Files
Abstract
Indications of geographical origin as distinguished signs are used for
marking products and services originating from certain geographic locations. In
recent years this field of intellectual property has been under the focus of our
legislative bodies in the sense that the regulations in this field have been
completely harmonized with corresponding EU laws. Therefore, the absence of the
products and services with our geographic indications from international markets
can no longer be justified by inadequate regulatory solutions.
In this work the authors point to the significance of legal protection of
indications of geographic origin describing the legal procedure for IGO protection
according to national and international laws. In the conclusion, the authors present
some critical reviews of the existing solutions in the Law on indications of
geographic origin where the government is instituted as the organ of second
instance in charge of deciding on the legal protection of geographical indications
suggesting that a relevant independent Commission or an Appellate Council at the
Intellectual Property Office should be instituted as an organ of second instance.