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The Place of Indications of Geographical Origin in the Intellectual Property System
2014
As indicated in the introductory chapter of this book, different designations are used for denoting goods and services in the trade which are not congeneric from the legal point of view. Among those designations, there are also those which contain a reference to a particular geographical place, i.e. geographical designations. This situation is successfully revealed in materials of one international conference by indicating that many designations which are used in commerce may contain a geographical reference (yet their legal nature is different) by distinguishing three different groups of such designations:
The Historical Foundations of the Regulation of Indications of Geographical Origin
2014
Understanding of indications of geographical origin (IGOs) and the necessity for their protection emerged from two opposite though mutually related powers. From one side, it emerged from efforts of interested persons, mainly producers of goods bearing IGOs, to develop recognition of designations (usually names) capable to designate their geographical origin. From another side, it arose as a response to practices of such persons who exploited the commercial success of those names not being in any way associated with the geographical places referred to in those names at all (nowadays these persons are called imitators). The history of IGOs, therefore, reveals a broad list of examples of when …