GIG Act 25Chapter V · Special, Provisions Relating to Trade Mark and Prior Users
Section 25 · Prohibition of registration of geographical indication as trade mark
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Notwithstanding
anything contained in the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999), the Registrar of Trade Marks referred to in
section 3 of that Act, shall, suo motu or at the request of an interested party, refuse or invalidate the
registration of a trade mark which--
(a) contains or consists of a geographical indication with respect to the goods or class or classes of goods not originating in the territory of a country, or a region or locality in that territory which such geographical indication indicates, if use of such geographical indications in the trade mark for such goods, is of such a nature as to confuse or mislead the persons as to the true place of origin of such goods or class or classes of goods;
(b) contains or consists of a geographical indication identifying goods or class or classes of goods notified under sub-section (2) of section 22.
(a) contains or consists of a geographical indication with respect to the goods or class or classes of goods not originating in the territory of a country, or a region or locality in that territory which such geographical indication indicates, if use of such geographical indications in the trade mark for such goods, is of such a nature as to confuse or mislead the persons as to the true place of origin of such goods or class or classes of goods;
(b) contains or consists of a geographical indication identifying goods or class or classes of goods notified under sub-section (2) of section 22.
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