TRAVNIČKI/VLAŠIĆKI SIR KAO OZNAKA GEOGRAFSKOG PORIJEKLA: STATUS QUO I PERSPEKTIVA ZAŠTITE
TRAVNIK/VLAŠIĆ CHEESE AS A GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION: STATUS QUO AND PROTECTION PERSPECTIVE

Summary/Abstract: In the system of intellectual property rights, geographical indications are the area in which Bosnia and Herzegovina has the greatest potential. In addition, agricultural production is one of the basic economic branches of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Increasing demands for products of domestic, verified origin, as well as customers’ concerns about health aspects of foodstuffs, have put products with geographical indications in the focus of interest in last few decades. The Travnik/Vlašić cheese is one of the domestic, autochthonous, well-known products that is not fully protected geographicla indication before the competent Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The paper seeks an answer to the question of whether Travnik/Vlašić cheese meets the conditions for protection as geographical indication, and what would be appropriate modality of protection. The research results show that product has a reputation, but also that there was a separation of the names of Travnik and Vlašić cheese, as well as a separation of the raw materials used for production, and the geographical area of production. For this reason, the proposal is that Vlašić sir should be protected as protected geographical indication for sheep’s milk cheese, while the name Travnik cheese should also be protected as protected geographical indication for cow’s milk cheese.

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