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TRIPS
& GI
The
Trade
Related
Aspects
of
Intellectual
Property
Rights
(TRIPS)
Agreement
culminated
at
the
end
of
seven
years
of
negotiations
from
1986
to
1993,
as
part
of
the
Uruguay
Round
of
Trade
Negotiations
under
World
Trade
Organisation
(WTO).
The
TRIPS
Agreement
came
into
force
on
the
1st
of
January
1995. The
Trade
Related
Aspects
of
Intellectual
Property
Rights
Agreement
(1995)
provides
for
minimum
norms
and standards
in
respect
of
the
protection
of
different
categories
of
intellectual
property
rights.
Geographical
Indication
(GI)
is
defined
as
“an
indication
which
identifies
a
good
as
originating
in
the
territory
of
a member,
or
a regional
locality
in
that
territory,
where
a given quality,
reputation
or
other
characteristic
of
the
good
is
essentially
attributable
to
its
geographical
origin”.
As
of
February,
2021,
741
applications
are
filed
before
the
GI
Registry,
out
of
which
370
unique
products
are
registered.
It
is
important
to
mention
that
214
registered
GIs
belong
to
unique
textiles
&
handicrafts.
It
also
includes
registration
of
logo
of some
of
the
products.
The registered
products
in
India
also
include
products
of
other
countries
like
Thai
Silk, Peruvian
Pisco
of
Peru,
Champagne
of
France,
Napa
Valley
of
USA,
Scotch
Whiskey
of
United
Kingdom, Prosciutto
di
Parma
of
Italy,
Cognic
of France,
Porto
of
Portugal,
Douro
of Portugal
and
Tequila
of
Mexico.
Some
of
the
prominent
unique
textiles
&
handicrafts
registered
under
the
GI Act
include
Banaras
Brocades
&
Lucknow
Chikan
Craft
of
Uttar
Pradesh,
Mysore
Silk
of Karnataka,
Pochampalli
Ikat
of
Andhra
Pradesh,
Kanchipuram
Silk
of
Tamil
Nadu
etc.
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