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Two Decades of the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999: A Review of 547 Registered Geographical Indications


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1 Jindal Global Law School, O P Jindal Global University, Sonipat — 131 001, Haryana, India
2 CSIR–National Institute of Science, Communication and Policy Research (CSIR–NIScPR), New Delhi — 110 012, India
3 Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa

The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 came into force after four years from the date of its publication on the Gazette of India. Out of the 1181 total applications submitted, only 46.31 (forty-six point three one) percent, making a total of 547 geographical indications, have been registered and granted registration certificates under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, as of January 2024. Adopting quantitative method, this Paper reviews the total registered Geographical Indications in the last two decades. For convenience, this paper has been divided into five parts. Part I gives an outline of the paper. Part II seeks to review the total registered geographical indications of foreign countries under the Act in six broad heads and five sub-heads. Part III reviews the state-wise total registered geographical indications under five different heads and in two sub-parts including the tags shared by the Indian states with other state(s) and the union territories. Part IV reviews the union territory-wise registered geographical indications in two sub-parts and in nine broad heads. Part V concludes.

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The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Rules, 2002, Geographical Indications, Registered, Goods, Agricultural Goods, Manufactured Goods, Food Stuff, Handicrafts, Natural Goods, Indian States, Union Territories, Foreign Countries, Two Decades, Twenty-first Century, The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) (Amendment) Rules, 2020, Draft Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) (Amendment) Rules, 2023, Geographical Indications Registry, Gazette of India, WIPO,Review
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Authors

Aqa Raza
Jindal Global Law School, O P Jindal Global University, Sonipat — 131 001, Haryana, India
Kanika Malik
CSIR–National Institute of Science, Communication and Policy Research (CSIR–NIScPR), New Delhi — 110 012, India
Desmond Oriakhogba
Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa

Abstract


The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 came into force after four years from the date of its publication on the Gazette of India. Out of the 1181 total applications submitted, only 46.31 (forty-six point three one) percent, making a total of 547 geographical indications, have been registered and granted registration certificates under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, as of January 2024. Adopting quantitative method, this Paper reviews the total registered Geographical Indications in the last two decades. For convenience, this paper has been divided into five parts. Part I gives an outline of the paper. Part II seeks to review the total registered geographical indications of foreign countries under the Act in six broad heads and five sub-heads. Part III reviews the state-wise total registered geographical indications under five different heads and in two sub-parts including the tags shared by the Indian states with other state(s) and the union territories. Part IV reviews the union territory-wise registered geographical indications in two sub-parts and in nine broad heads. Part V concludes.

Keywords


The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Rules, 2002, Geographical Indications, Registered, Goods, Agricultural Goods, Manufactured Goods, Food Stuff, Handicrafts, Natural Goods, Indian States, Union Territories, Foreign Countries, Two Decades, Twenty-first Century, The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) (Amendment) Rules, 2020, Draft Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) (Amendment) Rules, 2023, Geographical Indications Registry, Gazette of India, WIPO,Review