Thanks to the very successful cooperation of the Intellectual Property Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in the field of the implementation of the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of the Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, it gives us great pleasure to inform the public that the appellation of origin “Leskovačka ljutenica” has been internationally registered on the basis of the mentioned international agreement.
Application for the international registration was filed by the Association of Leskovački Ajvar from the town of Leskovac which is also the authorised user of the name Leskovacka ljutenica, whose members are certified producers of Lekovačka ljutenica. This is an example how one association of producers of products with the geographical origin, with the assistance of the local self rule, or the town of Leskovac, Regional Chamber Commerce of the Jablanica and Pčinj administrative districts from Leskovac, for only one year, from the registration of the appellation of origin as the collective right, passed the certification process for product and realized the international protection of the registered geographical indication.
The appellation of origin Leskovačka ljutenica is the sixth indication of geographical origin that after the national protection obtained also international registration on the basis of the Lisbon Agreement, and it is the third geographical indication internationally protected in the last three years. In addition to the Ljutenica, international protection has been obtained for Bermet, Homoljski med, Leskovacki domaci ajvar, Peshkiri from Šabac District and Zlakusa.
An example of the international registration of the Leskovacka ljutenica testifies about the efficiency of the international registration on the basis of the Lisbon Agreement, as well as the importance of cooperation and assistance of the local self-rule and regional chamber of commerce to the producers of products with the geographical indication in the field of national and international protection.
The Office invites all other certified producers of products with geographical origin to use the system of international protection of indications of geographical origin established on the basis of the Lisbon Agreement.
Have a look at the certificate of the Leskovačka Ljutenica on the following link.