Sri Lanka Seeks GI Protection For Ceylon Tea 20/02/2009 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)The Sri Lanka Tea Board, will seek intellectual property protection for Ceylon tea (which takes its title from a former name of the island nation), according to a business news source from the country. Protection is sought under the World Trade Organization Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement rules on geographical indications, or product names associated with a particular place and characteristics. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Related "Sri Lanka Seeks GI Protection For Ceylon Tea" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Jivan says 27/03/2009 at 8:47 am ‘Sri Lanka’ is two separate countries being held together by force. Neither should have exclusive rights to ‘Ceylon Tea’ as neither has chosen to call itself ‘Ceylon’: http://www.metaot.com/blog/occupational-alienation-%E2%80%93-personal-perspective Reply