From 1 December 2025, Europe’s glassblowers, potters, cutlers, jewellers and other makers will be able to register their product names under the EU’s new geographical indication (GI) scheme for craft and industrial goods.
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The implementing regulation for the protection of craft and industrial geographical indications was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. It will enter into application on 1 December 2025.
The UNIFAB (French Union des Fabricants) has signed up to the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the sale of counterfeit goods on the internet as an IP Rights Holder. They join the 34 other stakeholders already working together under the agreement.
The European Anti-Fraud Office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office co-organised a two-day conference in Alicante, Spain to discuss current and emerging trends in intellectual property crime related to the sector of Fast-Moving-Consumer-Goods.
On 12 June 2025, the Commission opened the 2025 International IP Enforcement Summit in Athens, co-organised with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the Greek authorities. This is one of the largest global events dedicated to the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
The Commission adopted 7 decisions granting Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Sweden, access to the EU direct procedure for the registration of geographical indications for craft and industrial products (CIGIs).
The Commission’s biennial Report on the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Third Countries, published today, identifies IPR deficiencies in third countries that cause the greatest economic harm to EU interests.
Today, the EU appealed the WTO panel report in its WTO dispute with China on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (DS611).
