SECTION 5: RIGHTS CONFERED
Article 175: Right of a geographical indication use
Only producers performing their activities in the geographical region indicated in the register
shall be entitled to use, for commercial purposes and for the goods indicated in the register,
the registered geographical indication, insofar as the goods in question have the quality,
reputation or other feature indicated in the register.
Article 176: Civil proceedings against infringement of the right
Any interested person, or interested group of producers or consumers, may undertake
proceedings in the competent tribunal in order to prevent, in relation to geographical
indications:
1° the use, in the designation or presentation of a good, of any means which indicates or
suggests that the good in question originates from a geographical region other than the
true place of origin in a manner which misleads the public as to the good’s geographical
origin;
2° any use which constitutes an act of unfair competition under this Law.
In any proceedings instituted under this article, the competent tribunal may, in addition to the
judgment it makes, grant damages and provide for any other form of civil reparation which it
considers appropriate, or impose a criminal sanction.
TITLE III: PROTECTION AGAINST UNFAIR COMPETITION
CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Article 177: Basic meaning on unfair competition
This Law determines any act or practice that is, in the course of industrial or commercial
activities, unlawful or contrary to honest practices and shall constitute, consequently, an act of
unfair competition.
In addition to the acts of unfair competition defined by this Law, any act or practice that is, in
the course of industrial or commercial activities, contrary to honest practices when their
purpose or their consequence is to obtain trade advantages parallel to those of a producer of
services or to some products similar to those of another person, shall constitute an act of
unfair competition
For the purpose of this Law, an act or practice that is, in the course of industrial or
commercial activities, unlawful shall mean act or practice of breach of legal duties when their
purpose or their consequence is to obtain trade advantages parallel to those of a producer of
services or to some products similar to those of another person.