Strength of Protection for Geographical Indications: Promotion Incentives and Welfare Effects

The Protection of Geographical Indications in India: Issues and Challenges

Protected Geographical Indications: A Development Tool for Cambodia Protected Geographical Indications in Cambodia

This central objective is manifest in the sectoral strategies implemented by the various government ministries. For the Ministry of Agriculture, notably, the goal is to increase the incomes of small farmers. Given the very competitive agricultural sectors of its Thai and Vietnamese neighbors, Cambodia wishes to better showcase the quality of its products and obtain better prices for them.

Whither (Wither?) Geographical Indications? The Case Against Geographical Indications and For Appellations of Origin in an Era of Glocalization

One of the most hotly contested legal debates in international intellectual property law today concerns geographical indications (GIs) and appellations of origin (AOOs), referred to herein using the umbrella term “indication of origin” (IO). Central to the debate are two different systems for IOs—the sui generis system of AOOs and the like promoted by IO advocates like the EU (generally civil l...

Forces and incentives in the promotion of environmental protection and improved working conditions

Presents findings from an investigation of the adoption of different “abatement” technologies in 30 Danish firms, encompassing traditional iron manufacturers and electroplating firms. The abatement measures were all instigated to improve environmental or occupational safety and health conditions. Reasons and incentives for these measures were investigated. Finds that there are big differences b...

role of cultural iran in promotion of multilaieralism in central asia and caucasus

cultural iran is a scope that is more extended than the political territories of iran as a political unit. this concept means that cultural geography(mehdi moghanlo-1383-1) of iran is greater than its political geography which, according to history, has a long history extending west-east from kandahar to the euphrates and north-south from the persian gulf to the caucasus including transoxiana a...