What is a Geographical Indication (GI)? What are the legal framework governing it? How does it differ from a trademark? How can GI infringement be tackled?

Geographical Indication Tag is a recognition provided by the Government for the original geographical origin of a good preventing labeling and protection to original inventors Legal Tea

Legal Framework: → GI Tag Act (2000) → WIPO (definition for GI) GI Tag vs Trademark: i Indicative of origin | ii Indicative of property person due to founder iii Primarily labelling goods | iv Broader use of Tacking GI infringement: i Maintain digital data-base of all GI tags good corresponding to location ii Broader all codes of authenticity on packaging iii Blockchain technology to assuage from factory to table journey iv Stricter penalty for infringement India has made considerable progress in GI Tags, we still lag behind China America etc. Thus need to be empower more local business through GI collection

— Aryan Sirsikar · AIR 175