Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999

Bare Act · 1999

An Act to provide for the registration and better protection of geographical indications relating to goods.

In the syllabus of: AIBE · Telangana Higher Judiciary · UGC NET Law · UPSC Law Optional

Act number: 48 of 1999
Enacted: 30 December 1999
Contents: 89 sections · 9 chapters

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Contents

Chapter I — Preliminary

Chapter II — The Register And Conditions For Registration

Chapter III — Procedure For And Duration Of Registration

Section 11 – Application for registration (preview)
Section 12 – Withdrawal of acceptance (preview)
Section 13 – Advertisement of application (preview)
Section 14 – Opposition to registration (preview)
Section 15 – Correction and amendment (preview)
Section 16 – Registration (preview)
Section 17 – Application for registration as authorised user (preview)
Section 18 – Duration, renewal, removal and restoration of registration (preview)
Section 19 – Effect of removal from register for failure to pay fee for renewal (preview)

Chapter IV — Effect Of Registration

Chapter V — Special, Provisions Relating To Trade Mark And Prior Users

Chapter VI — Rectification And Correction Of The Register

Chapter VII — Appeals

Section 31 – Appeals to the High Court (preview)
Section 32 – Bar of jurisdiction of courts, etc (preview)
Section 33 – Procedure of the Appellate Board (preview)
Section 34 – Procedure for application for rectification, etc., before High Court (preview)
Section 35 – Appearance of Registrar in legal proceedings (preview)
Section 36 – Costs of Registrar in proceedings before Appellate Board (preview)

Chapter VIII — Offences, Penalties And Procedure

Section 37 – Meaning of applying geographical indications (preview)
Section 37A – Adjudication of penalties (preview)
Section 37B – Appeal (preview)
Section 38 – Falsifying and falsely applying geographical indications (preview)
Section 39 – Penalty for applying false geographical indications (preview)
Section 40 – Penalty for selling goods to which false geographical indication is applied (preview)
Section 41 – Enhanced penalty on second or subsequent conviction (preview)
Section 42 – Penalty for falsely representing a geographical indication as registered (preview)
Section 43 – Omitted (preview)
Section 44 – Omitted (preview)
Section 45 – No offence in certain cases (preview)
Section 46 – Forfeiture of goods (preview)
Section 47 – Exemption of certain persons employed in ordinary course of business (preview)
Section 48 – Procedure where invalidity of registration is pleaded by the accused (preview)
Section 49 – Offences by companies (preview)
Section 50 – Cognizance of certain offences and the powers of police officer for search and seizure (preview)
Section 51 – Costs of defence of prosecution (preview)
Section 52 – Limitation of prosecution (preview)
Section 53 – Information as to commission of offence (preview)
Section 54 – Punishment for abetement in India of acts done out of India (preview)

Chapter IX — Miscellaneous

Section 55 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
Section 56 – Certain persons to be public servants (preview)
Section 57 – Stay of proceedings where the validity of registration of the geographical indication is questioned etc (preview)
Section 58 – Application for rectification of register to be made to High Court in certain cases (preview)
Section 59 – Implied warranty on sale of indicated goods (preview)
Section 60 – Powers of Registrar (preview)
Section 61 – Exercise of discretionary power by Registrar (preview)
Section 62 – Evidence before Registrar (preview)
Section 63 – Death of party to a proceeding (preview)
Section 64 – Extension of time (preview)
Section 65 – Abandonment (preview)
Section 66 – Suit for infringement, etc., to be instituted before district court (preview)
Section 67 – Relief in suit for infringement or for passing off (preview)
Section 68 – Authorised user to be impleaded in certain proceedings (preview)
Section 69 – Evidence of entries in register, etc., and things done by the Registrar (preview)
Section 70 – Registrar and other officers not compellable to produce register, etc (preview)
Section 71 – Power to require goods to show indication of origin (preview)
Section 72 – Certificate of validity (preview)
Section 73 – Groundless threats of legal proceedings (preview)
Section 74 – Address for service (preview)
Section 75 – Trade usages, etc., to be taken into consideration (preview)
Section 76 – Agents (preview)
Section 77 – Indexes (preview)
Section 78 – Documents open to public inspection (preview)
Section 79 – Reports of Registrar to be placed before Parliament (preview)
Section 80 – Fees and surcharge (preview)
Section 81 – Savings in respect of certain matters in Chapter VIII (preview)
Section 82 – Declaration as to title of geographical indication not registrable under the Registration Act, 1908 (preview)
Section 83 – Government to be bound (preview)
Section 84 – Special provisions relating to applications for registration from citizens of convention countries (preview)
Section 85 – Provision as to reciprocity (preview)
Section 86 – Powers of Central Government to remove difficulties (preview)
Section 87 – Power to make rules (preview)