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WTO Negotiators Draft Register For Geographical Indications

By Intellectual Property Watch

In what the World Trade Organization is signalling as a breakthrough, negotiators have come up with a draft text for an international register of geographical indications, or product names derived from places or special characteristics. The register was agreed to as part of the 2001 Doha Round of talks, but has proven contentious as countries [...]

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on January 14, 2011 (boomark / email).