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The World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with the Department of Industrial
Promotion & Policy (DIPP) is organizing National Roving Seminars for
the Promotion of Knowledge on Geographical Indications on January 29
and 30, 2009 at Chennai, February 2 and 3, 2009 at Bangalore and
February 5 and 6, 2009 at Kolkata. These seminars are aimed at
providing information not only on the procedures for the
registration of geographical indications (GIs) in India, but also on
strategies which have proved successful from the point of view of
the producers of GI-intensive products. In addition, existing
international schemes of protection and current efforts to improve
such schemes, national approaches to the protection of geographical
indications, business aspects of GI protection, Insufficient
understanding of geographical indications as part of a branding
strategy will also be discussed. Further details about these
seminars can me had from Shri V. Natarajan, Assistant Registrar of
GI Geographical Indication Registry, Intellectual Property Building,
G.S.T. Road, Guindy, Chennai - 600 032. Phone: 044 – 22502091-93 &
98, Fax : 044 – 22502090 E-mail:
gir-ipo@nic.in.
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