The short paper is structured as follows. It first delves into the recent case law from the Court of Justice of the European Union on the scope of GI protection – a scope which has been significantly widened. It then highlights the differences between the GI protection regimes adopted by the...

This chapter is the introduction to the book "The New Intellectual Property of Health - Beyond Plain Packaging", which provides the first legal and policy analysis of the intellectual property (IP) aspects of a rapidly growing category of regulatory measures affecting the presentation of certain...

Plain packaging, a new tobacco control tool that is currently being considered by a growing number of countries, mandates the removal of all attractive and promotional aspects of tobacco product packages. As a result, the only authorized feature remaining would be the use of brand name, which...