New Zealand’s Draft Geographic Indications Regulations Released

The Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirirts) Registration Act (GI Act) is currently being amended in a Bill before New Zealand’s Parliament. The Draft Geographic Indications Regulations have just been released. Among other things, the Regulations set out proposed procedures for the examination and registration of a Geographical Indication, as well as the process for maintenance of the Register of Geographical Indications in New Zealand.