Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Geographical Indications for Craft and Industrial Products: Discussion
9:30 am
Mr. Michael Glanzer:
I appreciate that. I thank the Cathaoirleach very much. I am sorry for joining the meeting late; it is a little early in New York. The Deputy's question is spot on. The practicalities here, putting aside the law, are that the current trademark owner has every reason to engage in some discussion with both Irish authorities and the people of Waterford to sort out the application for both the GI and the trademark. Their principal market is the United States. It is going to be critical for that market that it has, in some form, the blessing of those present. Therefore, I cannot imagine as a practical matter litigation being the outcome here, in part because I am mindful of the old Spanish curse: may you win all your litigations. It is not a sensible route for either party to go.