Vikas Sharma

Draft Guidelines for Filing a GI Application (September 2026): the specification and description of the product, the geographical area of production and its link with the product, and proof of origin and historical evidence4 Oct 2026 Draft Guidelines for Filing a GI Application (September 2026): who can apply, how to tell whether a product suits GI protection, the types of goods, choosing a direct or indirect GI name, who the producers are and how they should be organised4 Oct 2026 Manual of Geographical Indications Practice and Procedure (2011), Chapters 13 and 14: certificates, inspection and certified copies, affidavits and translations, the Registrar's powers, costs, review, and GI agents4 Oct 2026 Manual of Geographical Indications Practice and Procedure (2011), Chapter 12: renewal of a GI registration and of an authorised user, the Registry's notice before expiry, removal for non-payment, and restoration4 Oct 2026 Manual of Geographical Indications Practice and Procedure (2011), Chapter 9: rectification of the Register - who may apply and on what grounds, the Registrar's procedure, intervention by third parties, and own-motion rectification4 Oct 2026 Manual of Geographical Indications Practice and Procedure (2011), Chapter 7: registration - when the Registrar registers the indication, what is entered in Part A of the Register, and the certificate of registration and its limits as evidence4 Oct 2026 Manual of Geographical Indications Practice and Procedure (2011), Chapter 6: opposition to a GI application - who may oppose, the notice, the counter-statement, the evidence stages, the hearing and decision, and security for costs4 Oct 2026 Manual of Geographical Indications Practice and Procedure (2011), Chapter 5: geographical indications that cannot be registered - deceptive, unlawful, scandalous or hurtful matter, generic names, and literally true but misleading indications4 Oct 2026 Manual of Geographical Indications Practice and Procedure (2011), Chapter 4: substantive examination - the Consultative Group, the Examination Report and reply, amendment of the application, acceptance, and advertisement in the GI Journal4 Oct 2026 Manual of Geographical Indications Practice and Procedure (2011), Chapter 3: who may apply for a geographical indication, the Registry at Chennai and its jurisdiction, and the types of application - ordinary, convention, single class and multi-class4 Oct 2026 Manual of Geographical Indications Practice and Procedure (2011) and the draft guidelines of 2025 and 2026: what each document is, why none of them is law, which parts of the Manual later changes have overtaken, and how to use them4 Oct 2026 Copyright Office Practice and Procedure Manual (2018), Sound Recordings: the commonly observed issues - several recordings on one medium, blacked-out consideration, title mismatch, instrumental tracks, NOCs from music directors, and song titles.4 Oct 2026