Michaelsen, F., Hill, J., Buckingham, S. et al. (6 more authors) (2021) Study on control and enforcement rules for geographical indication (GI) protection for non-agricultural products in the EU. Report. Publication Office of the European Union , Luxembourg.
Abstract
This study looks into control and enforcement of geographically rooted non-agricultural products protected by intellectual property mechanisms. Based on desk research, stakeholder interviews and an electronic survey conducted for a research sample of 30 real-life products (from several EU Member States and non-EU countries), six existing protection systems are investigated with regard to their control and enforcement mechanisms, with a case study produced for each system: 1) EU collective marks, 2) EU certification marks, 3) national certification marks, 4) national sui generis geographical indication (GI) protection of non-agricultural products, 5) EU sui generis GI protection of agri-food and drink products, and 6) protection systems in non-EU countries. The six protection systems are then compared and analysed with regard to their effectiveness, cost-efficiency and relevance. Lastly, three models for control and enforcement under a potential EU-wide system for the protection of non-agricultural geographically rooted products are developed. Each model represents a different degree of involvement by public authorities in the control and enforcement process.
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Item Type: | Monograph |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 European Union. Except otherwise noted, the reuse of this document is authorised under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). This means that reuse is allowed provided appropriate credit is given and any changes are indicated. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Sep 2021 06:19 |
Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2021 10:00 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Publication Office of the European Union |
Identification Number: | 10.2873/82711 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:177901 |
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