【研究会報告】／地理的表示保護制度を巡る国内外の状況

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This paper reviews the international rules for the protection of geographical indications, the EU-US conflict in the WTO, the WIPO, and regional trade agreements. It further examines the features of the EU, the U.S., and Japanese protection systems, as well as the recent change in the Japanese system.
The EU system differs from the US system in two ways: the notion of terroir and the quality assurance system with official compliance controls. The Japanese system is similar to the EU system. Japan has made many efforts to respond to the EU-US conflict and to enhance measures to increase the effectiveness of the protection of geographical indications.