SÃO TIAGO COOKIES, A NEW APPLICATION FOR GEOGRAPHIC INDICATION IN BRAZIL
On Tuesday, the Brazilian Intellectual Property Office ("INPI") received the application for a Geographical Indication ("GI") registration for cookies from St. James, a city located in the "Campo das Vertentes" region of the state of Minas Gerais. The application was made in the form of a indication of origin which attests to the tradition of a product from a particular region.
The deposit, executed by the Institute, was conducted by the São-Tiaguense Association of Cookie Producers, which is part of the 23 manufacturing companies in the region. The "cookie industry" generates around 700 direct and seasonal jobs and results in the production of approximately 150 tons of the product. According to its reputation, the city is the home of the "Coffee with Cookie Party," which is fills the town with tradition and stimulates the local economy by attracting tourists.
With this new application for registration, the producers' idea is to add value to the product and fight counterfeiting. It should be noted that, for delivery purposes, the region's farmers had the help of two institutions related to research and innovation, the Federal University of São João del Rei (UFSJ) and the Foundation for the Support of Research of Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG).
On Tuesday, the Brazilian Intellectual Property Office ("INPI") received the application for a Geographical Indication ("GI") registration for cookies from St. James, a city located in the "Campo das Vertentes" region of the state of Minas Gerais. The application was made in the form of a indication of origin which attests to the tradition of a product from a particular region.
The deposit, executed by the Institute, was conducted by the São-Tiaguense Association of Cookie Producers, which is part of the 23 manufacturing companies in the region. The "cookie industry" generates around 700 direct and seasonal jobs and results in the production of approximately 150 tons of the product. According to its reputation, the city is the home of the "Coffee with Cookie Party," which is fills the town with tradition and stimulates the local economy by attracting tourists.
With this new application for registration, the producers' idea is to add value to the product and fight counterfeiting. It should be noted that, for delivery purposes, the region's farmers had the help of two institutions related to research and innovation, the Federal University of São João del Rei (UFSJ) and the Foundation for the Support of Research of Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG).
Na última terça-feira, o INPI recebeu o pedido de registro de Indicação Geográfica (IG) para os biscoitos de São Tiago, cidade localizada na região do Campo das Vertentes, no estado de Minas Gerais. O registro foi realizado para a modalidade de Indicação de Procêdencia, a qual atesta a tradição de um produto em determinada região.
O depósito, executado junto ao Instituto, foi efetuado pela Associação São-Tiaguense dos Produtores de Biscoito, da qual fazem parte 23 empresas produtoras da região. A “indústria dos biscoitos” gera cerca de 700 empregos diretos e resulta na produção seminal de aproximadamente 150 toneladas do produto. Com a fama, a cidade é a sede da Festa do Café-com Biscoito, que anualmente resgata a tradição e aquece a economia local atraindo turistas.
Com mais este pedido de registro, a idéia dos produtores é agregar valor ao produto e lutar contra as falsificações. Cabe ressaltar que, para efetuar o pedido, os produtores da região contaram com a ajuda de duas instituições relacionadas a pesquisa e inovação, a Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ) e da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa de Minas Gerais (Fapemig).
fonte: INPI
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