{"id":60411,"date":"2026-05-05T15:17:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/60411\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:17:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:17:45","slug":"bulgaria-joins-the-geneva-act-of-the-lisbon-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/60411\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulgaria Joins the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 31, 2026, the Government of the Bulgaria deposited its instrument of accession to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/wipolex\/en\/treaties\/textdetails\/15625\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications<\/a>\u00a0(\u201cGeneva Act\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>With this accession, the Geneva Act now offers protection in 27 Contracting Parties covering up to 61 countries, while the Lisbon System covers up to 73\u00a0countries in total.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/images-lisbon-news-accession-bulgaria-960.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This accession will allow Bulgaria to protect both its appellations of origin and geographical indications under the Geneva Act, such as the renowned BULGARSKO ROZOVO MASLO (Bulgarian rose oil), BULGARSKO KISELO MLYAKO (Bulgarian yogurt), or TROJANSKA KERAMICA (Trojan ceramics), to name only a few.<\/p>\n<p>The Geneva Act will enter into force with respect to Bulgaria on June\u00a030,\u00a02026.<\/p>\n<p>About the Geneva Act<\/p>\n<p>The Geneva Act helps producers of quality products, linked to origin, to protect the distinctive designations of their products in multiple jurisdictions, either as appellations of origin or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/en\/web\/geographical-indications\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">geographical indications<\/a>, through a single application filed with WIPO, and the payment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/en\/web\/paying-for-ip-services\/lisbon-system-fees\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one set of fees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>About the Lisbon System<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/en\/web\/lisbon-system\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lisbon System<\/a> provides protection for names that identify the geographic origin of products such as coffee, tea, fruits, cheese, wine, pottery, glass and cloth.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of appellations of origin and geographical indications<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/en\/web\/lisbon-system\/w\/news\/2021\/news_0001\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kampot Pepper<\/a> (Cambodia)<br \/>\n\tComt\u00e9 (France)<br \/>\n\tTokaj (Hungary)<br \/>\n\tSarough Handmade Carpet (Iran)<br \/>\n\tTequila (Mexico)<br \/>\n\tPorto (Portugal)<br \/>\n\tChulucanas (Peru)<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/wipo_magazine\/en\/ip-at-work\/2021\/banano.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Banano de Costa Rica<\/a> (Costa Rica)<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/webcms.wipo.int\/en\/web\/ipday\/2020\/case-studies\/grana_padano\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grana Padano<\/a> (Italy)<br \/>\n\tBohemia Crystal (Czech Republic)<br \/>\n\tFigue de Djebba (Tunisia)<\/p>\n<p>Questions or comments?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.wipo.int\/contact\/en\/area.jsp?area=geo_indications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Contact us<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find out more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On March 31, 2026, the Government of the Bulgaria deposited its instrument of accession to the Geneva 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