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Section 17

From: The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999

section 17;

(c)“deceptively similar ” A geographical indication shall be deemed to be deceptively similar to another geographical indication if it so nearly resembles that other geographical indication as to be likely to deceive or cause confusion;
(d)“district court ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908);
(e)“geographical indication ”, in relation to goods, means an indication which identifies such goods as agricultural goods, natural g oods or manufactured goods as originating, or manufactured in the territory of a country, or a region or locality in that territory, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of such goods is essentially attributable to its geographical ori gin and in case where such goods are manufactured goods one of the activities of either the production or of processing or preparation of the goods concerned takes place in such territory, region o r locality, as the case may be. Explanation. -For the purpos es of this clause, any name which is not the name of a country, region or locality of that country shall also be considered as the geographical indication if it relates to a specific geographical area and is used upon or in rel ation to particular goods ori ginating from that country, region o r locality, as the case may be;
(f)“goods ” means any agricultural, natural or manufactured goods or any goods of handicraft or of industry and includes food stuff;
(g)“indication ” includes any name, geographical or figurative representation or any combination of them conveying or suggesting the geographical origin of goods to which it applies;
(h)“name ” inclu des any abbreviation of a name;