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2021 · Geographical Indications · International Intellectual Property Law · Trademark · Trademark Law · Trademarks · TRIPS Agreement · WTO

Ghana’s Accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement [Updated*]

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Earlier this month, on the 3rd of November 2021, Ghana deposited its instrument of accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications (Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement) of 2015. The Geneva Act will thus enter into force, with respect to Ghana, 3 months after its accession… Continue reading Ghana’s Accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement [Updated*]

2020 · Human Rights · Intellectual Property · IP Policy

Territoriality, Tobacco, Trademarks, and the TRIPS Agreement

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Towards the end of last year, I was invited by the editorial board of the National Law School of India Review (NLSIR) to make a contribution to NLSIR Online. I chose to write a short piece on the 2018 decision of the WTO Panel in the Australian Plain Packaging case and its implications for the principle… Continue reading Territoriality, Tobacco, Trademarks, and the TRIPS Agreement