SWITZERLAND – INDICATIONS
June 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SWITZERLAND has released a paper outlining where the world's drinks producing countries agree over the long-running debate World Trade Organisation debate on creating an international register of protected terms for wines and spirits. It includes an acceptance that terms that have become generic should be unprotected, that member countries can decide how geographical indications should be protected within their own systems and that a register should "facilitate" protection.
SWITZERLAND has released a paper outlining where the world's drinks producing countries agree over the long-running debate World Trade Organisation debate on creating an international register of protected terms for wines and spirits. It includes an acceptance that terms that have become generic should be unprotected, that member countries can decide how geographical indications should be protected within their own systems and that a register should "facilitate" protection.
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