“Our lives have been built around these names. This is our livelihood.”
– Mauro Montalto, Director, Floridia Cheese (Australia)
CCFN Executive Director Jaime Castaneda in Mexico City with Juan Carlos Baker, Mexico’s Undersecretary of Foreign Trade.
But that right is under threat. We oppose attempts to monopolize generic names, and seek to foster the adoption of an appropriate, international model for protecting both legitimate geographical indications (GIs) and generic food names.
“Our ultimate goal is to foster the adoption of model GI guidelines throughout the world, which we think is achievable and can be workable for specialty producers.”
– CCFN Executive Director Jaime Castaneda
CCFN and the Organisation for an International Geographical Indications Network (OriGIn) faced off in a written debate in the World Trademark Review (WTR) in October. The exchange, which is now posted on the CCFN website, illustrates the broad divide in the positions of the two groups. In its article, OriGIn raised issues of product quality […]Read More »
As GI policy discussions take place around the world, CCFN continually works to make sure that the consideration of generic names is part of the agenda. In the past couple of months CCFN has participated in several important meetings connected with these influential organizations.Read More »
The United States and Philippines announced in October recent achievements resolving certain bilateral trade issues under their bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). Among these was a common approach to handling GI applications in a fair, transparent manner that respects common name users.Read More »
Companies in North America that produce foods that bear generic names praised the U.S. government last month for the seminal language included in the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) regarding geographical indications (GI) policy and the protection of common food names.Read More »
— The American Cheese SocietyMany commonly used names for American cheeses have deep roots in European history, but American cheesemakers have contribut[ed] greatly to their popularity around the world.
The EU is aggressively working to restrict your ability to use common food names. Your support is critical to counter these actions.
Fewer issues are more important to the North American meat industry than trade, and that makes trade a passion for Barry Carpenter, President and CEO of the North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute). Read more
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