ecta2015_non-agri gis and their impact on tms_edith van den eede
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Incoming non-agri GIsand their impact on trade marks
Edith Van den EedeTrademark Attorney - Rome, Italy
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TOPICS
I. GIs: What‘s cooking ?
II. New non-agri GI scheme
III. Impact on trade marks
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I. GIs: What‘s cooking
1. Geneva Act Lisbon Agreement
2. EU Commission initiative to introduce newnon-agri GI scheme
3. GI: beautiful stranger?
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II. Incoming non-agri GIs1. TRIPS obligations (>< misleading / unfair competition)
2. EU level: currently 4 autonomous Regulations- Quality Regulation agricultural products & foodstuffs
- Regulation establishing Single CMO for wines
- Regulation on spirit drinks
- Regulation on aromatised wine products
- („TRIPS plus“)
3. No harmonisation/unitary EU rules to protect non-agricultural, industrial & artisanal GIs
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II. Incoming non-agri GIs4. Aim:- protecting traditional know-how and culturalheritage linked with a specific „terroir“
- remedy insufficient protection (outcome publicconsultation – current different protection levels)
- improving negotiations with third countries
5. New scheme:- open to GIs from third countries (TRIPS)
- exhaustive in nature? (Bud I & Salame Felino II)
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• Study on GI protection for non-agri products in the Internal Market (March 2013) - Public hearing(April 2013)
STUDY on non-agri GI protection
•Green Paper on possibile extension of EU GI
protection to non-agri products (July 2014)
•Public consultation (ended October 2014)GREEN PAPER
• Conference with stakeholders on preliminary results of the public consultation (January 2015)
• Working doc. Legal Affairs Committee of EU Parliament
PUBLIC CONSULTATION
• Draft report on possible extension by rapporteur Legal Affairs Committee of European Parliament (April 2015)
• … …
Non-agri GI
scheme?
6. New scheme: the making of
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III. Impact on trade marks
1. GI : beautiful stranger ?
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III. Impact on trade marks
1. Additional absolute refusal grounds:
- Additional pool of GIs (TM clearance!)
- Relationship TMs & GIsSHALL WE
CO-EXIST NOW,
OR SHALL WE CO-EXIST LATER?
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III. Impact on trade marks1. Additional absolute refusal grounds:
- direct impact on OHIM & national PTOs
‘Legislative Package‘ : national TM offices & OHIM must refuse ex
officio applications in violation of PGIs(„pursuant to Union legislation or internationalagreements to which the Union is party“)
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III. Impact on trade marks1. Additional absolute refusal grounds:
- Example
Italian TM MURANO À PORTER VS
cl. 14 and 21
-> after submission of GI application: refusal for product of the same type
-> before submission: under certain circumstances co-existence possible
(Art. 24.5 TRIPS: good faith + acquired before GI protection country of origin
Art. 14 Quality Reg.1151/12 >< Art. 17 Reg.2081/92 accelerated proceedings)
-> no GI registration only where prior TM‘s reputation, renown and length ofuse would be liable to mislead consumers as to the true identity of product
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III. Impact on trade marks1. Additional absolute refusal grounds:
- Example
Italian TM MURANO À PORTER VS
cl. 14
TM MURANO THERAPY VS
ROYAL BAIN DE MURANOcl. 3
-> after submission of GI application: refusal or annulment whereexploitation of reputation (even if products - or services - that are notcomparable)
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III. Impact on trade marks2. Need for simplification and
alignment
-overall complexity
(EU - 3rd countries - Lisbon GIs)
-> detrimental to the system‘s efficiency & visibility
-single & horizontal legal framework for EU unitary protection andenforcement for all GIs (with clear provisions & single database)
-registration process & administration of single GI databasecentralized under 1 body (OHIM? Cf. Legal Affairs Committee EU Parliament)