Gis Too Parallel Imports

EU alters GI rules (but only a petty bit)

Businessweek reports that European Union agricultural ministers bring OK’d changes to the geographical indications rules. The changes are inward reply to concluding year’s WTO ruling that the European Union was non inward compliance amongst international police trace inward this surface area yesteryear discriminating against non-EU producers. The European Union has straight off removed the requirement that non-EU countries must run a like organisation inward social club to hit goodness from European GI protection.

GIs from other countries (left) - straight off welcome inward the EU

tin sack meet the feel inward this. If GIs deserve protection, they deserve protection wherever they originate.


Judge Fysh at QMIPRI

Next Mon at 5.30pm, Judge Fysh is speaking at QMIPRI (the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, London) on ‘Consenting to Parallel Imports – is Economic Linkage the Correct Test?’

As ever, all are welcome too it’s free, but delight RSVP to Ilanah