Mr. Bernard O'Connor:

Generally, the EU law favours geographical indications over trademarks. There is a bias in favour of geographical indications written into our law. That does not mean there might not be a fight over it. Generally, however, what the law currently states is that priority is either given to the GI or where a trademark has been established in the marketplace for a number of years, there should be co-existence. Unless there is a problem with the co-existence then there will be co-existence. What exactly that means is-----