9780415501026 9781136478796 electronic book 9780203133316 ebk
Alternate Call Number
K 943 BLA.E
Summary
The TRIPS Agreement (for trade-related intellectual property rights) provides for the general protection of geographical indications (GIs) of product origin, including for example the special protection of wines and spirits and for the creation of a multilateral register for wines. The African Group of countries has been in the forefront of countries agitating in the World Trade Organization TRIPS Council for the extension of this special protection and of the multilateral register to industries which are of interest to developing countries, primarily agriculture. The so-called "extension ques.
Note
Introduction Part 1: The Policy Context 1. Geographical Indications and TRIPS / Michael Blakeney 2. Setting up of a GI: Requirements and Difficulties at the Producer Level / Audrey Aubard 3. Legal Infrastructure for the Protection of GIs / Michael Blakeney 4. Geographical Indications and Economic Development 5. Assessing the Economic Impact of Protecting Geographical Indications / Thierry Coulet 6. Geographical Indications, Traditional Knowledge, Expressions of Culture and the Protection of Cultural Products in Africa / Michael BlakeneyPart 2: Case Studies 7. Cameroon : Oku White Honey / Terry Coulet in collab. with Marcelin Tonye Mahop 8. Ethiopia : fine coffee / Getachew Mengistie. 9. Gabon : Okumé Wood Terry Coulet in collab. with Marcelin Tonye Mahop 10. Ghana: Cocoa / Edgar Tabaro 11. Kenya : tea / Michael Blakeney and Getachev Mengistie 12. Mauritius : sugar / Michael Blakeney 13. Morocco : Argan oil / Sophie Réviron with the collab. af Nafja El Benni 14. Rwanda : coffee 15 / Getachew Mengiste. Uganda : cotton / Getachew Mengistie 16. Senegal yett of joal / Thierry Coulet 17. South Africa : Rooibos tea. / Sophie Réviron with the collab. of Nadja El Benni. 18. Zanzibar / M. Blakeney and G. Mengistie.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Geographical indications and TRIPS; 2. Setting up a GI: requirements and difficulties at the producer level; 3. Legal infrastructure for the protection of GIs; 4. Geographical indications and economic development; 5. Assessing the economic impact of GI protection; 6. Geographical indications, traditional knowledge, expressions of culture and the protection of cultural products in Africa; 7. Cameroon: oku white honey; 8. Ethiopia: fine coffee; 9. Gabon: okoumé wood; 10. Ghana: cocoa; 11. Kenya: tea; 12. Mauritius: sugar; 13. Marocco: argan oil; 14. Rwanda: coffee; 15. Uganda: cotton; 16. Senegal: yett of joal; 17. South Africa: rooibos tea; 18. Zanzibar: cloves.