : is there an alternative to the CETA outcome / Bernard O'Connor -- Geographical indications, food safety, and sustainability : challenges and opportunities / David Wirth -- Local government matters : territorial determinants of Italian agri-food exports / Francesco Mantino -- The increase of competitiveness of Serbian products in international trade through a system of protecting geographical indications / Aleksandra