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Intellectual Property and Geographical Indications

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Geographical Indications


Country:	Australia
Title:	Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
Content / Proposals:	Considerations on the nature and purpose of geographical indication protection in national laws, with reference to the objectives of the TRIPS Agreement. 1. Introduction: trade background. 2. Interests to be served by GI protection. 3. GI protection. 4. Exceptions to GI protection. 5. Options for GI protection. 6. Balancing the interests. 7. Questions concerning specific TRIPS provisions.
	Date:	19 Oct 2000	Reference:	IP/C/W/211


Countries:	Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Iceland, India, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Pakistan, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and Turkey
Title:	Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Revision
Content / Proposals:	Work on issues relevant to the protection of geographical indications. Implementation of article 24.1 - Extension of additional protection for geographical indications to products other than wines and spirits. Introduction and objective. Section 3 of Part II of the TRIPS Agreement. The TRIPS built-in agenda on geographical indications. The possible procedure for the negotiations on the built-in agenda elements.
	Date:	2 Oct 2000	Reference:	IP/C/W/204/Rev.1


Countries:	Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Iceland, India, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Pakistan, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and Turkey
Title:	Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
Content / Proposals:	Work on issues relevant to the protection of geographical indications. Implementation of article 24.1 - Extension of additional protection for geographical indications to products other than wines and spirits.
	Date:	18 Sep 2000	Reference:	IP/C/W/204


Countries:	New Zealand
Title:	Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
Content / Proposals:	Geographical indications and the article 24.2 review. Article 22 - Protection for geographical indications. Article 23 - Additional protection for geographical indications for wines and spirits. Article 24.1 - Increasing the protection of Article 23 geographical indications.
	Date:	18 Sep 2000	Reference:	IP/C/W/205


Countries:	Kenya on behalf of the African Group
Title:	General Council - Preparations for the 1999 Ministerial Conference - The TRIPS Agreement
Content / Proposals:	Noting that the Singapore Ministerial accepted the inclusion of spirits within the scope of negociations under Article 23.4, it recommends that negotiations under Article 23.4 be extended to other product groups (viz. handicrafts and agri-food products).
	Date:	6 Aug 1999	Reference:	WT/GC/W/302


Country:	Turkey
Title:	General Council - Preparations for the 1999 Ministerial Conference - Agreement on TRIPS Extension of the Additional Protection for Geographical Indications to Other Products
Content / Proposals:	Recognising that GI-extension would play an important role for the development of local producers and industries concerned, recommends that the General Council submit a recommendation to the 3rd Ministerial to extend the coverage of Article 23 to products other than wines and spirits.
	Date:	13 Jul 1999	Reference:	WT/GC/W/249


Country:	India
Title:	General Council - Preparation for the 1999 Ministerial Conference - Proposals Regarding the TRIPS Agreement in terms of Paragraph 9(a)(i) of the Geneva Ministerial Declaration
Content / Proposals:	Additional protection under Article 23 be extended to products other than wines and spirits.
	Date:	2 Jul 1999	Reference:	WT/GC/W/225


Countries:	Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Honduras and India
Title:	General Council - Preparations for the 1999 Ministerial Conference - Agreements on TRIPS, Proposal Regarding Extension of Protection of Geographical Indications under Paragraph 9(a)(i) of the Geneva Ministerial Declaration
Content / Proposals:	General recommendation that additional protection be extended to products other than wines and spirits.
	Date:	17 Jun 1999	Reference:	WT/GC/W/208


Country:	Czech Republic
Title:	General Council - Preparations for the 1999 Ministerial Conference - Agreements on TRIPS - Extension of the Additional Protection for Geographical Indications to Other Products
Content / Proposals:	Work on expanding the scope of Article 23 should continue and be completed within a given time-period.
	Date:	14 Jun 1999	Reference:	WT/GC/W/206

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