World Intellectual Property Forum 2025 (WIPF)

Gorodissky & Partners team participated in the World Intellectual Property Forum in Dubai (UAE).

On the first day of the Forum, Gorodissky & Partners organized a Round table "Geographical designations and indications: protection of intellectual property and cultural heritage in different jurisdictions", moderated by Evgeny Alexandrov, Ph.D., Senior Partner, Trademark & Design Attorney, Head of Legal, Trademark & Design Practice (“Gorodissky and Partners”, Moscow).

Experts from Russia, Georgia, Belgium and Uruguay took part in the discussion.

They discussed

• Peculiarities and world practices of legal protection and defense of geographical indications, appellations of origin of goods,
• the use of geographical indications in trademarks;
• Risks associated with the transformation of a geographical name into a generic term.