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Article: Intellectual property -- Council debates call to expand geographical indications protection.
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- March 29, 2000
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M2 PRESSWIRE-29 March 2000-WTO: Intellectual property -- Council debates call to expand geographical indications protection (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The higher level of protection given to place names used to identify wines and spirits should be expanded to geographical indications identifying other products, a group of WTO members once again told the organization`s intellectual property Council on 21 March.
Another group of countries said the council should concentrate on its current task of setting up a multilateral system for notifying and registering these names and assessing actual implementation of the rules ...