Phase IFoundation
Background
Overview
GIs are crucial for protecting traditional knowledge, promoting unique regional products, boosting agricultural and handicraft exports, and enhancing farmer/artisan income, aligning with economic development and IPR policy objectives.
Geographical Indications (GI) are a form of intellectual property right that identifies goods originating from a specific geographical location, possessing qualities or a reputation due to that origin. In India, the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, provides for the registration and protection of GIs.