The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Rules, 2002 (TGIGRPR) - Complete Bare Act with All 74 Sections | Law on Tips | Law on Tips
The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Rules, 2002 (TGIGRPR) is an Indian legislation passed by the Parliament of India. Rules for the registration of geographical indications. It contains 74 sections organized across 9 chapters.
The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Rules, 2002
Act ID: geographical-indications-rules-2002
The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Rules, 2002
"Rules for the registration of geographical indications."
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What is The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Rules, 2002 (TGIGRPR)?
The The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Rules, 2002 (TGIGRPR) is an Indian legislation containing 74 sections across 9 chapters. Rules for the registration of geographical indications.
Sections74 across 9 chapters
JurisdictionRepublic of India
Passed byParliament of India
AbbreviationTGIGRPR
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rocedure Relating To Additional Protection To Certain Goods Under Section 22(2) Of Geographical Indications Of Goods (Registration And Protection) Act, 1999
Notice before removal of geographical indication or authorised user from register .-(1) At a date not less than one month and not more than three months before the expiration of the last registration of a geographical indication or authorised user, as the case may be, if no application on Form GI-4 or Form GI-3, as the case may be, for renewal of the registration of a geographical indication or of an authorised user together with the prescribed fee has been received, the Registrar shall notify the registered proprietor or the authorised user, as the case may be, or in the case of an association of persons or producers of a registered geographical indication each of the association of persons, producers registered as registered proprietors or the person authorised to act on their behalf, if any, in writing on Form O-3 or O-5, as the case may be, of the approaching expiration at the address of their respective principal places of business in India as entered in the register or where such registered proprietor or authorised user has no principal place of business in India at his address for service in India entered in the register
Rectification of the register by the Registrar of his own motion .-(1) The notice, which the Registrar is required be give under sub-section (4) of section 27 shall be sent in writing to the registered proprietor and to any other person who appears from the register to have any interest in the registered geographical indication, and shall state the grounds on which the Registrar proposes to rectify the register and shall also specify the time, not being less, than one month from the date of such notice, within which an application for a hearing shall be made
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Refusal or invalidation of registration of trade marks .-(1) Where the Registrar of Trade Marks on his own motion decides to refuse the registration of a trade mark or invalidate a registered trade mark pursuant to sub-section (a) of section 25 of the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 (48 of 1999), he shall in writing notify the applicants or the registered proprietor of the trade mark, as the case may be, stating the reason for the same. Thereafter, the Registrar shall decide the matter after giving the applicant or the registered proprietor of the trade mark, as the case may be, an opportunity of being heard
Qualifications for registration .-Subject to the provisions of rule 105, a person shall be qualified to be registered as a Geographical Indications Agent if he