Why This Monograph (Book)? Several books (monographs) dedicated to the law of indications of geographical origin (hereinafter IGOs) (or geographical indications as this term is more commonly used in the legal literature1) have already been written including books published in recent years. So, there are books published in English, namely more than three decades ago published book edited by Cohen H. Jehoram,2 a book by Bernard O’Connor3 published in 2004 by Cameron May, a book by Marsha A. Echols,4 and a book by Dev Gangjee5 published recently in 2012 by the Cambridge University Press. There are also books published in German such as the authoritative book by Prof. Winfried Tilmann,6 a book by Alfred Jung,7 and a recent book by Stefan Jonas Schro¨ter8 published in 2011. In addition, there is a vast range of books on intellectual property (hereinafter IP) law where a separate chapter or even several chapters are dedicated to the theme of IGOs including separate books on distinctive signs such as the recently published authoritative book by Prof. Paul Lange.9