Jane Glover Barrister – Mediator – Adjudicator

Geographical indications

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

In Copyright, Domain names, Geographical indications, Intellectual Property, Patents, Trade marks

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I know, I know – we are all intellectual property specialists; we have the words ‘intellectual property’ sprinkled liberally throughout our websites; we read intellectual property articles and cases; we go to intellectual property conferences…. And yet. “Intellectual property” is just a catch-all, a voluminous handbag filled with largely unrelated items, some...

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Geographical indications: changes afoot

By Jane Glover

In Consumer Law, Geographical indications, Intellectual Property, Trade marks

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Earlier this year I went to a workshop on the GI aspects of the EU – New Zealand Free Trade Agreement negotiations. New Zealand’s lead negotiator, Martin Harvey, gave an update on the status of those negotiations. As is widely-known, the EU wants New Zealand to recognise GIs that are protected in the EU, and it would reciprocate in kind. Of course, the number of European GIs far...

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