An ongoing saga concerning the conflict between geographical indications and trade marks in Australia has existed since 1993 in relation to wines. While the implementation of the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement in 2004 has clarified the approach, some grey areas in Australian law currently...

Geographic indications (GIs) stand at the intersection of three hotly debated issues in international law: international trade, intellectual property and agricultural policy. Similar to a trademark (albeit to a limited degree), a GI identifies a good as originating in a particular region, where...

The marketing of goods under geographical names has always been common. In addition to introducing commercial facets of wine distribution agreements, this chapter discusses the justifications, principles and policies that lie behind the protection of geographical indications (‘GIs’) for wine...