Geographical Indications and The Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPS): A Case Study of Basmati Rice Exports

Kranti Mulik () and John Crespi

Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 2011, vol. 9, issue 1, 21

Abstract: The controversy over the granting of patenting rights to three new strains of Basmati rice by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is used as a case study to analyze the impact of incomplete protection of intellectual property. Results suggest that the introduction of a competing product that may infringe on India’s geographical indicator has lowered the product differentiation of Indian Basmati rice in key export markets.

Keywords: geographical indications; international market; TRIPS; Basmati; intellectual property rights; product differentiation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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