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| | SICE - IP/National Legislation - Trinidad & Tobago |
 | | (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. |
 | | “geographical indication” means an indication which identifies a good 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 good is essentially attributable to its geographical origin; |
 | | In the case of homonymous geographical indications for wines, protection shall be accorded to each indication, subject to paragraph (b) of section 4. |
| www.sice.oas.org /int_prop/nat_leg/Trinidad/GeoInd96.asp (1711 words) |
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