The Lisbon System facilitates the international protection of appellations of origin through one single registration procedure. The Lisbon system does away with

The Geneva Act allows the international registration of geographical indications (GIs), in addition to appellations of origin, and permits the accession to the

Regulations on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Geographical Indications (GIs) have a long history, leading back to two separate organizations devoted to

The book contains a collection of high-quality academic and expert contributions dealing with the central question of whether the Lisbon Treaty needs further re