Amendment to Apeda Act may delay protection of basmati rights - The Financial ... - The Diigo Meta page

• 13 Oct 08
  

  gibreel ferishta

  After Pakistan’s refusal to accept India’s offer of joint registration of basmati, under the Geographical Indications (GI), the government’s move to empower the Agricultural and Processed Food Product Export Development Authority (Apeda) for undertaking the registration process through an ordinance may be delayed for few months.

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  • Apeda spends Rs 3-4 crore annually in legal cases, in order to protect basmati against IPR violations across the world.
  • Pakistan had granted a trade mark (TM) to the basmati Growers Association (BGA), providing it with exclusivity, even as India and Pakistan had earlier agreed to jointly bid for a GI for basmati. The Registrar of Trade Mark, Karachi, while granting the TM on BGA, has set aside the opposition of Apeda through its legal council. Apeda had offered to jointly register basmati under GI along with the Rice Exporters’ Association of Pakistan, which was rejected by Pakistan government.

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