How to Register a Geographical Indication

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Recently Government of India has Granted GI (Geographical Indication), to Kovilpatti Kadalai Mittai, and Palani Panchamirtham. This will assist the products to compete in the Globalization market. Geographical Indication is a Part of Intellectual Property Rights.





Geographical Indication shortly named as (GI). Every antique region or a province has some geographical based specialities to it. For example Kancheepuram is famous for Silk. The quality of the silk is associated to its region of Origin Kancheepuram.

Geographical Indication is a name or sign used against a product which corresponds to a specific region of origin.

GI not only protects the product from the region of origin but also attributes to the essential qualities, reputation or characteristic related to the product.

GI helps in protecting the ancient cultural products, traditional methods, our customs and helps in enhancing its promotion and popularity to an International standard.


Benefits of GI
1. It will make your product to get global recognition.

2. Avoid duplication
3. Creates opportunity to grow expand your business


Importance of GI


Many of the products have acquired reputation due to its good quality originating from a particular region for a long period of time. This reputation, if not protected threat, may arise from dishonest commercial operators. It may lead a consumer to by an imitated or duplicate product instead of getting a genuine product depriving its business value and reputation to a larger extent.

In order to prevent such illegal market, right is granted to the producers of such products by means of GI. As GI is a national asset, right is not issued to an individual instead it is granted to associations of persons or manufacturers of the product, or any organization or any authority representing the producers of goods.

The Government registry has certified 193 products as Registered GI’s of India till now. Some of the popular GI’s are Darjeeling Tea, Mysore Silk, Coorg orange etc.








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