认证和集体标志

认证和集体标志是一项彻底更新和增强版的认证标志，于2002年首次出版。这项综合研究表明了一个广泛的查询，与英国，欧盟和美国的认证和集体标志系统进行了比较，同时提到了到其他系统。In addition to the laws and policies impacting ownership and use of these marks, also addressed are their historical development, registration and protection, certifiers’ liability, legal and commercial significance, use in regulatory and technical standardization frameworks, and emergent sui generis forms of certification, namely ecolabels and electronic authentication marks in digital content. This publication is especially timely in light of the advent of the EU certification mark and the controversial EU proposals to extend the Geographical Indications system to include non-agri-food products.