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التفاصيل التفاصيل سنة الإصدار 2005 تواريخ نص مؤيد : 30 ديسمبر 2005 نص منشور : 30 ديسمبر 2005 نص مسَّن : 30 ديسمبر 2005 نص مُقر : 21 يوليو 2005 نوع النص قوانين الملكية الفكرية الرئيسية الموضوع البيانات الجغرافية ملاحظات The Geographical Indications Act 2005 (Act No. 15 of 2005) shall come into force on such date as the Minister may, by order, appoint (see section 1 under Part I of the said Act).

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النصوص الرئيسية النصوص الرئيسية بالإنكليزية Geographical Indications Act 2005 (Act No. 15 of 2005)         
 Geographical Indications Act 2005

GUYANA

ACT No. 15 of 2005

GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS ACT 2005

I assent,

Bharrat Jagdeo, President.

30th December, 2005

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

SECTION

PART I

PRELIMINARY

1. Short title and commencement.

2. Interpretation.

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PART II PROTECTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

3. Availability of protection regardless of registration; presumption.

4. Homonymous geographical indications for wines.

5. Exclusion from protection.

6. Protection against improper use of geographical indications.

7. Civil remedies.

8. Offences.

PART III REGISTRATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

9. Application for registration.

10. Right to file application.

II.CContents of application.

12. Examination and publication of application.

13. Objection to registration.

14. Registration.

15. Right of use.

I6.CCancellation and rectification of registration.

17. Correction oferrors.

IS.CExtension of time.

19. Exercise of discretionary powers.

20. Register.

21. Publication.

22. Jurisdiction of Court; appeals.

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PART IV SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING MARKS; EXCEPTIONS

23. Misleading marks.

24. Marks conflicting with a geographical indication for wines and spirits.

25. Exceptions regarding prior users.

PART V MISCELLANEOUS

26. Regulations.

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AN ACT to provide for the protection of geographical indications in order to fulfill the obligations of Guyana under the Agreement on Trade- Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights of the World Trade Organ isation and related matters.

A.D. 2005 Enacted by the Parliament of Guyana:-

PART I PRELIMINARY

Short title and 1. This Act may be cited as the Geographical Indications Act 2005 commencement.

and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by order, appoint.

Interpretation. 2. In this Act -

(a) "Court" means the High Court;

(b) "geographical indication" means an indication which identifies goods as originating in the territory of a country, or a region or locality in that territory, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the goods is essentially attributable to its geographical origin;

(c) "goods" means any natural or agricultural product or any product of handicraft or industry;

(d) "Paris Convention" means the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883,as last revised;

(e) "producer" means -

(i) any producer of agricultural products or any other person exploiting natural products;

(ii) any industry or manufacturer of products of handicraft; and

(iii) any trader dealing in goods;

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Availability of protection regardless of registration; presumption.

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(f) "the Registrar and the Registrar of Deeds" have the same meanings as in the Trade Marks Act;

(g) "regulations" means the regulations made under section 26.

PART II PROTECTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

3.(1) Protection under this Act shall be accorded to geographical indications, regardless of whether or not they are registered.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), geographical indications which although literally true as to the territory, region or locality, in which the goods originate, falsely represent.to the public that the goods originate in another territory are not protected by this Act.

(3) The registration of a geographical indication under Part III shall in any proceedings under this Act, raise a presumption that such indication is a geographical indication within the meaning of section 2.

4. (1) In the case of homonymous geographical indications for wines, protection shall be accorded to each indication, subject to section 3(2).

(2) In cases of permitted concurrent use of such homonymous geographical indications, the Registrar shall determine the practical conditions under which indications will be differentiated from each other.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) the Registrar shall have regard to the need -

(a) to ensure equitable treatment of the producers concerned; and

(b) to ensure that consumers are not misled.

5.CThe following shall not be protected as geographical indications -

(a) indications which do not correspond to the definition in section 2 (b);

(b) indications which are contrary to public order or morality;

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(c) geographical indications which are not or cease to be protected in their country of origin, or which fallen into disuse in that country.

Protection againstC 6.CNo person shall - improper use of geographical indications.C (a) in the designation or presentation of goods by any

means, indicate or suggest that the goods in question originate in a geographical area other than the true place of origin in a manner that misleads the public as to the geographical origin of the goods;

(b) use a geographical indication identifying wines for wines not originating in the place indicated by the geographical indication in question or identifying spirits for spirits not originating in the place indicated by the geographical indication in question, even where the true origin of the goods is indicated or the geographical indication is used in translation or accompanied by expressions such as "kind", "type", "style", "imitation" or the like;

(c) "engage in conduct which constitutes an act of unfair competition within the meaning of Article 1 Ob is of the Paris Convention.

Civil remedies. 7.(1)CAny interested person or group of producers or consumers may institute proceedings in the Court to prevent, in respect of geographical indications, any act referred to in section 6.

(2) In proceedings under subsection (1), the Court may, in addition to issuing an injunction, award damages and grant any other civil remedy or relief as the Court thinks fit.

Offences. 8. Any person who knowingly and with intent to deceive, performs any of the acts referred to in section 6 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.

PART III REGISTRATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

Application for 9. The application for registration of a geographical indication registration. shall be filed with the Registrar.

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tight to file application.

Contents of C application.4

Examination and publication of application.

Objection to registration.

10. (1) The following may make an application to the Registrar for the registration of a geographical indication -

(a) any person or group of persons carrying on an activity as a producer in the geographical area specified in the application, with respect to the goods specified in the application; or

(b) consumers and groups of consumers.

(2) Where an applicant's ordinary residence or principal place of business is outside Guyana, he shall be represented by an attorney-at-law who is resident and practising as an attorney-at-law in Guyana.

11.CThe application for the registration of a geographical indication shall specify -

(a) the name, . address and nationality of the person making the application, and the capacity in which the applicant is applying for registration;

(b) the geographical indication for which registration is sought;

(c) the geographical area to which the geographical indication applies;

(d) the goods for which the geographical indication applies;

(e) the quality, reputation or other characteristic of the goods in respect of which the geographical indication is used, and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

12. (1) The Registrar shall examine every application to ascertain if it complies with the requirements of sections 5 (b), 10, 11 and the regulations.

(2) Where the Registrar is satisfied that the conditions referred to in subsection (1) are fulfilled, he shall cause the application to be published in the prescribed manner.

13. (1) Any interested person may, within the prescribed period and in the prescribed manner, give notice to the Registrar of an objection to the registration of the geographical indication on the grounds that it does not comply with the requirements of sections 5(b), 10, 11 and the regulations.

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(2) The Registrar shall send a copy of the notice to the applicant.

(3) Upon receipt of the copy of the notice referred to in subsection (2), the applicant shall within the prescribed period and in the prescribed manner, send to the Registrar a counter-statement of the grounds on which he relies for his application; if he does not do so, he shall be deemed to have abandoned the application.

(4) If the applicant sends a counter-statement, the Registrar shall furnish a copy thereof to the objector and, after hearing the parties, if either or both wish to be heard, and considering the merits of the case, the Registrar shall decide whether the geographical indication should be registered.

14. (1) Where the Registrar finds that the conditions referred to in section 12 (1) are fulfilled, and either -

(a) there has been no objection to the registration of the geographical indication within the prescribed period; or

(b) there has been an objection to the registration of the geographical indication and the objection has been decided in the applicant's favour, the Registrar shall register the geographical indication and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration and publish a notice of the registration in the Gazette.

(2) Where, as a result of an objection made under this section or for any other reason, the Registrar is satisfied that the application for registration of a geographical indication does not comply with the requirements of section 12 (I) or the regulations, the Registrar shall refuse the application.

15.COnly producers carrying on their activity in the geographical area specified in the Register shall have the right to use a registered geographical indication, in the course of trade, with respect to the products specified in the Register, provided that such products possess the quality, reputation or other characteristic specified in the Register.

16. ( 1 ) Any interested person may apply to the Court for -

(a) the cancellation of a registration of a geographical indication on the ground that it does not qualify for protection as such having regard to section 5;

(b) the rectification of a registration of a geographical indication on the grounds that -

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(i) the geographical area specified in the registration does not correspond to the geographical indication, or

(ii) that the indication of the products in respect of which the geographical indication is intended to apply or the indication of the quality, reputation or other characteristic of such products is missing or unsatisfactory.

(2) In any proceedings under this section, notice of the request for cancellation or rectification -

(a) shall be served on the person who filed the application for registration of the geographical indication or his successor in title; and

(b) shall, by a publication in prescribed manner, be given to all persons having the right to use the geographical indication under section 15.

(3) The persons referred to in subsection (2) and any other interested person may, within a period which shall be specified by the Court in the said notice and publication, apply to join in the proceedings.

Correction 17.CThe Registrar may, subject to the regulations, correct any of errors error of translation or transcription, clerical error or mistake in any

application or document filed with the Registrar or in any matter recorded pursuant this Act or the regulations.

Extension of� 18.CIf the Registrar is satisfied that the circumstances justify it, imeChe may, upon receiving a written request, extend the time for doing any act or

taking any proceedings under this Act or the regulations, upon notice to parties concerned and upon such terms as he may direct notwithstanding that the time for doing the act or taking the proceedings has expired.

Exercise of 19. The Registrar shall give any party to a proceeding before him discretionary an opportunity of being heard before exercising adversely against that party powers.

any discretionary power vested in him by this Act or the regulations.

Register 20. (1) The Registrar shall maintain a Register of Geographical Indications in which he shall record all matters required by this Act to be recorded.

(2) The Register shall be open for inspection by the public dpring normal working hours and any person may obtain extracts therefrom or make copies of such extracts in the manner and under the conditions prescribed.

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Publication. 21. The Registrar shall publish in the Gazette and in a newspaper published daily in Guyana, everything required to be published under this Act.

Jurisdiction 22.(1) The Court shall have jurisdiction in cases of dispute relating of Court; to the application of this Act and in matters which under this Act are to be appeals.

referred to the Court.

(2) Any party aggrieved by a decision taken by the Registrar may within two months after the date of the decision, appeal against. the decision to the Court.

PART IV SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING MARKS; EXCEPTIONS

Misleading 23. The Registrar shall, ex officio or at the request of an marks. interested party, refuse or invalidate the registration of a trademark which

contains or consists of a geographical indication with respect to goods not originating in the territory indicated, if use of the indication in the trademark for such goods in Guyana is of such a nature as to mislead the public as to the true place of origin.

Marks� 24.CThe registration of- conflicting with a geographical indication for� (a) a trademark for wines that contains or consists of a wines and geographical indication identifying wines; or spirits.

(b) a trademark for spirits that contains or consists of a geographical indication identifying spirits, shall be refused or invalidated by the Registrar ex officio or at the request of an interested party, with respect to such wines or spirits that do not originate in the territory indicated.

Exceptions 25. (1) Nothing in this Act shall prevent continued and similar use in regarding Guyana of a particular geographical indication of another country prior users

identifying wines or spirits in connection with goods or services by any citizens, permanent residents or domiciliaries of Guyana who have used that geographical indication in a continuous manner with regard to the same or related goods or services in the territory of Guyana either -

(a) for a period of at least ten years immediately preceding 15th April, 1994; or

(b) in good faith prior to that date.

(2) Where a trademark has been applied for or registered in good faith, or where rights to a trademark have been acquired through use in good faith either -

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Regulations.

(a) before the commencement of this Act; or

(b) before the geographical indication is protected in its country of origin, this Act shall not prejudice the registrability of or the validity of the registration of a trademark, or the right to use a trademark, on the basis that such a trademark is identical with, or similar to, a geographical indication.

(3) Nothing in this Act shall apply in respect of a geographical indication of any country with respect to goods or services for which the relevant indication is identical with the term customary in common language as the common name for such goods or services in Guyana.

(4) Any request for relief made under Part II in connection with the use or registration of a trademark shall be presented within five years after the adverse use of the protected geographical indication has become generally known in Guyana or after the date of registration ofthe trademark in Guyana.

(5) Subsection (4) applies only where the trademark has been published by the date of registration of the trademark in Guyana, where that date is earlier than the date on which the adverse use became generally known in Guyana and provided that the geographical indication is not used or registered in bad faith.

(6) This Act shall in no way prejudice the right of any person to use, in the course of trade, that person's name or the name of that person's predecessor in business, except where such name is used in such a manner as to mislead the public.

PART V MISCELLANEOUS

26.CThe Minister may make regulations prescribing details for the implementation of this Act. The regulations may, in particular, provide for the payment of fees in connection with applications for the registration of geographical indications and matters related thereto.

Passed by the National Assembly on the 21st July, 2005

S. E. Isaacs, Clerk of the National Assembly.

(BILL No. 12/2005)



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