Abstract
It has been almost 16 years now when protection for geographical indications (GIs) established under the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) Agreement of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Since 1995, 380 geographical indication applications have been filed in the GI Registry in India and out of which 169 have been registered as of March 19th, 2012. There is tremendous jump in the filings by foreign countries (134 applications) in the recent past. The goods registered under four classes are agricultural, handicraft, manufactured and food stuff which account for 24.26 per cent, 64.49 per cent, 8.28 per cent and 2.95 per cent respectively in the country. Indian contribution towards geographical indication will be analyzed to find out the overall glimpse of the success rate and workability of the regime adopted. The study reveals that Europe is leading in the area, followed by United States of America and India respectively. At the same time, India is the single country in leading the GI protection in the world today and one of the favourite destinations of foreign GI application filings.
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