© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Seminar on Trademarks and Designs The protection of geographical indications and appellations of origin (including for agricultural products and foodstuffs) Budapest 2006, Sept. 14th

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© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu The Community Trade Mark Regulation and Geographical Indications

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu 2 conflicting interests: Individual interest of one manufacturer General interest in the availibility of the geographical indication

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Art. 7 (1) (c) CTMR: The following shall not be registered: (c) trade marks which consists exclusively of signs or indications which may serve, in trade, to designate (…) the geographical origin (…) of the goods or of rendering of the service (…).

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© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Art. 7 (1) (c) CTMR: The following shall not be registered: (c) trade marks which consists exclusively of signs or indications which may serve, in trade, to designate (…) the geographical origin (…) of the goods or of rendering of the service (…).

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Chiemsee: C-108/97, C-109/97 Oldenburger: T-295/01 Cloppenburg: T-379/03 Facts to be considered: - Degree of familiarity amongst the public with the name in question - Properties of the place designated by the name - Category of goods or services concerned - Will the consumer associate a pleasurable feeling with the designated place?

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu SUDAN dyes, pigments, pigment preparations, liquid crystals, colorants, paints

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu dyes, pigments, pigment preparations, liquid crystals, colorants, paints SUDAN ®

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Missouri Apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water including their parts; vehicles and their parts, including automobiles and their parts; engines for land vehicles.

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© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Missouri ® Apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water including their parts; vehicles and their parts, including automobiles and their parts; engines for land vehicles.

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu The Community Collective Mark and The Regulation (EC) 510 / 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs

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© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Regulation The regulation must provide the following information: – - the name and the address of the owner, – - the purpose of the association – - the legal representatives of the association, – - the preconditions for a membership in the association, – - the person who are allowed to use the mark, - the conditions for the use and the sanctions in case of violation of the conditions of use.

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© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Council Regulation (EC) 510/2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs Until March 31st, 2006: (EC) 2081/92

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Products covered by Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 Agricultural products intended for human consumption: Fresh meat (and offal) Meat based products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.) Cheeses Other products of animal origin (eggs, honey, milk products excluding butter, etc.) Oils and fats (butter, margarine, oils, etc.) Fruits, vegetables, cereals, whether or not processed Fish, molluscs, fresh crustaceans and...-based products

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Products covered by Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 Foodstuffs: Beer Beverages made from plant extracts Bread, pastry, cakes, confectionery, biscuits and other baker's wares Mustard paste Pasta

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Products covered by Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 Agricultural products not intended for human consumption: Natural gums and resins Essential oils Hay Cork Cochineal (raw product of animal origin) Wool Wicker Scutched flax Flowers and ornamental plants

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Wine: Regulation (EC) 1493 / 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine Spirits: Regulation (EC) 1576 / 1989 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu The term qualified means that the geographical indication is not only the name of the place where a product got produced but that the product also possesses qualities due to this place of origin. For example due to: - climate, - soil, - raw materials, - manufacturing know how. Qualified Geographical Indications

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Designation of Origin (Article 2 (1)(a)) : „The name of a region, a specific place or, in exceptional cases, a country, used to describe an agricultural product or a foodstuff: - originating in that region, specific place or country, - the quality or characteristics of which are essentially or exclusively due to a particular geographical environment with its inherent natural and human factors, and - the production, processing and preparation of which take place in the defined area.“

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Geographical Indication (Article 2 (1) (b)) : „The name of a region, a specific place or, in exceptional cases, a country, used to describe an agricultural product or foodstuff: - originating in that region, specific place or country, and - which possesses a specific quality, reputation or other characteristics attributable to that geographical origin, and - the production and/or processing and/or preparation of which take place in the defined area.“

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Traditional non-geographical name

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Generic names A name has become generic, when it is the common name of an agricultural product or foodstuff without that the consumer still associates the name with a region or specific place.

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© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Product Specification (Art. 4 (2)) Name of product Description of product or foodstuff, including raw materials and principal physical, chemical, microbiological or organoleptic characteristics Definition of geographical area Evidence that product or foodstuff originates in defined geographical area Description of production or manufacturing process link between quality or characteristics of product or foodstuff and environment or link between a specific quality, reputation or other characteristics of product/ foodstuff and geographical origin the name of bodies verifying compliance with the specification any specific labelling rule

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Registration Proceedings 2 Phases: - National phase before national office - Phase before the European Commission

© 2006 Melanie Fiedlerwww.melaniefiedler.eu Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) == = = Denominazione d‘Origine Protetta (DOP) Apellation d‘Origine Protégée (AOP) Indicazione Geografica Protetta (IGP) Indication Géographique Protégée (IGP)

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