HOMONYMOUS GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

Project on-

“HOMONYMOUS GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS”

SUBMITTED TO

MR. SANDEEP SUMAN

(FACULTY, GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS)

SUBMITTED BY-

MONIDIPA SENGUPTA

B.A.L.L.B. (Hons.)

SEMESTER VIII,

SECTION A,

ROLL NO. 72

BATCH XII

DATE OF SUBMISSION- 4TH APRIL 2016

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

In preparing the project I took help from many people but it is very difficult to list every
name. First and foremost I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Sandeep
Suman for putting his trust on me, by giving me such a topic and for his unstinted support by
helping me in all possible ways. I hope that I have not disappointed him and have done
justice to it.

I also want to express my gratitude to the staff and administration of HNLU and to the library
and IT Lab that was a source of great help for the completion of the project. I would also like
to thank all my seniors who always guided me without their help, it would have been
impossible for me to complete their project.

MONIDIPA SENGUPTA

BATCH- XII
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………..............................1

OBJECTIVE…………………………………………………………………...........................2

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY…………………………………………...........…………....2

CHAPTER 1: DEFINITIONS…………………………………………………………………4

A. GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS………………………………………..…4
B. TRADEMARKS………………………………………………………………4
C. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS AND
TRADEMARKS……………………………………………………………...5
CHAPTER 2: INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL
INDICATIONS……………………………………………………………………………….6
a) PARIS CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY,
1883……………………………………………………………………………………6
b) MADRID AGREEMENT FOR THE REPRESSION OF FALSE OR DECEPTIVE
INDICATIONS OF SOURCE OF GOODS, 1891……………………………………6
c) INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE USE OF APPELLATIONS OF
ORIGIN AND DENOMINATIONS OF CHEESES ("STRESA CONVENTION"),
1951……………………………………………………………………………………7
d) LISBON AGREEMENT FOR THE PROTECTION OF APPELLATIONS OF
ORIGIN AND THEIR REGISTRATION, 1958…………………………………...…8
e) WIPO PROPOSALS………………………………………………………………..…9
CHAPTER 3: TRIPS PROVISIONS ON HOMONYMOUS GEOGRAPHICAL
INDICATIONS………………………………………………………………………………11
(a) TRIPS DEFINITION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS…………..…11
(b) ELEMENTS OF ARTICLE 22.1 DEFINITION ……………………………11
i. SUBJECT MATTER OF IDENTIFICATION …………………...…12
ii. THE GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN IDENTIFIED BY THE
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION………………………………….12

iii. QUALITY, REPUTATION OR OTHER CHARACTERISTICS

ESSENTIALLY DUE TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN …...…13
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(c) GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS, INDICATIONS OF SOURCE, RULES

OF ORIGIN, APPELLATIONS OF ORIGIN AND TRADEMARKS……...13
i. GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS AND INDICATIONS OF
SOURCE …………………………………………………………….14
ii. GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS AND RULES OF ORIGIN …...14
iii. GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS AND APPELLATIONS OF
ORIGIN………………………………………………………………15
(d) RIGHT HOLDERS AND ELIGIBLE USERS………………………………15
(e) THE CONDITIONS FOR GETTING PROTECTION………………………16
(f) PROTECTION AND RIGHTS CONFERRED ……………………………17
i. FOR GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS FOR ALL GOODS
(ARTICLE 22) ………………………………………………………17
ii. PROTECTION AGAINST USE AS A TRADEMARK (ARTICLE
22.3)…………………………………………………………………..19
(g) FACTUALLY TRUE BUT MISLEADING USE (ARTICLE 22.4) ……....19
(h) PROTECTION AGAINST USE BY OTHERS (ARTICLE 23.1) …………21
(i) PROTECTION AGAINST USE AS A TRADEMARK (ARTICLE 23.2) …22
(j) HOMONYMOUS GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS FOR WINES
(ARTICLE 23.3)…………………………………………………………..…22
(k) NEGOTIATION OF A MULTILATERAL REGISTER OF
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS FOR WINES (ARTICLE 23.4) ………23
CHAPTER 3: OVERVIEW OF HOMONYMOUS GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION IN
INDIA………………………………………………………………………………………...24
BIBLIOGRAPHY……………………………………………………………………………26