Geographic Indications and International Trade
Geographic Indications and International Trade (GIANT) is a project that looks at international trade, intellectual property, economics, environment, and culture.
GIANT (Geographic Indications and International Trade)
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The GIANT Project hopes to serve as a base of research through which academics and students around the world learn about geographic indications, their impacts on trade today, and the numerous debates being waged around the world on their behalf.
The Trade and Environment Database (TED) includes many cases on a diverse range of topics. One focus is culturally and geographically indicated products such as Tequila, Parmesan or Champagne.
The GIANT Project builds on the work of TED but with a focus specifically on geographic indications: intellectual property claims that are increasingly dominating international trade talks today. Though geographic indications have been around in various forms for over one hundred years, countries have only recently begun staking legal claims to products once thought to be generic, such as parmesan cheese, catfish, and whiskey. As international trade barriers continue to fall, geographic indications represent a new type of trade restriction that hold important implications for industries and countries worldwide.
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Canadian Whiskey
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Idaho Potatoes
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Kentucky Bourbon
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Vidalia Onions
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Florida Oranges
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Mezcal
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Cigar Trade
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Bacardi
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Enola Beans
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Maca
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Pisco
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Scotch
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Germbeer
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Weissbier
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Grappa
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Parma
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Zinfandel
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Feta
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Budweiser
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Polish Vodka
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Basmati
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Vanilla
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Baijiu
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Kimchi
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Cashmere
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Cassis
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Vinewine
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Ethiopia Coffee
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Maryland Blue Crab
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Ginseng
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Thailand and GM Foods
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Feta2
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Wine IP in the New World
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China Relic
Events & Research Archive
GI Resources
Reports
- EU-Protected Geographic Indications: An Analysis of 603 Cases [ Word Document]
By Jim Lee and Bryan Rund, American University - Global Protections of Geographic Indications: An Analysis of 800+ Cases [ Word Document]
By Jim Lee and Tamara Dorabawila, American University
Data and Information Resources
- A Global GI Database
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Download SPSS file: Click Here
- Links to TED/GIANT Case Studies
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- EU GI Database
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Events & Research Archive
GI Resources
Reports
- EU-Protected Geographic Indications: An Analysis of 603 Cases [ Word Document]
By Jim Lee and Bryan Rund, American University - Global Protections of Geographic Indications: An Analysis of 800+ Cases [ Word Document]
By Jim Lee and Tamara Dorabawila, American University
Data and Information Resources
- A Global GI Database
Download Excel file: Click Here
Download SPSS file: Click Here
- Links to TED/GIANT Case Studies
Click Here for Case Studies
- EU GI Database
Download Excel file: Click Here
- Certification Mark Registry
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- A Bibliography on GI Research
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Links and Other Resources
- CAFTA–The US-Central American Free Trade Agreement. A page on the site of the US Trade Representative with information on the CAFTA negotiations, which include a debate on GIs.
- DOLPHINS–Development of Origin Labeled Products Humanity, Innovation, and Sustainability. An EC-funded site that collects scientific research from Europe related to origin labeled products.
- Doha Round Briefings on intellectual property rights, from the International Centre on Trade and Sustainable Development (ITSCD)
- EU Website on GIs.
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GeographicIndications.com. A private site discussing the issue with links to further information.
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“‘Geographical indications’ a new snag in agricultural talks”
Article from the Manila Times posted June, 14, 2003. -
ORIGIN–Organisation for an International Geographical Indications Network. Group of producers who lobby for GIs.
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US Patent Office’s Website on GIs.
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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Definition of GIs, and links to further information.
- WTO Doha Development Agenda, Trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), GIs.
- “WTO: Beyond the Agreement on Agriculture” A paper on naming rights for geographical indications by the Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture.
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). A number of documents on GIs.