Geographical Indications Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Registration of Geographical Indications
51. Renewal of registration
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Any person may apply for a renewal of the registration of a geographical indication in the prescribed manner and by paying the prescribed fee.
geographical indication
“geographical indication” means any indication used in trade to identify goods as originating from a place, provided that —(a)the place is a qualifying country or a region or locality in a qualifying country; and(b)a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the goods is essentially attributable to that place;
The Minister may make rules for the Registrar to inform the registrant of a registered geographical indication, before the expiry of the registration, of the date of expiry and the manner in which the registration may be renewed.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Geographical Indications appointed under section 17 and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar of Geographical Indications appointed under that section;
An application for renewal must be filed not earlier than the prescribed period before the date of expiry of the registration and not later than another prescribed period after that date.
Where the application for renewal is made within the second-mentioned prescribed period in subsection (3) after the date of expiry of the registration, the fees payable are the prescribed renewal fee and the prescribed post-expiration renewal fee.
A renewal of the registration of a geographical indication takes effect from the expiry of the previous registration.
If the registration is not renewed in accordance with this section and the rules referred to in subsection (2), the Registrar must remove the geographical indication from the register.
register
“register” means —(a)when used as a noun, the register of geographical indications maintained by the Registrar under section 21; and(b)when used as a verb, to enter in the register;