INTRODUCTION GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION Introduction to Geographical Indication CATEGORIES Geographical indications are typically used for agricultural products, foodstuffs, wine and spirit drinks, handicrafts, and industrial products. PROCESS BENEFITS One the benefit of GIs could very well be fraud detection. Since GIs are EU-regulated certifications that guarantee the origin of a product and, depending on the type of GI, provide information regarding a product’s production, processing and preparation, the consumer can be certain that a product with a GI is authentic. In this way, GI labels serve to undermine geographical indication imitation. Another benefit of GIs is that, by separating the true products from their imposters, they can add value to protected products and preserve tradition in the production areas. GIs protect a whole class of firms producing the same good product in a local economy. Consequently, both producers and consume...