The Protection of Geographical Indications Act, no. 5 of 2004. Pays/Territoire Jamaïque Type du document Législation Date 2004 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Agriculture et développement rural, Alimentation et nutrition Mot clé Produits agricoles Coopérative/organisation de producteurs Enregistrement Cour/tribunaux Infractions/sanctions Boissons Viticulture/pratiques vinicoles Droits de propriété intellectuelle/brevets Aire géographique Amériques, Caraïbes, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Petits états insulaires en développement Résumé This Act, consisting of 19 articles, divided into five Parts, provides for protecting geographical indications and preventing their misleading use. The Act defines: geographical indication, as 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; good as any natural or agricultural product or my product of industry or handicraft. The Act concerns: application to the court to prevent unfair competition, misuse of geographical indications, and misuse of the origin of wine and spirits; protection of homonymous geographical indications; geographical indications excluded from protection; offences; registration of geographical indications and application for registration; right to use geographical indications; Ministerial power to issue Regulations; special provisions related to trademarks; trademarks conflicting with geographical indications concerning wine and spirits. Texte intégral Anglais Site web laws.moj.gov.jm Références - Législation Implementé par The Protection of Geographical Indications Regulations, L. N. 119 of 2009. Législation | Jamaïque | 2009 Mot clé: Produits agricoles, Autorisation/permis, Commerce/industrie/sociétés, Enregistrement, Royalties/redevances, Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amendé par The Protection of Geographical Indications (Amendment) Act, no. 11 of 2018. Législation | Jamaïque | 2018 Mot clé: Produits agricoles, Gouvernance, Enregistrement, Autorisation/permis, Boissons, Droits de propriété intellectuelle/brevets Source: FAO, FAOLEX