Act Number: 48

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

Year: 1999

Enactment Date: 1999-12-30

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

Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department: Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

Section 75: Trade usages, etc., to be taken into consideration.
    In any proceeding relating to a geographical indication, the 1[Registrar or the High Court, as the case may be,] shall admit evidence of the usages of the trade concerned and of any relevant geographical indication legitimately used by other persons.
Notes:
1.Subs. by Act 33 of 2021, s. 22, for tribunal (w.e.f. 4-4-2021).
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