THE CONNECTION OF LEGAL PROTECTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS AND STATE’S ECONOMIC GROWTH

Abstract

Strengthening the connection between territories, their inhabitants and the agricultural and food outputs produced by them is an important in terms of sustainable rural development. This connection arises when products created using local resources can gain special value in the global market due to their continued attachment to their place of origin. Over a time period such products assimilate a certain reputation, associated with their distinctive quality characteristics that are inextricably linked to the place of their production. Science suggests they be called a geographical indication (GI) – as an indicator of a certain geographical territory in all, while legal sciences see it as one of the means of identification of products.