Η εφαρμογή του ευρωπαϊκού δικαίου στον αθλητισμό

Abstract

[…] The lacuna the present thesis is trying to fill is to present a modern approach of the international protection of geographical indications. Its intention is not to simply make an exhaustive presentation of all relevant literature. Instead, it endeavours to go further than merely reporting the situation thus far and, in highlighting the interplay of the systems (WTO-WIPO-CBD), to find the core of the geographical indication protection and where this protection stands today. On that account, the thesis intentionally bypasses a discussion on definitional matters of geographical indications and does not deal with the specific nature of geographical indications as intellectual property rights. The axis being the TRIPS Agreement, the interest moves to delimiting the protection afforded therein and seeks to find, in a progressive interpretation, their application in other agreements within the WTO, without though denying them their essence and without parting from the problematic already existing in the various international fora. […]