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PROCEDURE RELATING TO ADDITIONAL PROTECTION TO CERTAIN GOODS UNDER SECTION 22(2) OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS OF GOODS (REGISTRATION AND PROTECTION) ACT, 1999
RULE 79. CONSIDERATION BY THE REGISTRAR

The Registrar on receipt of the application for additional protection for such goods in respect of a registered geographical indication in India shall examine whether there are measurable attributes to the particular geographical indication in relation to the goods or classes of goods in question with special regard to the reputation of the goods or classes of goods on a global scale, which requires the additional protection envisaged under sub-section (2) of section 22 be conferred against usurpation or imitation of the geographical indication even where the true origin of the goods or classes of goods is indicated or if the registered geographical indication is used in translated form or is accompanied by terms such as “kind”, “type”, “style”, “imitation” or other like expressions.