Article 22.1 of the TRIPS Agreement provides that "geographical indications are … indications which identify a good as originating in the territory of a Member, or a region or locality in that territory, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the good is essentially attributable to its geographical origin".
Article 3(c) of Law No. 22.362 prohibits the registration of national and foreign appellations of origin as trademarks and indicates, in language similar to the protection required by the TRIPS Agreement, that "an appellation of origin is understood to mean the name of a specific country, region, place or geographical area that serves to designate a product originating therefrom, the qualities and characteristics of which are due exclusively to the geographical environment". The Article 3(c) definition covers "geographical indications" and "appellations of origin", as defined in Articles 4 and 13, respectively, of Law No. 25.163.
