@article{40712,
      recid = {40712},
      author = {Blakeney, Michael, and Coulet, Thierry, and Mengistie  Alemu, Getachew, and Tonye Mahop, Marcelin,},
      title = {Extending the Protection of Geographical Indications :  Case Studies of Agricultural Products in Africa /},
      pages = {1 online resource (385 pages) :},
      abstract = {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 question" is the central feature  of the Doha Development Agenda at both the WTO and World  Intellectual Property Organization. This book provides some  empirical evidence and applied legal and economic reasoning  to this debate. It provides both a general review of the  key issues and a series of case studies from six Anglophone  and four Francophone countries in Africa. These focus on  major agricultural commodities such as coffee, cotton,  cocoa and tea, as well as more specific and local products  such as Argan oil and Oku white honey.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/40712},
}