Review article

COMPATIBILITY OF ORIGINALITY DESIGNATION PROTECTION IN CROATIAN LAW WITH PROTECTION TENDENCIES IN THE EU

Dragan Zlatović orcid.org/0000-0002-8934-3637 ; Veleučilište u Šibeniku, Šibenik, Hrvatska
Mirko Goreta ; Jadranska banka d.d., Šibenik, Hrvatska;Veleučilište "Marko Marulić", Knin, Hrvatska
Katarina Paić

Abstract

Protected designation of origin (PDO) is one of possible means of protection of a product in the market which enables the producers to make greater profi t. The paper has shown legal background,
the procedures of the protection of a product at national and European level. Regulations on protected designations of origin (PDO), protected geographical indications (PGI) and food products
establish a unifi ed system of labeling of agricultural or food products at the national and European level. Protection of products contributes to the formation of identity and recognition of the region or the country by raising the level of competitiveness of domestic production, which is one of the priority objectives of the Croatian agricultural policy.

Keywords

protected desingation of origin; protected geographical indication; intellectual property; agricultural and food products

Hrčak ID:

161511

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/161511

Publication date:

14.7.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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