Protecting geographical indications [videorecording] / a joint production of the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Published
[United States] : [U.S. Patent and Trademark Office] : [U.S. Dept. of Agriculture], [between 2000 and 2009]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (16 min., 7 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Describes how geographical indications on product labels are used in the international food industry to certify the source of food products. Geographical indications have value in the marketing of the labeled products. Clarifies the United States' policy toward the protection of the rights of the owners of geographical indications. Explains why the best approach to protect the rights of those owners is to treat geographical indications as intellectual property and register them within the established trademark systems.