The Geographical Indications of Goods (R&P) Act, 1999

This 2025 edition of The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection) Act, 1999 (Act 48 of 1999) provides the Act verbatim with:

GI Rules, 2002 (amended 26-9-2020)

GI Forms & Fees Rules, 2013

Step-by-step GI application procedure

Short comments spotlight 2024 e-GI portal, fast-track tag processing for ODOP products, and EU India GI agreement draft.

Core statutory coverage

• GI registrability & exclusion – genericness, indication of source, homonymous GIs.

• Application & opposition – Form GI-1 filing, statement of case, advertisement.

• Authorised users & infringement – civil remedies, seizure at port, geographical mapping.

• Trans-border protection – reciprocity, international registration.

• Appellate Board / IP Division – appeal and rectification.

This edition is particularly suited for

• Producer groups, state-handicraft boards & agri-export councils.

• IP attorneys filing GI registrations or oppositions.

• Academics and students in IP-law and rural-development.

• Policy makers crafting GI-linked rural-branding schemes.