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A geographical indication (GI) is a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location
or origin (e.g. a town, region, or country). India, as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), enacted the Geographical
Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 has come into force with effect from 15 September 2003. GIs have
been defined under Article 22(1) of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights(TRIPS)
Agreement as: "Indications which identify a good as originating in the territory of a member, or a region or a locality in that
territory, where a given quality, reputation or characteristic of the good is essentially attributable to its geographic origin."[1]
The GI tag ensures that none other than those registered as authorised users (or at least those residing inside the geographic
territory) are allowed to use the popular product name. Darjeeling tea became the first GI tagged product in India, in 2004-05,
since then by october 2018, 321 had been added to the list.[2] These are listed below.
References
1. "Karnataka gets highest number of GI tags" (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/k%60taka-gets-highe
st-numbergi-tags/319698/). Business Standard. 11 April 2008.
2. "GI tag in india" (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/geographical-indicators/1/590450.html). Geographical
Indications Registry. Intellectual Property Office, Chennai. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
3. "Registration Details of Geographical Indications" (http://www.ipindia.nic.in/writereaddata/Portal/Images/pdf/Regis
tered_GI_01_04_19.pdf) (PDF). Intellectual Property India, Government of India. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
4. ":::GIR Search:::" (https://web.archive.org/web/20170515114419/http://ipindiaservices.gov.in/GirPublic/DetailsGI
R.aspx). ipindiaservices.gov.in. Archived from the original (http://ipindiaservices.gov.in/GirPublic/DetailsGIR.aspx)
(PDF) on 15 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
5. Sujit Kumar; Seweta Srivastava (2017). "The legal status of geographical indications in India" (https://www.resear
chgate.net/profile/Dr_Seweta_Srivastava/publication/315696865_The_legal_status_of_geographical_indications
_in_India/links/58dcaa4a92851c611d3daedf/The-legal-status-of-geographical-indications-in-India.pdf?origin=publ
ication_detail) (PDF). Bioved. 28 (1): 43–56.
External links
Registered GI (http://www.ttg-sric.iitkgp.ernet.in/GIDrive/images/gi/registered_GI_13June2016.pdf)
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