The EUIPO has released a new study ‘EU Member States’ Potential for Protecting Craft and Industrial Geographical Indications (CIGIs)’, analysing national interest and frameworks for protecting CIGIs (e.g. textiles, porcelain, glass) within the context of the new EU regulatory framework (Regulation EU 2023/241).

Main findings:

• A fragmented approach with 16 EU Member States having sui generis protection systems for CIGIs, but with difference in terms of scope, administration, registration fees, and enforcement measures.

• Strong support from the private sector for CIGI protection, with a more moderate level of interest from the public sector. In particular, public authorities from 8 Member States indicated that their country could seek the opt-out under Article 19 of the CIGI Regulation.

• The study provides a compilation of current titles and ongoing applications of GIs for CI products at national level that will cease to exist (132 names), as well as a list of product names potentially protectable under the new system in the 27 EU Member States (380 names).

Such findings are intended to help policymakers and stakeholders understand the national landscape and prepare for the full application of the Regulation by December 2025.

To read the executive summary, please read here. To read the full report, please read here.