Lawgist84Special provisions relating to applications for registration from citizens of convention countries
(1) With a view to the fulfilment of a treaty, convention or arrangement with any country or a country which is a member of a group of countries or union of countries or Inter-Governmental Organisations outside India which affords to citizens of India similar privileges as granted to its own citizens, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare such country or group of countries or union of countries or Inter-Governmental Organisations to be a convention country or convention countries for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Nothing contained in this Act or the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999) shall prevent a continued and similar use of geographical indication relating to a country or a country which is a member of a group of countries or union of countries or any Inter-Governmental Organisations, as the case may be, notified under sub-section (1) identifying wines or spirits in connection with goods by any citizen or domiciliary of such country who has used that geographical indication in continuous manner with regard to such goods or any goods relating to such goods, as the case may be, in any part of the territory of that country either--
(a) for at least ten years preceding the 15th day of April, 1994; or
(b) in good faith preceding the date referred to in clause (a).
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- 55 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 56 Certain persons to be public servants
- 57 Stay of proceedings where the validity of registration of the geographical indication is questioned etc
- 58 Application for rectification of register to be made to Appellate Board in certain cases
- 59 Implied warranty on sale of indicated goods
- 60 Powers of Registrar
- 61 Exercise of discretionary power by Registrar
- 62 Evidence before Registrar
- 63 Death of party to a proceeding
- 64 Extension of time
- 65 Abandonment
- 66 Suit for infringement, etc., to be instituted before district court
- 67 Relief in suit for infringement or for passing off
- 68 Authorised user to be impleaded in certain proceedings
- 69 Evidence of entries in register, etc., and things done by the Registrar
- 70 Registrar and other officers not compellable to produce register, etc
- 71 Power to require goods to show indication of origin
- 72 Certificate of validity
- 73 Groundless threats of legal proceedings
- 74 Address for service
- 75 Trade usages, etc., to be taken into consideration
- 76 Agents
- 77 Indexes
- 78 Documents open to public inspection
- 79 Reports of Registrar to be placed before Parliament
- 80 Fees and surcharge
- 81 Savings in respect of certain matters in Chapter VIII
- 82 Declaration as to title of geographical indication not registrable under the Registration Act, 1908
- 83 Government to be bound
- 84 Special provisions relating to applications for registration from citizens of convention countries
- 85 Provision as to reciprocity
- 86 Powers of Central Government to remove difficulties
- 87 Power to make rules
