In the last two decades only 547 out of the total 1,181 applications have been registered and granted registration certificates under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.
Authors
Aqa Raza, Lecturer, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana; Ph.D. Candidate at National Law Institute University, Bhopal, India.
Kanika Malik, CSIR–National Institute of Science, Communication and Policy Research (CSIR–NIScPR), New Delhi, India.
Desmond Oriakhogba, Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa.
Summary
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.
Published in: Journal of Intellectual Property Rights
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