The decision brings hope to owners of unregistered GIs in Indonesia, who had feared that the new Law on Trade Marks and Geographical Indications precluded them from enforcing their rights in the country.

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Co-authored with Alexandre Levy, Assistant director, Institut National de l'Origine et de la Qualité

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