Within the panel "Vine and Wine Law | In vino veritas: the protection of quality and the quality of protection", which will take place on the first day of the Intellectual Property Conference – Friday, 15 November - between 15.00 – 17.30 -, our colleague, Andreea Stoica – Managing Partner STOICA & ASOCIAȚII will give the presentation "Wine quality protection systems - a general overview” in which she will formulate answers to the following questions:

• How is the quality protection of wine products ensured through DOC and GI?
• How does DOC and GI protection differ from trademark protection?
• What challenges are there in practice?

The moderator of the panel will be Cristiana I. Stoica (Founding Partner - STOICA & ASOCIAȚII). The rest of the speakers are Jean-Baptiste Thial de Bordenave (Partner, MINERAL Avocats, Bordeaux – France, President of International Wine Lawyers Association (AIDV), Lionel Lalagüe (Director public and international affairs – BNI, Cognac – France) and Dragoș Bogdan, Managing Partner - STOICA & ASOCIAȚII.

The panel dedicated to Vine and Wine Law is an initiative of STOICA & ASOCIAȚII, intended to offer conference participants the opportunity to debate an issue of great interest in the world of vines and wine, from designations of controlled origin and geographical indications or traditional mentions in the field, continuing with the labeling of wine products or the impact of the trade in wine and alcoholic beverages on the consumer from the perspective of EU legislation and up to the most recent and challenging solutions identified in the relevant European jurisprudence.

The conference program and details on the registration fee can be found HERE.

The registration form can be found HERE.

Registration deadline: November, 13. Considering that the space is limited, please book your seat in due time. At this panel, simultaneous Romanian - English translation will be provided.

Representatives of public institutions and government agencies, as well as students and master's students of the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest have free access to the conference proceedings, but they can only participate after completing the registration form above.

The conference is organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest and the Faculty of Law - West University of Timișoara, with the support of STOICA & ASOCIATII.