EU amends geographical indication rules
The Jamaica Observer reports that the European Commission has announced changes to the European geographical indications system. Under the novel scheme, non-EU nationals wanting the protection of an European Union GI volition no longer accept to exhibit that their province operates a reciprocal scheme. The changes follow criticisms of the European Union scheme made past times the WTO inwards March 2005, where the European Union organisation was identified equally discriminating against non-EU nationals. Additionally, 3rd province operators volition move able to submit PGI applications directly, without the necessitate for them to rely on their governments.
You tin read the Commission’s press liberate here
thinks this is a expert move. As a thing of principle, if the geographical indication of a production is something worth protecting, it’s worth protecting whether the production originates from within the European Union or from exterior it.
This calendar week inwards the ECJ
This Thursday, the ECJ volition deliver its judgment inwards ii of import cases:
1. Deutsche SiSi-Werke v OHIM – this representative concerns the registrability of the shape of pouches for drinks. predicts that the ECJ volition role out its park spiel most the principles of registrability existence the same inwards relation to every type of merchandise mark, earlier finding that the CFI did non err inwards finding that the determination lacked distinctiveness.
2. Ruiz-Picasso v OHIM – this representative concerns the inquiry of the ambit of extended protection given to the names of famous people which are registered equally merchandise marks. rather liked the Advocate General’s consider inwards this one, fifty-fifty though it wasn’t exclusively clear, as well as hopes that the ECJ follows it.
There’s lots of exciting IP cases coming upwardly earlier the ECJ inwards the side past times side twosome of weeks. Keep visiting the IPKat for the latest information.
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