GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

Keith NuthallMEMBER governments of the World Trade Organisation have agreed to embark on two-phase talks to meet the 2003 deadline for completing negotiations on a multilateral registration system for geographical indications of wines and spirits.The WTO's TRIPS (trade related aspects of intellectual property rights) council has broadly agreed that a single draft document should be written by early next year, even if this included alternative options. Firm negotiations would then frame a proposal for agreement by the 2003 WTO summit in Mexico, (for which no date ...


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