WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/13/Add.1
11 August 1998
(98-3155)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property Rights
REVIEW UNDER ARTICLE 24.2 OF THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS
OF THE SECTION OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT
ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
Checklist of Questions
Addendum
At its meeting of 16 July 1998, the Council took note of the attached questions communicated
by Mexico and agreed that these questions be included in the Checklist of Questions attached to
document IP/C/13.  Members already under an obligat ion to apply the provisions of the Section on
Geographical Indications are invited to provide their responses by 16 November 1998, it beingunderstood that other Members could also furnish replies on a voluntary basis.
The four questions from Mexico should be added to sections B, A, F and B of the Checklist
respectively, it being understood that, as reflected in document IP/C/13, Members responding to the
Checklist are free to group their responses as they find appropriate in the context of their national
systems.
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ANNEX
REVIEW UNDER ARTICLE 24.2 OF THE APPLICATION
OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT
ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
Checklist of Questions
Addendum
The following questions should be added to the Checklist of Questions annexed to document
IP/C/13.
Section A
Does your economy's industrial property law and/or related law prevent the use of
geographical indications identifying wines or spirits against products not originating in the place
indicated by the geographical indication, even where the true origin of the goods is indicated or thegeographical indication is used in translation or accompanied by expressions such as "kind", "type",
"style", "imitation" or the like?
Section B
Is there a clear distinction among the terms "geographical indications", "appellations of
origin" and "indications of source" in your economy's industrial property law and/or related law, orare there any substantive criteria to distinguish these terms?
Does your legislation contain criteria for homonymous geographical indications for wines and
spirits?
Section F
Does your economy's industrial property law and/or related law provide the refusal or
invalidation of a trademark registration, which consists of or contains geographical indications
identifying wines or spirits with respect to such wines or spirits not originating in the indicated
territory?
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