E SCT/40/5 PROV. ORIGINAL: ENGLISH DATE: OCTOBER 12, 2018 Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications Fortieth Session Geneva, November 12 to 16, 2018 COMPILATION OF THE REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE I ON THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SYSTEMS THAT CAN PROVIDE A CERTAIN PROTECTION TO GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS Document prepared by the Secretariat INTRODUCTION 1. At the thirty-ninth session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT), held in Geneva from April 23 to 26, 2018, the SCT requested the Secretariat to issue to members and Intergovernmental Intellectual Property Organizations with observer status, a Questionnaire on the national and regional systems that can provide a certain protection to geographical indications, in the agreed format (document SCT/39/10, paragraph 21). 2. Accordingly, the Secretariat prepared and addressed to all members of the SCT and Intergovernmental Intellectual Property Organizations with observer status, under Circular letter C. 8771 of June 11, 2018, Questionnaire I on the national and regional systems that can provide a certain protection to geographical indications (hereinafter “Questionnaire I”). In addition, an online version of Questionnaire I was also made available, in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish at: http://survey.mbeem.com/Geographical-Indication-surveys. SCT/40/5 Prov. page 2 3. At the closing date to return the completed questionnaire to WIPO (i.e., on September 10, 2018), replies from the following SCT members had been received: Australia, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Viet Nam and the European Union (38). 4. The present document compiles the replies to Questionnaire I, as reproduced in the Annex to the present document. It reproduces the 82 questions contained in Questionnaire I, as well as all corresponding replies in tabulated form. When no reply to a particular question was given, the corresponding entry was left empty. Comments provided are reproduced as such and in extenso under or, whenever possible, in the table reporting the replies to the related question. 5. The SCT is invited to consider the content of the present document. [Annex follows] SCT/40/5 Prov. Annex TABLE OF CONTENTS Page A. BASIS FOR PROTECTION (SIGN/INDICATION SUBJECT OF PROTECTION, GOODS/SERVICES COVERED, ETC.) .............................................................................................2 (i) Terminology ..............................................................................................................................2 (ii) Means for Protection ............................................................................................................. 12 (iii) Sign ....................................................................................................................................... 16 (iv) Requirements for Protection.................................................................................................. 19 (v) Link ........................................................................................................................................ 29 (vi) Goods/Services Covered ...................................................................................................... 55 B. APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION ............................................................................................ 62 (i) Entitlement to file ................................................................................................................... 62 (ii) Competent Authority .............................................................................................................. 69 (iii) Procedure .............................................................................................................................. 75 (iv) Formalities and Contents of the Application.......................................................................... 85 (v) Costs and Fees ..................................................................................................................... 98 (vi) Examination and Register ................................................................................................... 102 (vii) Grounds for Refusal ............................................................................................................ 107 (viii) Genericness ........................................................................................................................ 119 (ix) Third Parties Observations/Oppositions .............................................................................. 128 (x) Ownership/Right of Use ...................................................................................................... 138 (xi) Maintenance and Obligation to Use .................................................................................... 154 (xii) Control/Monitoring ............................................................................................................... 161 (xiii) Labelling .............................................................................................................................. 169 (xiv) Term of Protection/Renewal ................................................................................................ 172 (xv) Amendments ....................................................................................................................... 177 (xvi) Invalidation/Loss of Protection ............................................................................................ 182 (xvii) Homonymous Geographical Indications ............................................................................. 192 (xviii) Geographical Indications and Trademarks ......................................................................... 198 (xix) Relationship with Plant Varieties and Animal Breeds ......................................................... 217 (xx) Foreign Geographical Indications ....................................................................................... 220 (xxi) Database ............................................................................................................................. 235 (xxii) Support Programs/Financing............................................................................................... 236 (xxiii) Approximation of Laws ........................................................................................................ 238 C. SCOPE OF PROTECTION, RIGHT TO TAKE ACTION AND ENFORCEMENT ......................... 240 (i) Scope of Protection ............................................................................................................. 240 (ii) Right to Take Action and Enforcement ............................................................................... 259 (iii) Customs/Border Controls .................................................................................................... 277 SCT/40/5 Prov. Annex, page 2 A. BASIS FOR PROTECTION (SIGN/INDICATION SUBJECT OF PROTECTION, GOODS/SERVICES COVERED, ETC.) (i) Terminology 1. The following concepts are defined in your jurisdiction: Appellation/ Geographical indication Responding Designation of origin Party Definition Definition Australia No Geographical indication defined in Section 6 of the Trade Marks Act as follows: geographical indication, in relation to goods, means a sign that identifies the goods as originating in a country, or in a region or locality in that country, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the goods is essentially attributable to their geographical origin. Also defined in Section 4 of the Wine Australia Act as follows: geographical indication, in relation to wine goods, means an indication that identifies the goods as originating in a country, or in a region or locality in that country, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the goods is essentially attributable to their geographical origin The definition of a geographical indication under Australian law is modelled on the WTO TRIPS definition Chile A designation identifying a product as An indication identifying a product as originating from the country or a region or originating from the country or a region or locality of that territory, where a given locality of the national territory, where a quality, reputation or other characteristic given quality, reputation or other of that product is essentially attributable to characteristic of that product is essentially its geographical origin, taking into attributable to its geographical origin, shall consideration other natural or human be considered a geographical indication. factors that have an impact on the characteristics of the product, shall be considered an appellation of origin. Colombia An appellation of origin shall be understood to be a geographical indication consisting in the name of a particular country, region or place or a name which, without being that of a particular country, region or place, refers to a particular geographical area, and is used to designate a product originating