New International Registration System for Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin
S tandard YouTube Licence Jane Lambert The Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications came into force on 26 Feb 2020. Art 29 (2) of the Act provides for it to enter into force three months after five eligible parties referred to in art 28 have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession. That condition was satisfied on 26 Nov 2019 when the European Union deposited its instrument of accession with Francis Gurry, the Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO") (see WIPO press release European Union Joins Geneva Act of WIPO’s Lisbon Agreement, Enabling Entry into Force 26 Nov 2019). The Geneva Act supplements the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration of 15 Oct 1958 by providing for the registration of geographical indications as well as appellations of origin and by making it possible f...