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GENEVA – The Wine Origins Alliance (WOA), a global coalition dedicated to protecting wine place names and eliminating barriers to wine trade, today announced that it has been granted an observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This status will allow the Alliance to actively engage with WIPO General Assemblies, the annual governing bodies, as well as relevant committee and working group meetings. It will also allow the Alliance to continue to str

Meetings with global Internet stakeholders in conjunction with ICANN86 Policy Forum build on coalition's advocacy efforts, share perspectives of global wine industry. SEVILLA, Spain – Members of the Wine Origins Alliance (WOA) today held a series of meetings with high-level internet governance stakeholders from around the world in conjunction with the ICANN86 Policy Forum in Sevilla, Spain. Hosted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Policy

GENEVA – Earlier this month, Wine Origins Alliance (WOA) members held a fly-in in Geneva, Switzerland to share their mission and discuss issues impacting wine trade with high-level officials at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Throughout two days of activities from February 12-13, Alliance members from five countries and three continents met with WTO representatives to continue their work to reduce and eliminate irritants to trade in wine, including lack of effective prot