An Introduction to Geographical Indications: New Perspectives and Recent Developments
A geographical indication (GI) means a sign which is used on goods that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation due to that place of origin. Most commonly, a geographical indication consists of the name of the place of origin of the goods. The Concept of GI and protection of its rights are relatively a new idea in Bangladesh. Before the enactment of the Act of 2013, there was no specific law regarding the protection of geographical indication of Goods in action for protecting our geographically originated or produced goods. The paper has tried to give an overview on the Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 20132. It presents some recommendations also regarding the provisions of the Act using secondary data.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits remixing, adapting, and building upon the work for non-commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.