International submission - Community geographical indication and appellation of origin
Lisbon Agreement
Persons who have their permanent residence or registered office in the Czech Republic may apply through the Office for International Registration of Designations of Origin under the Lisbon Agreement for the protection of designations of origin and their international registration.
An application for registration of a designation of origin in the Register of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) shall be conditional on the existence of a national registration of the designation of origin.
In the context of the entry into force of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on designations of origin and geographical indications (the 'Geneva Act') and Regulation (EU) 2019/1753 of the European Parliament and of the Council, it will only be possible, through the Authority, to apply for international registration under the Treaty of Lisbon for those designations of origin that do not fall within the scope of Regulation (EU) No. 1151/2012, No. 1308/2013, No. 251/2014 and 2019/787.
For designations of origin falling within the scope of these Regulations, protected at EU level and not yet internationally registered, an application for international registration may be submitted through the Office to the European Commission under the Geneva Act.
Legislation related to international registration
Lisbon Agreement for the protection of designations of origin and their international registration (pdf, 52 kB) of 31.10.1958, revised in Stockholm on 14.7.1967, amended on 28.9.1979 (e.g. No. 67/1975 Coll., as amended by No. 79/1985 Coll.)
Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement (pdf, 155 kB) on designations of origin and geographical indications and Implementing Regulations for the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on designations of origin and geographical indications, adopted on 20 May 2015 by a diplomatic conference in Geneva (The Czech Republic is a Contracting Party since September 2, 2022)
Common Implementing Rules for the Lisbon Agreement (pdf, 111 kB) on the protection of designations of origin and their international registration and on the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on designations of origin and geographical indications, adopted in Geneva on 11 October 2017
Administrative guidelines on the application of the Lisbon Agreement (pdf, 24 kB) (effective 1 January 2010) – to be updated
Regulation (EU) 2019/1753 (pdf, 568 kB)of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on European Union measures following its accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on designations of origin and geographical indications (IN EU legislation)
