(1) Where an application for registration of a geographical indications is filed by an applicant from a convention country under section 84, a certificate by the Registry or competent authority of the Geographical Indications Office of the convention country shall be included in the application for registration under sub-rule (3) or (4) of Rule 23, as the case may be, and it shall include the particulars of the geographical indication, the country and the date or dates of filing of the first application in the convention country and such other particulars as may be required by the Registrar.
(2) Unless such certificate has been filed at the time of the filing of the application for registration, there shall be filed, within two months of the filing of the application under sub-rule (3) or (4) of rule 23, as the case may be, certifying or verifying to the satisfaction of the Registrar the date of the filing of the application, the country, the representation of geographical indication, the class and goods covered by the application.
(3) The application relied under sub-rule (1) must be the applicants’ first application in a convention country for the same geographical indications and for all or some of the goods under that application. The application must include a statement indicating the filing date of the foreign application relied upon, the convention country where it was filed, the serial number, if available and a statement indicating the convention application date as claimed.
(4) Where a single application under sub section (3) of section 11 from a convention country is received in respect of a geographical indications for one or more classes of goods, the applicant must establish a continuous valid basis for the convention application date in all classes.
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