O'Connor, Bernard - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2015
United States for many years. The essential difference is in how GIs should be protected, if they should be protected at all …. The US considers that they can be protected as a sub-set of Trade Marks. The EU considers that GIs are a distinct form of … Intellectual Property requiring a distinct system of law. The practical issue today is the extent to which EU GIs can be protected …