The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
Central · 1999
- S. 1Short title, extent and commencement.
- S. 2Definitions and interpretation.
- S. 3Registrar of Geographical Indications.
- S. 4Power of Registrar to withdraw or transfer cases, etc.
- S. 5Geographical Indications Registry and offices thereof.
- S. 6Register of Geographical Indications.
- S. 7Part A and Part B of the register.
- S. 8Registration to be in respect of particular goods and area.
- S. 9Prohibition of registration of certain geographical indications.
- S. 10Registration of homonymous geographical indications.
- S. 11Application for registration.
- S. 12Withdrawal of acceptance.
- S. 13Advertisement of application.
- S. 14Opposition to registration.
- S. 15Correction and amendment.
- S. 16Registration.
- S. 17Application for registration as authorised user.
- S. 18Duration, renewal, removal and restoration of registration.
- S. 19Effect of removal from register for failure to pay fee for renewal.
- S. 20No action for infringement of unregistered geographical indication.
- S. 21Rights conferred by registration.
- S. 22Infringement or registered geographical indications.
- S. 23Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity.
- S. 24Prohibition of assignment or transmission, etc.
- S. 25Prohibition of registration of geographical indication as trade mark.
- S. 26Protection to certain trade marks.
- S. 27Power to cancel or vary registration and to rectify the register.
- S. 28Correction of register.
- S. 29Alteration of registered geographical indications.
- S. 30Adaptation of entries in register to amend or substitute classification of goods.
- S. 31Appeals to the High Court.
- S. 32Bar of jurisdiction of courts, etc.
- S. 33Procedure of the Appellate Board.
- S. 34Procedure for application for rectification, etc., before High Court.
- S. 35Appearance of Registrar in legal proceedings.
- S. 36Costs of Registrar in proceedings before Appellate Board.
- S. 37Meaning of applying geographical indications.
- S. 37AAdjudication of penalties.
- S. 37BAppeal.
- S. 38Falsifying and falsely applying geographical indications.
- S. 39Penalty for applying false geographical indications.
- S. 40Penalty for selling goods to which false geographical indication is applied.
- S. 41Enhanced penalty on second or subsequent conviction.
- S. 42Penalty for falsely representing a geographical indication as registered.
- S. 43Omitted.
- S. 44Omitted.
- S. 45No offence in certain cases.
- S. 46Forfeiture of goods.
- S. 47Exemption of certain persons employed in ordinary course of business.
- S. 48Procedure where invalidity of registration is pleaded by the accused.
- S. 49Offences by companies.
- S. 50Cognizance of certain offences and the powers of police officer for search and seizure.
- S. 51Costs of defence of prosecution.
- S. 52Limitation of prosecution.
- S. 53Information as to commission of offence.
- S. 54Punishment for abetement in India of acts done out of India.
- S. 55Protection of action taken in good faith.
- S. 56Certain persons to be public servants.
- S. 57Stay of proceedings where the validity of registration of the geographical indication is questioned etc.
- S. 58Application for rectification of register to be made to High Court in certain cases.
- S. 59Implied warranty on sale of indicated goods.
- S. 60Powers of Registrar.
- S. 61Exercise of discretionary power by Registrar.
- S. 62Evidence before Registrar.
- S. 63Death of party to a proceeding.
- S. 64Extension of time.
- S. 65Abandonment.
- S. 66Suit for infringement, etc., to be instituted before district court.
- S. 67Relief in suit for infringement or for passing off.
- S. 68Authorised user to be impleaded in certain proceedings.
- S. 69Evidence of entries in register, etc., and things done by the Registrar.
- S. 70Registrar and other officers not compellable to produce register, etc.
- S. 71Power to require goods to show indication of origin.
- S. 72Certificate of validity.
- S. 73Groundless threats of legal proceedings.
- S. 74Address for service.
- S. 75Trade usages, etc., to be taken into consideration.
- S. 76Agents.
- S. 77Indexes.
- S. 78Documents open to public inspection.
- S. 79Reports of Registrar to be placed before Parliament.
- S. 80Fees and surcharge.
- S. 81Savings in respect of certain matters in Chapter VIII.
- S. 82Declaration as to title of geographical indication not registrable under the Registration Act, 1908.
- S. 83Government to be bound.
- S. 84Special provisions relating to applications for registration from citizens of convention countries.
- S. 85Provision as to reciprocity.
- S. 86Powers of Central Government to remove difficulties.
- S. 87Power to make rules.