Position Paper
25 Jul 2016

EDA Position Paper on Trademarks

EDA request to exclude trademarks from the draft implementing Regulation on voluntary origin labelling. EDA calls for a consistent evaluation on the relevance and proportionality of the inclusion of trademarks on the voluntary origin labelling EU legal framework. Within Recital 2 of the draft Commission Implementing Regulation on voluntary origin labelling, “trade marks and other brand names which may include geographical indications”1, are proposed to fall in the scope of the new Regulation....