TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gangjee,Dev
TI  - Relocating the law of geographical indications
T2  - Cambridge intellectual property and information law
SN  - 9780521192026 
U1  - 346.048 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
KW  - (1994 April 15)
KW  - Marks of origin
KW  - Intellectual property (International law)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-331) and index
N2  - "There is huge variation in the nature, scope and institutional forms of legal protection for valuable geographical brands such as Champagne, Colombian coffee and Darjeeling tea. Although regional products are becoming more significant to producers, consumers and policy makers, the international legal regime under the TRIPs Agreement remains unclear. Adopting a historical approach, Dev Gangjee explores the rules regulating these brands within international intellectual property law. He traces the emergence of geographical indications as a distinct category and investigates the link between regional products and their places of origin. The research addresses longstanding puzzles, such as the multiplicity of regimes operating in this area; the recognition of the link between product and place and its current articulation in the TRIPs definition; the varying scope of protection; and the extent to which geographical indications ought to be treated as a category distinct from trade marks"--
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