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ARMENIA TO GEORGIA: QUIT YOUR WINE-ING
by Yigal Schleifer
EurasiaNet
Jan 26 2011
NY
Is the Caucasus region about to see the birth of yet another local
spat? As News.AZ reports, Georgia and Armenia appear to be heading
into a battle over the use of brand names, especially regarding wine.
>From the report:
Georgian media are urging President Mikheil Saakashvili to raise
with his Armenian counterpart the use of Georgian brand names by
Armenian producers.
Saakashvili is to pay an official visit to Armenia In late
February-early March.
The media are urging him to prick the conscience of the Armenian side
at the negotiations with President Serzh Sargsyan and to protect
the interests of Georgian producers, Russian newspaper Vzglyad's
correspondent reports from Tbilisi.
Georgia's patent agency has already begun investigations of the use
of Georgian brand names by Armenian producers.
The head of the agency, Irakliy Gvaladze, said this was "not the
first time that Armenia had tried to steal Georgian brands".
Armenian officials, meanwhile, have hit back at the Georgian claims,
saying their brands are better recognized abroad so they wouldn't
even need to use their neighbor's brand names.
From: A. Papazian
by Yigal Schleifer
EurasiaNet
Jan 26 2011
NY
Is the Caucasus region about to see the birth of yet another local
spat? As News.AZ reports, Georgia and Armenia appear to be heading
into a battle over the use of brand names, especially regarding wine.
>From the report:
Georgian media are urging President Mikheil Saakashvili to raise
with his Armenian counterpart the use of Georgian brand names by
Armenian producers.
Saakashvili is to pay an official visit to Armenia In late
February-early March.
The media are urging him to prick the conscience of the Armenian side
at the negotiations with President Serzh Sargsyan and to protect
the interests of Georgian producers, Russian newspaper Vzglyad's
correspondent reports from Tbilisi.
Georgia's patent agency has already begun investigations of the use
of Georgian brand names by Armenian producers.
The head of the agency, Irakliy Gvaladze, said this was "not the
first time that Armenia had tried to steal Georgian brands".
Armenian officials, meanwhile, have hit back at the Georgian claims,
saying their brands are better recognized abroad so they wouldn't
even need to use their neighbor's brand names.
From: A. Papazian