On November 06, 2019, the Information Session on Geographical Indications takes place at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, the Swiss Confederation.
The program of the meeting provides for discussion of issues within three thematic sessions:
• Session 1: Evaluation of genericness
• Session 2: Geographical indications as intellectual property titles in the operation of DNS and in the dispute resolution policies
• Session 3: Notions of identity, similarity and imitation between geographical indications and trademarks in the context of registration and commercial use