Section 2

the place is a qualifying country or a region or locality in the qualifying country; and

a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the goods is essentially attributable to that place;“goods” means any natural or agricultural product or any product of handicraft or industry;“interested party”, in relation to goods identified by a geographical indication, means a producer of the goods, a trader of the goods, or an association of such producers or traders or of such producers and traders;“Paris Convention” means the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property signed at Paris on March 20, 1883, as revised or amended from time to time;“place” means a country or territory and includes a region or locality in that country or territory;“producer” means —

in relation to agricultural products, a person who produces those products for sale or other commercial purposes;

in relation to natural products, a person who exploits those products for sale or other commercial purposes; or

in relation to products of handicraft or industry, a person who manufactures those products for sale or other commercial purposes;“qualifying country” means any country or territory which is —

a member of the World Trade Organisation;

a party to the Paris Convention; or

designated by the Minister as a qualifying country under section 11;“trade mark” has the same meaning as in the Trade Marks Act (Cap. 332);“trader”, in relation to goods, means any person —

who sells the goods in Singapore; or

who supplies the goods in Singapore for the purpose of their being sold by another person in Singapore;“use” means use as part of, or in connection with —

any transaction, including a purchase, sale or exchange;

any importing or exporting;

any advertisement; or

any invoice, wine list, catalogue, business letter, business paper, price list or other commercial document.