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Protection of EU Geographical Indications in Ukraine

EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and Other Available Tools

Kateryna Oliinyk, Mariia Baranovych, Maryna Akhtimirova
Keywords: Protection, EU Geographical Indications, Ukraine, EU-Ukraine Association Agreement


The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement is one of the tools to protect EU geographical indications in Ukraine (inter alia, geographical indications for wines, foodstuffs and agricultural products, such as Champagne, Cognac, Madeira, Jeres, Marsala, Tokaj, Feta, Roquefort, Parmigiano Reggiano, etc.). The Agreement secures the protection of geographical indications without the procedure for registration of the qualified indications of origin indicating specific geographical place from which goods originate as provided for by the Law of Ukraine “On the Protection of Rights to Indication of Origin of Goods”. Even if currently certain geographical indications protected in the EU are not covered by the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, there are other efficient tools to protect them in Ukraine, including applications to the Ukrainian Competition Authority (the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine).

Kateryna Oliinyk, Partner, Patent & Trademark Attorney of Ukraine, Arzinger law firm, Ukraine; Mariia Baranovych, Senior Associate, Attorney-at-law, Arzinger law firm, Ukraine; Maryna Akhtimirova, Associate, Attorney-at-law, Arzinger law firm, Ukraine.

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