Modern Biopiracy Cases
Basmati GI dispute in the EU
2018 onwardIndia and PakistanEU Protected Geographical Indication applicationPan-Indian / unspecified
2018
India applied for exclusive basmati GI status in the EU, opposed by Pakistan.
- Dated
- 2018
- As scholars put it
- 2018 onward
- Originator
- India and Pakistan
- Source text
- EU Protected Geographical Indication application
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Modern Biopiracy Cases
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Background
Basmati is grown across the Indo-Gangetic plains of India and Pakistan. India registered basmati as a geographical indication at home in 2016 and in 2018 applied to the EU to register it as a Protected Geographical Indication. Pakistan opposed, seeking joint recognition, and registered basmati as a GI domestically in 2021.
Significance
A test of whether a product grown across a national border can be protected as one country's geographical indication.
Fair to say
Status was unresolved at last report.
Path to modern innovation
Ongoing test of regional GI protection.
Builds on
1997References
- 1EU records
- 2news reports
Further reading
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