National Workshop on GI for Agriculture Products: Leveraging Legal Protection for Commercial Gains

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National Workshop onGI for Agriculture
Products Leveraging Legal Protection for
Commercial Gains

• Organised by
• APEDA
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• Under UNCTAD-MOIC-DFID project on
• Strategies and Preparedness for Trade and
  Globalisation in India
• New Delhi, 25 November 2008

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Registration of Basmati Rice as GI

• Presentation by
• A.K.Gupta
• Advisor, APEDA

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Presentation Outline

• Infringement of Basmati IPR
• Government Mandate
• Joint Heritage with Pakistan
• Post Registration Administration

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Infringement of Basmati IPR

• USA attempt to register basmati and similar
  sounding names.
• Successful to defend such attempts in many
  countries

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Government Mandate

• Export thrust in APEDA Act, 1985
• Ordinance in October 2008

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Joint Heritage with Pakistan

• Some part of pre-partition Punjab is with
  Pakistan
• Consensus building on definition, characteristics
  and areas
• Joint Working Group Meetings in India and
  Pakistan
• Concept of third country registration

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Post Registration Administration

• BEDF
• Seed Act
• EIC Act
• Agmark