AND MARKETING TRADEMARKS ON GLOBALISSUES WORK ADVANCES Geneva, February2002 W IN CHINA TRADITIONAL CULTURE ORLD I NTELLECTUAL P ROPERTY O RGANIZATION

NUMBER2 A Message from the Director General

As we begin the new year of 2002, on behalf of WIPO and its staff, I wish to extend our best wishes to all. The start of a new year is a good time for reflecting on the challenges ahead.

In the WIPO Millennium Declaration adopted by WIPO’s Policy Advisory Commission, the Commission members stated:

“Intellectual property rights are a key and integral tool in efforts to address the fundamental challenge of development for all, which at the end of the twentieth century stands as the most universally important responsibility facing mankind.”

One of the greatest challenges that WIPO faces today is the task of making the promise of intellectual property as a tool for economic development a reality.

In this 21st Century, intellectual property (IP) is a powerful driver of economic growth. When linked to the development of human capital, it results in educated, skilled and motivated individuals and becomes a dynamic combination in terms of stimulating creativity and innovation, generating revenue, promoting investment, enhancing culture, preventing “brain drain”, and nurturing overall economic health.

Despite the importance of IP to wealth creation and economic development, a gap continues to exist between developed and developing nations in terms of IP asset ownership and use. This is not be- cause of an inherent lack of creativity or innovation but mainly because of a lack of information about IP and its potential as a tool for economic growth. If all nations and their leaders integrate strategic intellectual property policies into their wealth creation plans, the current gap between knowledge- asset-based powers and others can shrink in a few decades.

In developed countries there is also a lack of understanding in certain sectors of how IP promotes wealth creation. Although some businesses effectively wield the “IP tool”, others, especially small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) may not have the information necessary to do so. For this reason, WIPO will continue the campaign it launched last year to demystify IP and make it more accessible to all.

WIPO will address how IP works in practice, how it promotes investment and affects valuation, how inventions relate to research policies, how cultural industries can be supported by IP policies, how trademarks relate to branding and licensing, how IP asset development can be incentivized, how IP assets are managed, how licensing operates to share knowledge and spread the value of IP, how IP can be protected, and other matters of great interest to policy and business leaders.

This is an important part of WIPO’s mission and will be integrated in all that we do as we move forward into 2002.

WIPO will soon be publishing a book on IP and its relationship to economic development. Written for non-experts, and based on success stories of IP drawn from many nations, it is entitled: “Intellectual Property — A Power Tool for Economic Growth — A Road Map from the Rhetoric of Universal Commitment to the Reality of Universal Achievement”. An abstract of the book is available on the WIPO website at www.wipo.int, via the “Message from the Director General” page.

The challenges ahead for WIPO are exciting ones. The Organization’s success in meeting them will depend upon full participation of its members, as well as civil society groups, academic institutions, businesses and citizens. 5 2 6 4 8 7 4 9 10 12 14 15 16 w w w w w Administrations w w w w w w w w Efforts toHarmonize Trademark LawMove Ahead Developments inMultilingualDomainNames Domain NameCasesatthe Arbitration Center Work Advances onNewGlobalIssues Protection of Traditional Culture inChina Promoting IntellectualProperty inPublic 100,000 Book Review IP andBusiness Developing Geographical IndicationsinBrazil Calendar ofMeetings New Publications Conference ontheInternationalPatent System The Internet Treaties The Roleof Trademarks inMarketing th PCT Application Filed Table ofContents Coca-Cola design on cover and above : Courtesy of Coca-Cola Company Coca-Cola of Courtesy : above and cover on design Coca-Cola February 2002 Geneva,

WIPO Magazine/February 2002 1 2 DEVELOPMENTS IN MULTILINGUAL DOMAIN NAMES WIPO Magazine/February 2002 WIPO Magazine/February Estimates indicate that by 2003 cybersquatters. “We are keen on two-thirds of all Internet users will ensuring that the expansion does be non-English speakers; however, not happen at the expense of any a significant barrier remains for one party,” he said. many of these potential users as Internet domain names are in a re- Problems Faced in a stricted set of Latin characters, most Multilingual System commonly used to write English. “Native speakers of Arabic, Chi- The Domain Name System (DNS) nese, Japanese, Korean, Tamil, Thai serves to facilitate users’ ability to and other languages are at a disad- navigate the Internet by mapping vantage,” said ITU Deputy Secre- the user-friendly domain name to A symposium organized jointly by tary-General Roberto Blois. “The its corresponding numeric Internet the International Telecommunica- global nature of the Internet makes Protocol address. A domain name tion Union (ITU) and WIPO in as- international dialogue critical if a registration, whether in a generic sociation with the Multilingual universal solution to the problem is top-level domain (gTLD) or a coun- Internet Names Consortium (MINC) to be found.” try code top-level domain (ccTLD), reviewed the technical, legal and provides a global presence which policy issues relating to enlarge- WIPO Assistant Director General ensures that the corresponding ment of the domain name space to Francis Gurry further emphasized online address is accessible online support scripts of languages using this point. “Equality of access to the from anywhere. Some 100 million non-Latin characters. Meeting in valuable resources provided by the such names are already stored in Geneva in December, symposium Internet is an issue of critical im- the DNS, according to industry es- participants – drawn from the portance to the international com- timates. Internet and legal communities, as munity,” he said, “and is a key con- well as policy-makers and govern- cern for international intergovern- While the process of “internation- ment representatives – also dis- mental organizations, such as ITU alization” of the Internet’s DNS is cussed the intellectual property and WIPO.” Mr. Gurry noted that underway, a number of problems implications of such developments. while expansion of the domain need to be overcome to ensure that name space means greater oppor- all linguistic systems are fairly rep- tunities for legitimate users, it also resented on the Internet. The chal- opens up new opportunities for lenges are complex and go far be- yond technical considerations. These include:

w administrative arrangements for multilingual domains, w competition policy, w market access, w intellectual property and dispute resolution mechanisms, w cultural and social issues. oping nations.” vide betweendevelopedanddevel- as aresultincreasingthedigitaldi- fracturing accesstotheInternetand “We donotwant toruntheriskof and providers. As Mr. Bloisnoted, marketplace amongInternetusers result isariskofconfusioninthe Engineering Task(IETF). TheForce have yet emergedfromtheInternet would guaranteeinteroperability name conflictsthatinevitablyarise. resolution toresolvethedomain and theneedforeffectivedispute tilingual world,bothonandoffline, their intellectualpropertyinamul- faced byenterprisesinprotecting those issuesisthecriticalchallenge domain namespace.Keyamong an increasinglyinternationalized derstanding oftheissuesraisedby ences thatmayleadtoagreaterun- Internet technologysharedexperi- experts inintellectualpropertyand marks inourmultilingualworld, ministrators inprotectingtrade- tellectual propertyholdersandad- lenges facedonadailybasisbyin- plored. Bylookingatexistingchal- future directionscouldbeex- perspectives couldbesharedand in whichadiversityofviewsand The symposiumprovidedaforum Intellectual Property Key Challenge: Protecting facto de lingual domainnameuse,butno solutions thatwouldenablemulti- vate organizationshave proposed A numberofcommercial andpri- or technicalstandardsthat ization oftheInternet.” objective, “thetrueinternational- that thisactivityispartofabroader ers,” saidMr. Gurry. Mr. Bloisnoted rights ofintellectualpropertyown- is doneinawaythatpreservesthe tic diversityoftheofflineworldand more accuratelyreflectsthelinguis- the domainnamesystemwhich welcome anorderlyexpansionof multilingual Internetnames.“We raised bytheimplementationof derstanding ofthemanyissues aimed tobringaboutawiderun- The jointITU/WIPOsymposium ¨

WIPO Magazine/February 2002 3 4 WORK ADVANCES ON 100,000TH PCT NEW GLOBAL ISSUES APPLICATION FILED WIPO Magazine/February 2002 WIPO Magazine/February The IGC also discussed interim re- The Patent Cooperation Treaty ports on traditional knowledge and (PCT) set a new record last year folklore that used empirical infor- when the 100,000th international mation provided by states to de- patent application filed under the scribe the extent to which the tra- Treaty was received at WIPO in ditional intellectual property sys- December. In the PCT’s 23-year tem is sufficient in addressing these history, this is the largest number forms of knowledge. Final reports of applications filed in a single will be considered at the third year. In 2000, the PCT received meeting that is scheduled in June. 90,948 international applications Textiles The second meeting of the WIPO In this regard, work will also con- – representing a notional equiva- from Tunisia Intergovernmental Committee on tinue to identify those components lent of just under 8.5 million na- Intellectual Property and Genetic of traditional knowledge that might tional patent applications – which Resources, Traditional Knowledge be protected by intellectual prop- itself was a 22.9 percent increase and Folklore (IGC), held in Geneva erty rights. on figures for 1999. Since the PCT from December 10 to 14, approved came into force in 1978, more further work within WIPO on the The IGC reaffirmed that WIPO than 600,000 international appli- intellectual property aspects of the should continue to address these cations have been filed. documentation of public domain issues in collaboration, where ap- traditional knowledge and its inclu- propriate, with the secretariat of the sion in the patent examination pro- Convention on Biological Diversity cess as part of searchable prior art. (CBD) and the Food and Agricul- This would make a useful contri- ture Organization (FAO) and its bution in addressing complaints Commission on Genetic Resources, relating to the grant of patents on as well as the United Nations Edu- traditional knowledge. cational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Committee also approved fur- ther work on the establishment of ¨ model intellectual property clauses for contractual agreements regulat- ing access to and benefit-sharing in genetic resources. This could in- volve the establishment of a data- base of model clauses submitted by states and other stakeholders to serve as a guide in the negotiation of contracts. since 1998. total 45percent reductioninfees consecutive years,leadingtoa have beenimplementedforfive tion ofthetreaty. Fee reductions lowering offees,andsimplifica- ing effortstowardsautomation, during thelastfouryears,includ- of thePCThasbeenunderway A comprehensiveeffortatreform and India. lic ofKorea, China,South Africa, countries camefromtheRepub- number ofusersfromdeveloping ing countries.Lastyear’s largest PCT bynationalsfromdevelop- nificant increaseinuseofthe Initial statisticsalsoshowasig- tion inmultiplecountries. process ofseekingpatentprotec- it contributessignificantlytothe PCT doesnotgrantpatents,but obtaining patentprotection.The the timeandmoneyinvestedin states. Thissignificantlyreduces or allofthe115PCTmember ply forpatentprotectioninany der thePCT, anapplicantmay ap- By filingapatentapplicationun- ¨ formal mistakesandtimelimits. fering reliefinregardtovarious tion on Trademark Licensesorof- in theWIPOJointRecommenda- incorporating provisionscontained ing provisionsforelectronicfiling, zation offormalitiesbyintroduc- simplify andexpandtheharmoni- to buildonthe TLT andtofurther mark procedures.TheSCTagreed mal requirementsinvolvedintrade- to harmonizeandsimplifythefor- concluded in1994,whichserves WIPO TrademarkLaw Treaty(TLT), are currentlygovernedbythe Trademark formalityrequirements Marks ontheInternet(2001). ommendation ontheProtectionof Licenses (2000)andtheJointRec- ommendation on Trademark Known Marks(1999),theJointRec- dation ontheProtectionof Well- the adoptionofJointRecommen- further harmonizationeffortsfollows The decisiontomoveaheadwith trademark law. tiate harmonizationofsubstantive trademark proceduresandtoini- further simplifyandstreamlinethe to aprogramofworkthataims December, negotiatorscommitted Indications (SCT)inGeneva dustrial DesignsandGeographical tee ontheLaw of Trademarks, In- a meetingoftheStandingCommit- laws fortheprotectionofmarks. At sive programofharmonization to moveforwardwithacomprehen- WIPO memberStateshaveagreed MOVE AHEAD TRADEMARK LAW TOHARMONIZE EFFORTS

Photo: Mercedes Martínez Dozal eng/document/sct/index_6.htm). tection (seehttp://www.wipo.int/ impact ofvarioussystemspro- trademark rightsandtheeconomic tween geographicalindicationsand siderations, therelationshipbe- tion andtheunderlyingpolicycon- cal indications,systemsofprotec- cerning thedefinitionofgeographi- exchange ofviewsonissuescon- The SCTalsoengagedinafruitful trial designslaw orcopyright law. between trademarklawandindus- an evaluationoftheinterference member Statesstressedtheneedfor conflicts withpriorrights.The marks, three-dimensionalmarks)or (for instance,colormarks,smell concerning non-traditionalmarks tive trademark law, particularly work onharmonizationofsubstan- The SCTalsodecidedtoinitiate ¨ Ms. Debbie RØNNING Debbie Ms. (center), Chair of the SCT, the of Chair (center), and the two Vice-Chairs, two the and Mrs. Graciela ROAD Graciela Mrs. D’IMPERIO (at her right) her (at D’IMPERIO and Mrs. María Teresa María Mrs. and YESTE LÓPEZ (at her left) her (at LÓPEZ YESTE

WIPO Magazine/February 2002 5 6 DOMAIN NAME CASES AT THE ARBITRATION CENTER WIPO Magazine/February 2002 WIPO Magazine/February The WIPO Arbitration and Media- Compliance with these conditions tion Center received 3,192 domain was not examined at the entry- name cases during 2001, a 72 per- level, but any person could submit cent increase over the previous a challenge against domain names year. Since December 1999, the registered during the sunrise regis- Center has received 5,053 com- tration period, alleging non-compli- plaints involving parties from 100 ance with the sunrise registration countries. conditions. Such challenges were subject to the Afilias Sunrise Chal- On December 12, the Center re- lenge Policy for .info. Challenges ceived its first .biz domain case could only be filed between August filed under the Uniform Dispute 28 and December 26, 2001. Resolution Policy (UDRP), and on December 14 the first WIPO panel The Center was the exclusive dis- decision concerning a .info domain pute resolution service provider for name under the UDRP was issued. sunrise challenges and received a The Center also administered 25 total of 1,579 challenges, includ- complaints in relation to non-Ro- ing 656 in December. By the end man script or “internationalized” of the year, the Center had already domain names, which also became resolved some 600 of these chal- available during the year. lenges. Some 53 cases have also been filed under the special intro- From August 28 to December 26, ductory mechanism for .biz, the the Center received “sunrise chal- Start-up Trademark Opposition the recommendation of WIPO, as lenges” against domain names reg- Policy (STOP). As of January 15, well as new policies developed by istered in the .info domain. These 2002, the date on which .name be- the new generic Top Level Domains challenges were part of the “sun- came fully operative, the Center (new gTLDs). The Center also acts rise registration period” (July 25 - will administer cases filed under as dispute settlement provider for August 28, 2001) during which the specific dispute policy for that 23 country-code Top Level Do- trademark owners could file a do- registry, the Eligibility Require- mains (ccTLDs) main name application before the ments Dispute Resolution Policy for general public involving a domain .name (ERDRP). Further information on the domain name that is identical to the textual name dispute resolution services of elements of a trademark which they The WIPO Arbitration and Media- the Arbitration Center is available owned, and which had national ef- tion Center is the leading provider at http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/ fect prior to October 2, 2000. of online domain name dispute index.html. resolution services worldwide and the only international not-for profit ¨ institution offering this service. The Center administers the great major- ity of all domain name cases filed under various policies, including the UDRP, which was adopted at ADMINISTRATIONS IN PUBLIC PROMOTING IP w ing themes: The workshopexploredthefollow- treaties wasalsoprovided. tellectual property, WIPO, andits erty arena. An introductiontoin- opments intheintellectualprop- highlighted themostrecentdevel- Director GeneralRitaHayesthat a keynotespeechbyWIPODeputy The workshopgotunderwaywith local participants. attracted some26foreignand20 Government ofHongKongSAR, opment Institute(CSTDI)ofthe Civil Service Training andDevel- Property Department(IPD)andthe in cooperationwiththeIntellectual The workshop, organizedby WIPO in nationaldevelopment. lectual propertysystemanditsrole improving awarenessoftheintel- tion, andexploredmeasuresfor ous aspectsofpublicadministra- lectual propertysystemandvari- the relationshipbetweenintel- 12 to14.Theworkshopexamined gion (SAR),ChinafromDecember Kong, Special Administrative Re- area duringaworkshopinHong administrations canplayinthis by stressingtherolethatpublic promotion ofintellectualproperty WIPO tookanovelapproachtothe role ofthepublicservice; protection andmanagement:the promoting intellectualproperty ness building. erty literatecitizensthroughaware- ”critical mass”ofintellectualprop- tive activities,aswellcreatinga lic, providingincentivesforinven- relevant toindustriesandthepub- public intellectualpropertyassets activities. Thisincludesmaking supportive environmentforthese institutions, itiscrucialtocreatea in publicuniversities andresearch search anddevelopment activities ment isstillamajorinvestorinre- sector. They notedthat,asgovern- much inthehandsofpublic opment activitiesarestillvery ing countriesresearch anddevel- ment, notingthatinmanydevelop- and tominimizetheriskofinfringe- public intellectualpropertyassets the needtoidentifyandmaximize Speakers intheworkshopstressed w w w w w w property. tion andtraininginintellectual ations forpublicserviceeduca- policy andstrategy consider- property training; for publicsectorintellectual developing web-basedresources the publicservice; intellectual propertysystemby enhancing compliancewiththe government incontracts; intellectual propertyrightsof property rights; enforcement ofintellectual lectual propertyinfringement; and minimizingtheriskofintel- lic intellectualpropertyassets identifying andmaximizingpub- standards andguidelines. pliance withintellectualproperty the governmentandensuringcom- tive ofpromotingawarenesswithin compliance officerswiththeobjec- partments appointedabout150 the government,headsofde- which, withinthecadresystemof scheme inJanuary2000,under lectual propertycomplianceofficer system. TheIPDlauchedanintel- ance withtheintellectualproperty ample ofhowtoenhancecompli- Kong SARwasdiscussedasanex- vices ofthegovernmentHong The experienceofthepublicser- compliance incontracts. to promoteintellectualproperty tual propertyrightsofothersand the riskofinfringementintellec- i.e., developingmeanstominimize measures forthepublicservice, ment contractsincludedcautionary lectual propertyrightsingovern- Discussions ontheaspectofintel- ¨ Conference participants Conference in Hong Kong Hong in

WIPO Magazine/February 2002 7 8 PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE IN CHINA WIPO Magazine/February 2002 WIPO Magazine/February WIPO participated in an interna- w The Director of the American tional symposium on the protection Folklife Center, Library of Con- and legislation of folk/traditional gress, Washington; culture in Beijing, China in Decem- w The Head of the Arts Department ber, organized by the Ministry of of the National Arts Council, Culture, the Education, Science, Tanzania; and Culture and Public Health Commit- w The President of the Interna- tee of the National People’s Con- tional Council for Traditional gress (NPC), and the State Admin- Music. istration for Preservation of Cultural Heritage. China has drafted a law WIPO presented a paper on the le- for the legal protection of folk and gal protection of folk and tradi- WIPO Deputy Director General traditional culture. The draft law is tional culture and on recent devel- Philippe Petit meeting with the still under consideration, and the opments in this regard within the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee of the National symposium aimed at exchanging WIPO Intergovernmental Commit- People’s Congress, national experiences in order to tee on Intellectual Property and Ms. Peng Peiyun proceed with the finalization of the Genetic Resources, Traditional law and encourage international Knowledge and Folklore. cooperation in this area. The success of the symposium dem- Papers presented at the symposium onstrated the high level of interest included an account of China’s ef- in the protection of folk and tradi- forts to protect the highly skilled tional culture in China. Several se- mask-changing stunt in Sichuan op- nior Chinese officials expressed a era and a project to film and record need for an international instru- famous Yangzhou storytellers. Other ment for the protection of folk and papers were presented by: traditional culture. WIPO was re- quested to continue to provide legal-technical assistance in regard to the national protection of such culture and to facilitate the devel- opment of an international instru- ment. ¨ folding –ofthedigitalageoncopy- to understandtheeffects–stillun- timely guideforanyoneattempting The bookisanindispensableand each treatyprovision. ticle-by-article commentaryon background, andprovides an ar- explains theirhistoricalandlegal tial guidancetothetwotreaties, 1996. Theirbookprovidesessen- WCT andWPPTinDecember leading uptothesignatureof the preparationandnegotiations Lewinski, werebothparticipantsin thors, JörgReinbotheandSilkevon WIPO Internet Treaties. The au- instruments, knowntogetherasthe landmark studyontwo mentary andLegal Analysis” isa “The WIPO Treaties 1996–Com- related rightsintothedigitalage. key treatiesthatbringcopyrightand historical implicationsofthesetwo of andcommentaryonthelegal authors offeranextensiveanalysis Phonograms Treaty (WPPT),the the WIPOPerformancesand WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)and In thefirstbookpublishedon BOOK REVIEW INTERNET TREATIES OF THEWIPO A TIMELY ASSESSMENT Lewinski isheadoftheDepartment and WPPT intoEClaw. Silkevon active inimplementingtheWCT European Commission(EC)andis right andRelatedRightsUnitofthe Jörg ReinbotheisheadoftheCopy- Treaties uptoOctober, 2001. tional developmentsrelatingtothe discussions onandreflectsinterna- particularly timelyasitincludes tual Property(TRIPS).Thebookis Trade-Related Aspects ofIntellec- vention, andthe Agreement on Berne Convention,theRomeCon- Treaties incomparisonwiththe insightful assessmentoftheInternet December 2000.Italsooffersan at theDiplomaticConferenceof mances, includingthediscussions tection ofaudiovisualperfor- protection ofdatabasesandthepro- tions, stillunresolved,regardingthe The 600-pagebookaddressesques- as well. enter intoforce inthenearfuture 2002. TheWPPTisexpectedto will enterintoforce onMarch 6, WCT, which assuresthatthe WCT instrument ofratificationthe 2001, depositbyGabonofthe30 within daysoftheDecember6, tally, thebookwas published right andcopyright law. Coinciden- th digital age. sis ofthesetwocornerstonesthe vides athorough,thoughtfulanaly- WIPO Internet Treaties 1996”pro- Nexis oftheUnitedKingdom,“The Published byButterworthsLexis- Treaties. sulted inthesigningofInternet Diplomatic Conferencewhichre- thors weredelegatesatthe1996 Planck-Insitut inMunich.Bothau- of InternationalLawattheMax- ¨

WIPO Magazine/February 2002 9 10 THE ROLE OF TRADEMARKS IN

MARKETING IP AND BUSINESS WIPO Magazine/February 2002 WIPO Magazine/February Peter Drucker, a well-known man- of a product to the valuable busi- generally refers to successes in agement guru, said that a “business ness assets of trust and goodwill. terms of contribution to market enterprise has two basic functions: Businesses achieve this mostly share, sales, profit margins, loyalty marketing and innovation. Market- through a distinctive trade name and market awareness. However, ing and innovation produce results; and one or more trademarks. the ultimate success of a brand is all the rest are costs.” These two also judged in terms of the total basic functions guide the underly- These play a pivotal role in the value derived by the customer from ing desire of a business to make a marketing strategy of differentiating the product to which it relates. monetary profit in the process of products from those of rivals and providing quality products and ser- in developing longer-term positive Designing a Trademark vices to customers. Intellectual – and often emotional – relation- property plays a role in both of ships with customers by communi- Businesses often use a portfolio of these functions, and specifically cating an assiduously nurtured im- trademarks for diversifying their trademarks are of primary impor- age or reputation. Every business market strategy to meet the expec- tance in the marketing process. must woo customers to move them tations of different target groups in quickly from brand awareness, via the same or different countries. Every product in the market faces brand recognition, to brand prefer- Building a strong brand image is no competing products that are often ence and finally to brand insis- easy task. Use of trademarks for almost identical, similar or good tence, a point at which the con- effective marketing of products re- substitutes. Meeting or exceeding sumer refuses to accept alternatives quires an excellent knowledge of customers’ expectations is a chal- and is willing to pay an even higher trademark law and practice at the lenging task, especially when tastes premium for the desired branded national and international levels – and preferences continuously product. seeking professional guidance be- evolve in a competitive market- comes necessary, as this is a spe- place, with many similar products The popular terms used in market- cialized task. However, a few ba- catering for the same need. Only ing jargon, “brand” or “brand sic elements must be kept in mind businesses that can meet these name” are interchangeable with for the design of a good trademark. challenges can expect to develop “trademark,” the term used in in- Trademarks should and retain a loyal clientele. tellectual property legal circles. Of course, a product brand or a cor- w be inherently distinctive, Distinguishing Products porate brand is a much larger con- w be easy to memorize and pro- from Others cept than a mere trademark, as nounce, building a strong brand and estab- w fit the product or image of the To develop trust, confidence and lishing the brand equity of a busi- business, loyalty in its products, every busi- ness is a bigger challenge than w have no legal restrictions, and ness has to develop and maintain a choosing, registering, or maintain- w have a positive connotation. distinct identity, image or reputa- ing one or more trademarks. Strong tion. Only then is it able to distin- brands and successful branding A brand/trademark may be a word, guish itself and its products from letter, symbol (logo), number, color, those of its competitors. It must shape or, where the legislation of also, at the same time, provide a the country so allows, sound or mechanism for linking the provider smell, or a combination of one or more of these elements.

Nokia US$35 billion (estimated market value)

Nokia © valuable assets,whichneedcare- trademarks/brands areextremely demonstrate thispoint. As such, brands intheboxaboveclearly the world’s mostvaluable global Interbrand 2001annualsurveyof enal sum.Resultsfromthe tangible assets,maybeaphenom- other intellectualpropertyandin- brand, excludingthevalueofits In absolutetermsthevalueofa goods sector. to 90percent inthefoodorluxury motive sectorsandasmuch70 the financialservicesandauto- trial sector, around40percent in total valueofthefirminindus- resents justover 10percent ofthe some developedeconomies,itrep- to arecentsurveyofbusinessesin the samesectoraswell. According sectors oftheeconomyandwithin The valueofbrandsvariesacross Brand Value Interbrand 2001 Annual Surveyoftheworld’s mostvaluableglobalbrands Coca Cola $68.9 billion $68.9 Cola Coca (top threebrandsinUS$,basedonestimatedmarketvalueofthethemselves) the trademarkisvalidlyregistered. ucts (so-calledparallelimports)if mark andwithgraymarketprod- known ascounterfeitingofatrade- deal withthewillfulfree-riding, tain periodoftime.Itiseasierto in relationtotheproductforacer- if itisnotusedinthemarketplace but thetrademarkmaybecancelled low registrationwithoutprioruse, ful registration.Manycountriesal- tection iscontingentuponsuccess- marks, butinmostcountriespro- of protectiontounregisteredtrade- Some countriesdoprovideadegree the brandnameisnotavailable. motional activities, pense onadvertisingandotherpro- new producttoavoidincurringex- done wellbeforetestmarketingthe not free-rideonit.Thisisoften it islegallysecureandotherscan- register thetrademarkearlysothat ful expenseandreducingriskisto A majorstepineliminatingwaste- Protect your Trademarks stroyed orlost. value, bestolenorsimplyde- protection; otherwisetheymaylose ful handling,care,nurturingand Microsoft $65.1 billion $65.1 Microsoft only todiscover dustrial designsinmarketing. ness willdiscusstheroleofin- The nextarticleinIPandBusi- registrations. franchisee; and(4)renewtrademark vided byatrademarklicenseeor trol thequalityofproductpro- trademark law;(3)adequatelycon- a trademarkifrequiredunderthe port markets,(2)recordlicensingof to beusedinthedomesticorex- all trademarksinuseorproposed tion hasbeentakento(1)register marks tocheckwhethertimelyac- ally reviewitsportfoliooftrade- taken byeverybusinessistoannu- Another majorstepthatmustbe proper manner. and thereforeshouldbeusedina fies theirspecificproductsalone public thattheirtrademarkidenti- publishers ofencyclopediasandthe ers, distributors,newspapereditors, steps toeducateemployees,deal- Informed businessestakeactive IBM $52.7 billion $52.7 IBM ¨

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WIPO Magazine/February 2002 11 12 DEVELOPING GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS IN BRAZIL WIPO Magazine/February 2002 WIPO Magazine/February Due to the increasing demand for National Requests for dition. The valley is in the region of quality products all around the Geographical Indications Serra Gaúcha, also known, amongst world, Brazilian producers and others, for its production of furni- manufacturers are becoming in- The greatest motivation for the in- ture, chocolate, cheese, handicraft creasingly aware of the impor- troduction of geographical indica- and shoes. tance of having a distinguishable tions in Brazil is the desire of local product to face worldwide compe- producers to obtain titles of protec- When wines were first marketed tition. Since such distinction can tion for products originating in their under the Vale dos Vinhedos name be achieved through the use of a own regions. In this regard, INPI, more than a decade ago, the dis- geographical indication, this has in cooperation with research insti- trict was an area with a few vine- become a major concern and goal tutions and associations of produc- yards, several houses and barely for Brazilian agribusiness repre- ers, has been conducting research any infrastructure. Tourists were sentatives. in order to ascertain the potential rarely seen in the area. Now, some national regions where producers 60,000 tourists annually visit the With this intent, Brazil has been could claim such titles, and has region, which has become a focal steadily moving towards the recog- stimulated the local producers to point for people who appreciate nition of geographical indications request them. The country has gastronomy, winter sports and at a national level. Being party to many good candidates for the geo- viticulture. both the Paris Convention and the graphical indication title relating to Madrid Agreement for the Repres- products such as wine, coffee, This achievement results in large sion of False or Deceptive Indica- chocolate, cheese and meat. part from the efforts of the local tions of Source on Goods, Brazil wine producers, who created the has long recognized indications of In 2001, the two first national geo- Association of Producers of Fine source and appellations of origin as graphical indications were regis- Wines of the Vale dos Vinhedos elements of industrial property and tered. These were for wines in the (APROVALE). The initial idea of the adopted a policy of repression of southern region known as Vale dos producers was to stimulate tourism false geographical indications on Vinhedos in Rio Grande do Sul and in relation to wine production. merchandise. On May 14, 1996 coffee from the Cerrado region of They tried to reach visitors from the with Law 9279, which regulates Minas Gerais. surrounding cities, as well as tour- rights and obligations relating to in- ists visiting the area’s other sites. dustrial property, Brazil innovated Vale dos Vinhedos The members of the Association by introducing legal protection for would indicate to their guests the geographical indications at the na- Vale dos Vinhedos, situated in the next wine producer to visit on their tional level. south of Brazil between the cities itinerary and, by so doing, caused of Bento Gonçalves, Garibaldi and a constant increase in tourism in From then on, the thrust for the pro- Monte Belo do Sul, is 742 meters the region, as well as an increase tection of geographical indications above sea level and has a tempera- in investments and the quantity of has increased steadily. The Na- ture varying between 16º and 18º. vines planted. tional Institute of Industrial Prop- Immigrants from northern Italy, erty (INPI) has developed a data- finding the climate and soil similar base containing 1,500 recognized to the one they left, colonized the appellations of origin. region around 1875 and initiated viticulture following the Italian tra- products relatedtowine.Forthe national –pointofreferencefor into anational–andperhapsinter- gram thataimsatmakingtheregion The Association developedapro- the region. graphical indicationofthewinesin to preserveandprotectthegeo- research connectedwithviticulture mission: todevelopandmotivate vinicultural inputs.Itsprincipal agribusiness andthesupplyof prises connectedwithtourism, ments ofthevalley butallenter- only thewine-growingestablish- APROVALE, which includednot title granted. Initially, theycreated to haveageographicalindication out anumberofactivitiesinorder The localwineproducerscarried Geographical Indication In Pursuitofa Wine aginginwoodencasks Vale dos Vinhedos dos Vale dos Vinhedos - Caracterização - Vinhedos dos Geográfica da Região da Geográfica tion oftheRegion). Valley -Geographical Characteriza- published inabookcalled“ (UCS). In1999,theresultswere and theUniversityofCaxiasdoSul for Agricultural Studies(EMBRAPA) project weretheBrazilianEnterprise institutions involvedwiththis for ageographicalindication.The on thenecessaryspecificknowledge Grande doSul(FAPERGS), astudy port toResearch oftheStateRio eration withtheFoundationofSup- The Association ordered,incoop- growing establishmentsinthearea. more producerstoinstallwine- sumption andtourismmotivate it wouldbringanincreaseincon- cation would beapositive factor, as recognition ofageographicalindi- implementation ofthisproject,the ” (Vineyards’ Vale Vinhedos sources. country ofgreatwealthandre- Brazil’s imageasadeveloping ternational marketandconsolidate their products’positiononthein- graphical indicationtostrengthen of anationalcertificategeo- ducers toconsidertheacquisition this article. (EMBRAPA) inthepreparation of Studies terprise Agricultural Caxias doSulandtheBrazilianEn- the assistanceofUniversity The WIPOMagazineacknowledges The exampleofthe international circles. spread recognitioninnationaland and standard,gainingwide- are steadilyimprovinginquality in thedocument,andtheirproducts ducers respectthetechnicalrules rules andprocedures. The localpro- graphical indication,aswellits the firstnationalstatutesforageo- was apioneerinBrazil,creating graphical indication. This council maintain andpreservethegeo- cil aimedatmakingregulationsto and establishedaregulatorycoun- of itsgeographicalindicationatINPI APROVALE claimedtheregistration Once thestudieshadbeenfinalized, hasstimulatedotherpro- Vale dos Vale ¨

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