BrandWrites - By the Trade Marks Group at Bird & Bird

15 Oct, 2024

Ceci n’est pas a case about GI evocation (but about unfair competition!)

By Rachele Macor

Court of Venice ascertains that use of the words “Balsamico di…” and “Ristretto di Balsamico…”, alone or together with “aceto”, for...

07 Oct, 2024

By Rita Tardiolo Alessandro Sciarra Cristiana Andreotta +3 more...

Overview of Recent GI Developments in the EU The past year has been a particularly significant and fruitful one in terms of the...

25 Sep, 2023

By Romain Meys Niklas Fels

The European Parliament approved new rules aimed at protecting geographical indications (“GI”) for craft and industrial products, in...

19 Jun, 2023

By Daniel Anti

A previous article looked at the growing importance of intellectual property (IP) in Africa (see here). In this article we consider some...

09 May, 2023

By Daniel Anti

There’s no doubt that Intellectual Property (IP) is a key driver in the promotion and creation of innovation, economic growth and, some...

10 Mar, 2023

By Aaron Mathew Rebecca Currey

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), a part of the Indian Government’s Ministry of Commerce...

04 Jul, 2022

By Sorin Vilceanu

On the 13th of April 2022, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation on geographical indication protection for craft...

17 Dec, 2021

By Constantin Eikel

The judgments handed down by the EU General Court relating to the IP safeguarding Halloumi cheese shows the limitations of relying on...