Welcome to the Learning Plan "Geographical Indications in the EU"!
The courses in this Plan will provide you with an overview of the protection in the EU of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural and craft and industrial goods.
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If you'd like to continue learning about protections for geographical indications, names, and designations of origin after the conclusion of this Learning Plan, consider the following suggested courses:
*Note: All content in this Learning Plan refers to the applicable laws and/or available tools at the time of its creation.
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Not started Protection of geographical indications in the European Union
In this webinar, GI expert Aitor Pomares covers the overview of the EU's GI system, the concepts of GI, the registration process in the EU, the procedure for the registration of non-EU products. In the following session, Laurent Lourdais from the EU Delegation to Thailand discusses international approaches on GIs. IPKeySEA series webinar. Objective: To support the more effective ...
Not started Webinar: Protected Geographical Indications and Protected Designations of Origin (Intermediate level) (with Certificate)
The Geographical Indications and protected designations of origin is the “the rural intellectual property right” that prevent misuse, imitation or evocation. We can consider it as a fundamental right. To understand the importance of GIs we can just mention the 3400 GIs in the EU registers and 1533 GIs protected under agreements. The main attribute of GIs is: Rural IPR, Guarantee authenticity ...
Not started Protecting non-EU Geographical Indications in the EU
Recorded webinar on Protecting non-EU Geographical Indications in the EU. In particular, it covers the following topics: The protection of non-EU GIs. The assessment of international GI applications in the EU. The experience of Georgia in relation to GIs and the benefits of the GI Agreement with the EU. Technical aspects regarding the relations between Geographical Indications and Tr...
Not started Introduction to the Geneva Act & Lisbon System for the International Registration of Appellations of Origin and Geographical indications
The Geneva Act entered into force on 26 February 2020. This allows for the international registration of GIs. Contracting parties then agree to protect certain GIs originating in other contracting states, on their own territories. In addition, it gives contracting parties access to the Lisbon System.The EU became a contracting party to the Geneva Act by Council Decision (EU) 2019/1754. The Europea...
Not started Webinar: GIs as a basis of opposition (Intermediate level) (with Certificate)
The webinar will be about one of the grounds of oppositions, namely the ground laid down in Article 8(6)EUTMR which deals with oppositions based on Geographical Indications. It will briefly explain how this ground is being examined, both in terms of substantiation and scope of protection. Speaker: Adriana VAN ROODEN - EUIPO - Operations Department