Common use of Geographical Indications Clause in Contracts

Geographical Indications. 1. Each Party shall recognize and protect the geographical indications and appellations of origin of another Party, as established in this Article. 2. No Party shall permit the importation, manufacture or sale of a good that uses a geographical indication or appellation of origin protected in another Party, unless it has been manufactured and certified therein, pursuant to its legislation applicable to that good. 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall only have effect with respect to those geographical indications and appellations of origin protected by the domestic legislation of the Party that is claiming protection and whose definition is consistent with Article 22 (1) of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, which is part of the WTO Agreement. Further, to gain protection, each contracting Party shall notify the other Parties of the geographical indications or appellations of origin which, fulfilling the above-mentioned requirements, shall be considered within the scope of the protection. 4. All of the above shall be understood without prejudice to the recognition that the Parties may grant to homonymous geographical indications and appellations of origin that legitimately could belong to a non-Party.

Geographical Indications. 1. Each Party shall recognize and protect the geographical indications and appellations of origin of another Party, as established in this Article. 2. No Party shall permit the importation, manufacture or sale of a good that uses a geographical indication or appellation of origin protected in another Party, unless it has been manufactured and certified therein, pursuant to its legislation applicable to that good. 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall only have effect with respect to those geographical indications and appellations of origin protected by the domestic legislation of the Party that is claiming protection and whose definition is consistent with Article 22 (1) of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, which is part of the WTO Agreement. Further, to gain protection, each contracting Party shall notify the other Parties of the geographical indications or appellations of origin which, fulfilling the above-above- mentioned requirements, shall be considered within the scope of the protection. 4. All of the above shall be understood without prejudice to the recognition that the Parties may grant to homonymous geographical indications and appellations of origin that legitimately could belong to a non-Party.