Presentations made at the Seminar on Geographical Indications for Coffee
Tuesday, 20 May 2008

The views expressed at the Seminar are the speakers’ own and do not represent ICO policy.

Overview of key issues

• Mr Daniele Giovannucci, Consultant and Team Leader, International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC)
  Guide to Geographical Indications l Geographical Indications - Approaches and Value

Use of geographical indications: various experiences

• Colombia: Mr Gabriel Silva, General Manager, National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia
  Geographical indications: The case of Colombia
  
  
• Ethiopia: Mr Getachew Mengistie, Director General, Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office
  The Ethiopian Fine Coffee designations trade marking & licensing initiative
  
  
• Indonesia: Mr Surip Mawardi, Researcher, Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute
  Experience of Indonesia: Slides l Text
  
  
• Italy: Minister Plenipotentiary Pier Benedetto Francese, Directorate General for Economic Cooperation
  The Italian experience

Issues of labelling, traceability and certification

• Mrs Paola Rizo, Senior Legal Officer, Law and International Classifications Division, Sector of Trade
  Marks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications, World Intellectual Property Organization
  Geographical Indications: a product’s given quality or reputation linked to a geographical origin

Current legal issues relating to geographical indications

• Ms Amy Cotton, Attorney-Advisor, Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement,
  United States Patent and Trademark Office
  A Little Shot of Reality to Go in Your Coffee…
  
  
• Ms Isabelle Peutz, Adviser for International Affairs, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural
  Development, European Commission
  Protection of Geographical Indications in the EU - Legal issues