GI Journal No. 135 1 April 30, 2020

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS JOURNAL NO. 135

APRIL 30, 2020 / VAISAKHA 12, SAKA 1942

GI Journal No. 135 2 April 30, 2020

INDEX

S. No. Particulars Page No.

1 Official Notices 4

2 New G.I Application Details 5

3 Public Notice 6

4 GI Applications

Kuttiattoor Mango (Kuttiattoor Manga) - GI Application No. 660 7

5 General Information

6 Registration Process

GI Journal No. 135 3 April 30, 2020

OFFICIAL NOTICES

Sub: Notice is given under Rule 41(1) of Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection) Rules, 2002.

1. As per the requirement of Rule 41(1) it is informed that the issue of Journal 135 of the Geographical Indications Journal dated 30th April, 2020 / Vaisakha 12, Saka 1942 has been made available to the public from 30th April, 2020.

GI Journal No. 135 4 April 30, 2020 NEW G.I APPLICATION DETAILS

App.No. Geographical Indications Class Goods

664 Aligarh Lock 6 Handicraft

665 Bakhira Metal Product 21 Handicraft

666 Banda Shazar Patthar Craft 14 Handicraft

667 Nagina Wood Craft of Uttar Pradesh 20 Handicraft

668 Pratapgarh Aonla 31 Agricultural

669 Nagri Dubraj 30 Agricultural

670 Amroha Dholak 15 Handicraft

671 Mahoba Gaura Patthar 14 Handicraft

672 Hathras Hing 30 Food Stuff

673 Mainpuri Tarkashi 20 Handicraft

674 Sambhal Horn Craft 20 Handicraft

675 Kanyakumari Cloves 30 Agricultural

676 Bengal Muslin 24 & 25 Textiles

677 Patchwork of Rampur 24, 25 & 26 Textiles

678 Bareilly Terracott 21 Handicraft

680 Myndoli Banana 31 Agricultural

681 Morena Gajak 30 Food Stuff

682 Assamese Gamocha 24 & 25 Textiles

683 Osmanabadi Goat 31 Agricultural

684 Spiti Chharma (Seabuckthorn) 31 Agricultural

685 Alibag White Onion 31 Agricultural

686 Attappady Aattukombu Avara 31 Agricultural

687 Attappady Thuvara 31 Agricultural

GI Journal No. 135 5 April 30, 2020

PUBLIC NOTICE

No.GIR/CG/JNL/2010 Dated 26th February, 2010

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“The Registrar may after notification in the Journal put the published Geographical Indications Journal on the internet, website or any other electronic media.”

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Registrar of Geographical Indications

GI Journal No. 135 6 April 30, 2020

Advertised under Rule 41 (1) of Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection) Rules, 2002 in the Geographical Indications Journal 135 dated April 30, 2020

G.I. APPLICATION NUMBER – 660 Application Date: 04-09-2019

Application is made by Kuttiattoor Mango Producer Society at C/o Krishibhavan, Kuttiattoor Panchayath, Ward No: VI, Building No: VI, 429, Post: Kuttiattoor, District: Kannur - 670 602, Kerala, India for Registration in Part A of the Register of Kuttiattoor Mango (Kuttiattoor Manga) under Application No. 660 in respect of Mango falling in Class – 31 is hereby advertised as accepted under Sub-section (1) of Section 13 of Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.

A) Name of the Applicant : Kuttiattoor Mango Producer Society

B) Address : Kuttiattoor Mango Producer Society, C/o Krishibhavan, Kuttiattoor Panchayath, Ward No: VI, Building No: VI, 429, Post: Kuttiattoor, District: Kannur - 670 602, Kerala, India

Facilitated By: IPR Cell - KAU, AICRP on MAP & B, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, Kerala Agricultural University P.O., Thrissur - 680656, Kerala, India.

C) Name of the Geographical Indication : Kuttiattoor Mango (Kuttiattoor Manga)

D) Types of Good : Class 31 - Mango

E) Specification:

Kuttiattoor mango (Kuttiattoor manga in Malayalam) is a popular and tasty traditional mango cultivar of Kuttiattoor and the nearby Grama Panchayaths of Kannur district, N. Kerala, India. This mango has maximum spread in Kuttiattoor panchayath. Trees of Kuttiattoor mango cultivar is a common sight in every homestead, school, public institution and roadsides of Kuttiattoor panchayath. The mango trees with large number of mangoes on them are a visual treat for anyone visiting Kuttiattoor during the months of March, April and May. It will not be an exaggeration to call Kuttiattoor as the ‘mango village’ of Kannur.

GI Journal No. 135 7 April 30, 2020 Even though this cultivar is most popularly known as Kuttiattoor mango, it is interesting to note that it is also known as ‘Nambiar manga’, ‘Kannapuram manga’, ‘Kunjimangalam manga’ and ‘Vadakkumbhagam manga’ in small pockets of Kannur district.

This mango is famous for its appealing colour (orange yellow) of flesh and rind and excellent taste and flavour. Another specialty is that ripened fruits do not show speckles or patches on the skin, making it more appealing in market. The distinctiveness of Kuttiattoor mango is aided by the combination of specific environmental conditions of the area of its cultivation and varietal characters.

Earliness in flowering is another advantageous feature of this cultivar. In Kuttiattoor and nearby areas flowering of this cultivar commences in the second week of November. The peak flowering is in the last fortnight of December. The time of fruit maturity is maximum during the last week of March and second week of April and extends up to middle of May. The mango harvest finishes before the onset of south-west monsoon. Earliness enhances the market value of this mango.

Morphological description:

Tree The tree of Kuttiattoor mango is having an attractive semi-circular crown shape with a crown diameter of 10.90 -15.90 m. Generally, all trees exhibit spreading type of growth habit. The height of the tree ranges between 13.50 - 16.10 m and trunk circumference ranges between 120.20 - 164.20 cm (Table 1).

Young leaf has ‘medium’ intensity of anthocyanin colouration. Leaves have light green colour with brownish tinge. The mature leaves are dark green in colour, without twisting of leaf, commonly with obtuse type of leaf base (rarely acute), acuminate type of leaf apex (rarely acute) and perpendicular (horizontal) petiole attitude in relation to shoot. The leaf blade length ranges from 21.83 to 22.46 cm and leaf blade width ranges from 6.08 to 6.33 cm. The spacing of secondary veins on leaf blade ranges from 1.31 to 1.49 cm. Petiole length ranges between 3.39 to 4.02 cm.

The anthocyanin colouration of inflorescence is absent or weak. Mostly floral axis and branches are pale green in colour, sometimes with slight pink tinge. The inflorescence length of the cultivar ranges from 20.33 to 23.95 cm and diameter from 17.80 to 20.54 cm.

Morphological characters of Kuttiattoor mango tree Sl no. Morphological character Description Tree 1 Crown shape Semi- circular 2 Crown diameter (m) 10.90 -15.90 3 Growth habit Spreading 4 Height (m) 13.50 - 16.10 5 Trunk circumference (cm) 120.20 -164.20 Leaf 6 Intensity of anthocyanin colouration in Medium young leaf 7 Colour of young leaf Light green with brownish tinge 8 Colour of mature leaf Dark green 9 Twisting of leaf absent 10 Shape of leaf base Obtuse (rarely acute) 11 Shape of leaf apex Acuminate (rarely acute) 12 Petiole attitude in relation to shoot Perpendicular 13 Leaf blade length (cm) 21.83 - 22.46

GI Journal No. 135 8 April 30, 2020 14 Leaf blade width (cm) 6.08 - 6.33 15 Spacing of secondary veins (cm) 1.31 - 1.49 16 Petiole length (cm) 3.39 - 4.02 Inflorescence 17 Anthocyanin Absent or weak colouration 18 Colour of floral axis Pale green (rarely with slight pink tinge) 19 Length (cm) 20.33 - 23.95 20 Diameter (cm) 17.80 - 20.54

Fruit - morphology

Mature fruits: The mature fruits have broad elliptic shape in cross section. Green colour of skin, medium colour contrast between lenticels and skin, absence of roughness of surface caused by lenticels, medium depth of stalk cavity, rounded outward shape of dorsal shoulder, rounded upward shape of ventral shoulder, absence of neck, absence of bulging on ventral shoulder, absence of sinus and absence of bulging of proximal stylar scar are the major characteristics of mature fruits of Kuttiattoor mango.

Morphological and quantitative characters of mature fruit Morphological characters of mature fruit of Kuttiattoor mango 1 Shape in cross section Broad elliptic 2 Colour of skin Only green 3 Colour contrast between lenticels and skin Medium 4 Roughness of surface caused by lenticels Absent 5 Nature of stalk cavity Medium 6 Shape of dorsal shoulder Rounded outward 7 Shape of ventral shoulder Rounded upward 8 Neck Absent 9 Bulging on ventral shoulder Absent 10 Sinus Absent 11 Bulging of proximal stylar scar Absent Quantitative characters of mature fruit of Kuttiattoor mango 12 Fruit length (cm) 8.78 - 9.18 13 Fruit width (cm) 8.11 - 8.30 14 Fruit Ratio (length/width) 1.07 - 1.10 15 Fruit weight(g) 290-325 16 Density of lenticels (per cm2) 6.36- 7.60 17 Size of lenticels (µm) 134.78 - 137.28 18 Diameter of stalk attachment (mm) 4.27 - 4.68

GI Journal No. 135 9 April 30, 2020 Ripe fruits The ripened fruits have very attractive colour and aroma. The predominant colour of skin and flesh of ripened fruits is yellow-orange. Ripened fruits do not show speckling or patches on the skin adding to the beauty of the fruit. Thickness of skin ranges from 1.02 mm to 1.09 mm (thin). Adherence of skin to flesh, firmness of flesh, juiciness, texture of flesh, amount of fiber attached to stone and amount of fiber attached to skin are ‘medium’. In other words, the flesh is neither very soft nor too firm and has medium juiciness. Flesh has yellow orange colour.

In this cultivar the relief of stone surface is ridged. Seed is reniform in shape. Polyembryonic nature is a unique feature of this variety. Kuttiattoor mango shows polyembryonic nature to the extent of 90 %. Even 5-7 seedlings can be seen emerging from a single seed.

Ripe fruit characters of Kuttiattoor mango Sl.No. Morphological characters Kuttiattoor 1. Predominant colour of skin Yellow orange 2. Speckling of skin Absent 3. Thickness of skin (mm) 1.02- 1.09 4. Adherence of skin to flesh Medium 5. Main colour of flesh Yellow orange 6. Firmness of flesh Medium 7. Juiciness Medium 8. Texture of flesh Medium 9. Amount of fibre attached to stone Medium 10. Amount of fibre attached to skin Medium 11. Relief of stone surface Ridged 12. Seed shape in lateral view Reniform 13. Seed embryony Polyembryony

The yield of the tree varies with climate of the specific year, age of the tree and different agricultural practices. A well grown tree of ten years of age yields 3-4 quintals per season. The yield increases with the age of the tree. Old trees of more than 30 years give eight quintals per season.

Fruit: Biochemical characters During ripening, the conversion of starch, acids and other insoluble substances into soluble form takes place resulting in sweetness of fruits. In mango, sugar concentrations are reported as Total Soluble Solids content and TSS gives rough idea of sweetness of fruits. TSS of fruits is a major quality parameter in mango. In Kuttiattoor mango TSS is medium and ranges from 12.62 to 15.40 0brix. Kuttiattoor mango has low Titratable acidity of 0.14 to 0.23 %. Mango fruit is an important source of Vitamin C. Ascorbic acid gives the amount of vitamin C and in Kuttiattoor mango, it ranged from 37.65 to 50.98 mg/100g. This mango is comparatively rich in Vitamin C giving antioxidant property. Mango is an excellent source of carotenoids among fruits. Yellow-orange flesh colour contributes more than just a beautiful hue to mango. The pigments that make up this colourful fruit, carotenoids, are known for their antioxidant qualities. Antioxidants help to repair damage to the body caused by free radicals. Carotenoids in fruits and vegetables are excellent sources for antioxidants and vitamin A. Carotenoids in this mango ranged from 4.48

GI Journal No. 135 10 April 30, 2020 to 7.66 mg/100g and crude fibre ranged from 2.56 per cent to 5.05 per cent.

Biochemical characters of Kuttiattoor mango

Sl. No. Character Range 1. Total Soluble Solids (˚Brix) 12.62 – 15.40 2. Titratable Acidity (%) 0.14 – 0.23 3. Carotenoids (mg/100g) 4.48 – 7.66 4. Ascorbic acid (mg/100g) 37.65 – 50.98 5. Crude fibre (%) 2.56 – 5. 05

F) Description:

Kuttiattoor mango is an early flowering genotype. It starts flowering by second week of November. The peak flowering period is in the third to fourth week of December and the fruit matures between last week of March to middle of May.

The mature fruits have broad elliptic shape in cross section. Green colour of skin, medium colour contrast between lenticels and skin, absence of roughness of surface caused by lenticels, medium depth of stalk cavity, rounded outward shape of dorsal shoulder, rounded upward shape of ventral shoulder, absence of neck, absence of bulging on ventral shoulder, absence of sinus and absence of bulging of proximal stylar scar are the major characters of mature fruits of Kuttiattoor mango. The fruit length ranges from 8.78 cm to 9.18 cm and the fruit width from 8.11cm to 8.30 cm. Fruit ratio ranges from 1.07 to 1.10. The density of lenticels ranges from 6.36 cm to 7.60 cm and the size of lenticels ranges from 134.78 µm to 137.28 µm. Diameter of stalk attachment ranges from 4.27 mm to 4.68 mm.

Ripened fruits have predominant colour of skin and flesh. Ripened fruits do not show speckling or patches on the skin. Thickness of skin ranges from 1.02 mm to 1.09 mm (thin). Adherence of skin to flesh, firmness of flesh, juiciness, texture of flesh, amount of fiber attached to stone and amount of fiber attached to skin are ‘medium’. In other words, the flesh is neither very soft nor too firm and have medium juiciness.

In this cultivar the relief of stone surface is ridged. Seed is reniform in shape. Kuttiattoor mango shows polyembryonic nature to a great extent (90%). Even 5-7 seedlings can be seen emerging from a single seed. Due to polyembryonic nature the seedlings possess the characters of mother tree.

G) Geographical area of Production and Map as shown in page no:

Kuttiattoor Mango is cultivated in 18 Grama panchayaths and 3 Municipalities, in Kannur district of north Kerala. These includes Kuttiattoor, Kolachery, Mayyil, Koodali, Munderi, Malappattam, Kunjimangalam, Ayyankunnu, Payam, Aralam, Kannapuram, Keezhallur, Narath, Pappinisseri, Kalliasseri, Cherukunnu, Ezhome, Pattuvam and Cheruthazham grama panchayaths and Mattannur, Keezhoor – Chavasherry, Thaliparambu and Andhoor Municipalities in Kannur Dst. Kerala. Major area of cultivation is in Kuttiattoor panchayath in Kannur, Kerala. Considerable area of cultivation is seen in Mayyil, Koodali, Munderi, Kunjimangalam, Ayyankunnu and Kannapuram panchayaths.

The area of production of Kuttiattoor mango cultivation lies between 75°15'19.373"E 12°6'49.449"N (North), 75°33'45.966"E 11°52'34.135"N (South), 75°53'8.13"E 11°56'38.165"N (East), 75°13'13.734"E 12°4'2.735"N (West)

GI Journal No. 135 11 April 30, 2020 H) Proof of Origin (Historical records):

According to the oral literature prevalent in the area it is believed that, nearly 300 years back, the seedlings of Kuttiattoor mango reached ‘Chaathoth Tharavadu’ of Kuttiattoor all the way from ‘Allada swaroopam’ or the ‘Neeleshwaram’ royal family of Neeleshwaram in Kasargode district. The people of Chathoth Tharavadu belonged to the Nambiar community.

Oral literature also tells that, a mango seller reached the ‘Irikkur’ local market with the mango fruits harvested from Chaathoth Tharavadu of Kuttiattoor panchayath and that mango got a wide acceptability in the market. When asked about the name of the mango, since it was harvested from a ‘Nambiar family’, the mango trader named it as ‘Nambiar manga’ or Nambiar mango. Eventually, the mango was known as ‘Nambiar manga’.

Later the cultivar found its way to other homesteads of Kuttiattoor area. Gradually the number of trees in Kuttiattoor increased tremendously with the joint efforts of the localites and Grama Panchayath and the mango became popular as “Kuttiattoor mango”. It will not be an exaggeration to call Kuttiattoor as ‘mango village’ of Kannur. At present in Kannur district, the mango of this particular cultivar is popularly known and marketed as ‘Kuttiattoor’ mango. It is also known as ‘Nambiar manga’, ‘Kannapuram manga’, ‘Kunjimangalam manga’ and ‘Vadakkumbhagam manga’ in small pockets.

A few trees which are believed to be 100 to 125 years can be seen in Kuttiattoor even today. Kuttiattoor mango tree is a common sight in every homestead, school, public institution and roadsides of Kuttiattoor village. The mango trees with large number of mangoes on them are a visual treat for anyone visiting Kuttiattoor during the months of March, April and May.

Mango is a fruit crop which is an integral part of the traditional Kerala culture. The close association of the localities with the cultivar in their day to day is evident from the various local rhymes, games and traditional culinary preparations prevalent in the region. The young branches and ripe leaves were used for brushing teeth in olden days. The tender mangoes are used for making tender mango pickle. In olden days, the mashed mango seed was used to make payasam and appam. ‘Maangakkachu’, made out of the sun-dried pulp of mango, was popular in the area years back. It is very similar to the mango bar available in markets now a days. Another culinary preparation popular in the area is ‘Mangapperakku’ made by mixing the ripe mango pieces with ground mustard, salt and dried whole red chilli. Unripe mango is added in fish curry also. The traditional method of ripening is by keeping the mangoes in card board boxes or sacks with the leaves of Kanjiram (Strychnos nux-vomica), dried grass and hay.

I) Method of Production:

Mango is adaptable to a wide range of climate and soil conditions and grows well from sea level up to about 1500 m above mean sea level. It withstands both fairly dry conditions and heavy rainfall. Kuttiattoor mango is grown in each and every homestead in Kuttiattoor and nearby panchayaths. Only green manures and natural plant protection measures are adopted for Kuttiattoor mango cultivation. Common agricultural practices are followed for cultivation of Kuttiattoor mango.

Topography and soil parameters of the area of cultivation

Topography The topography of Kuttiattoor area is rolling to hilly with 2 to 25 per cent slope. The slope aspect is towards West with trees and shrubs as the major type of vegetation. The soil is well drained and is not saline. Soil colour is noted to be yellowish red and reddish brown and the texture is gravely clay loam to gravely clay. Generally, the soil is acidic in nature.

GI Journal No. 135 12 April 30, 2020 Soil Information about site environment (soil and topography) Soil pH ranged from 4.47 to 6.51. Electrical conductivity ranged from 0.021 dSm-1 to 0.21 dSm-1. Organic Carbon varied from 0.73 per cent to 2.10 per cent. Available Nitrogen ranged from 837.19 kg/ha to 1315.58 kg/ha. Available Phosphorous ranged from 11.07 kg/ha to 84.16 kg/ha. Available Potassium ranged from 126.5 kg/ha to 618.11 kg/ha.

Soil parameters for Kuttiattoor area

Sl. No. Soil parameter Range 1. pH 4.47 to 6.51 2. Electrical conductivity (dSm-1) 0.021 to 0.21 3. Organic carbon (%) 0.73 to 2.1 4. Available Nitrogen (kg/ha) 837.19 to 1315.58 5. Available Phosphorous (kg/ha) 11.07 to 84.16 6. Available Potassium (kg/ha) 126.5 to 618.11

Climate and rainfall The area experiences tropical climate with high temperature during summer months and high rainfall during south west monsoon. The maximum and minimum rainfall is observed in July 2016 (859.7 mm) and February 2017 (nil), respectively. Maximum number of rainy days is in July 2016 (28 days) whereas, it is none in February. The total rainfall received for the year is 2729.4 mm. The relative humidity is maximum in June (95.53 per cent) and minimum in April (86.53 per cent). The mean relative humidity is 92.78 per cent. The highest maximum temperature is 40.79 °C in March and the lowest minimum temperature is 21.21 °C in January.

Season Kuttiattoor mango is an early flowering genotype. Kuttiattoor mango trees start flowering by second week of November. The peak flowering period is in the third to fourth week of December and the fruit matures between last week of March to middle of May.

Planting Planting is done in square system or hexagonal system. Pits are prepared of size 1 m x 1 m x 1 m. The pits are filled with mixture of topsoil and 10 kg of compost or FYM per pit to a level higher than the adjoining ground. Planting is done at the same depths as they were in the containers, preferably in the late evening. Deep planting results in poor growth of the plant.

Flowering Flowering of this cultivar commences in the second week of November. The peak flowering is in the last fortnight of December. The time of fruit maturity is maximum during the last week of March and second week of April and extends up to middle of May. The mango harvest finishes before the onset of south-west monsoon. Earliness enhances the market value of this mango.

Plant protection The mangoes face three problems: fruit flies, the nut weevil menace and anthracnose disease. Farmers use pheromone traps to control fruit fly. To control nut weevil, farmers keep the area near to the tree clean.

Grading Grading is mainly based on the size, colour and maturity of the fruits. While grading, smaller fruits are separated from the larger ones in order to achieve uniform ripening. Immature, overripe, damaged and diseased fruits are discarded in the process of grading.

GI Journal No. 135 13 April 30, 2020 Packing Wooden or cardboard boxes, rectangular in shape and bamboo baskets having capacity to accommodate 5 to 8kg. of fruit is used for packaging and transportation of mango fruits. The most commonly used containers are ventilated card board boxes of corrugated fibre board (CFB) cartons. Size of the box varies to accommodate 5 to 10 kg. of fruit.

Marketing and Production Early fruiting, early maturity and the final harvest before monsoon season are the major favourable advantages of Kuttiattoor mango compared to other genotypes. Earliness in the market fetches a premium price up to Rs.130/ kg which lowers up to Rs. 40/kg during the peak season. The average production of this mango is to the tune of over 1000 tonnes/year.

J) Uniqueness:

Kuttiattoor mango is famous for its earliness in flowering, fruiting, appealing flesh colour (orange yellow) and excellent taste. It is an early flowering genotype. Kuttiattoor mango trees start flowering by second week of November. The peak flowering period is in the third to fourth week of December and the fruit matures between last week of March to middle of May. So the mango fruits are less damaged by rain.

Ripened fruits have predominant orange yellow colour for skin and flesh. Ripened fruits did not show speckling or patches on the skin. The skin is comparatively thin and thickness of skin ranges from 1.02 mm to 1.09 mm. Adherence of skin to flesh, firmness of flesh, juiciness, texture of flesh, amount of fiber attached to stone and amount of fiber attached to skin are ‘low’. In other words, the flesh is neither very soft nor too firm and have medium juiciness.

Kuttiattoor mangoes have broad elliptic shape in cross section. Medium colour contrast between lenticels and skin, absence of roughness of surface caused by lenticels, medium depth of stalk cavity, rounded outward shape of dorsal shoulder, rounded upward shape of ventral shoulder, absence of neck, absence of bulging on ventral shoulder, absence of sinus and absence of bulging of proximal stylar scar are the major characteristics of mature fruits of Kuttiattoor mango. The fruit length ranges from 8.78 to 9.18 cm and the fruit width from 8.11 to 8.30 cm. Fruit ratio (length/ width) ranges from 1.07 to 1.10. The mature fruit has medium size and weight ranges between 290-325 g. The density of lenticels ranges from 6.36 to 7.60 per cm2 and the size of lenticels ranges from 134.78 to 137.28 µm. Diameter of stalk attachment ranges from 4.27 to 4.68 mm.

TSS of fruits is a major quality parameter in mango. In Kuttiattoor mango TSS is medium and ranges from 12.62 to 15.40 0brix. Kuttiattoor mango has a low Titratable acidity of 0.14 to 0.23 %. Mango fruit is an important source of Vitamin C. Ascorbic acid gives the amount of vitamin C and in Kuttiattoor mango, it ranged from 37.65 to 50.98 mg/100g. This mango is comparatively rich in Vitamin C giving antioxidant property. Carotenoids in fruits and vegetables are excellent sources for antioxidants and vitamin A. Carotenoids in this mango ranged from 4.48 to 7.66 mg/100g and crude fibre ranged from 2.56 per cent to 5.05 per cent.

The Kuttiattoor mango is poly-embryonic. Due to poly embryonic nature (up to 90%) the seedlings possess characters of mother tree.

K) Inspection Body:

Inspection body will be constituted with the following members 1. Director of Research, Kerala Agricultural University 2. Principal Agricultural Officer, Kannur district, Kerala 3. Coordinator, IPR Cell, Kerala Agricultural University

GI Journal No. 135 14 April 30, 2020 4. Programme coordinator, KVK Kannur 5. President of Kuttiattoor Gramapanchayath 6. President of Mayyil Gramapanchayath 7. President of Kolachery Gramapanchayath 8. President of Malappattam Gramapanchayath 9. Assistant Director of Agriculture, Irikkoor 10. Assistant Director of Agriculture, Kalliasseri 11. Agricultural Officer, Kuttiattoor Krishibhavan 12. Agricultural Officer, Mayyil Krishibhavan 13. Agricultural Officer, Kunjimangalam 14. President, Kuttiattoor Mango Producer Society 15. Secretary, Kuttiattoor Mango Producer Society

L) Others:

Kuttiattoor Mango Producer Company

Early fruiting, early maturity and the final harvest before monsoon season are the major favourable advantages of Kuttiattoor mango compared to other genotypes. Earliness in the market fetches a premium price up to Rs.130/ kg which lowers up to Rs. 40/kg during the peak season. The average production of this mango is to the tune of over 1000 tonnes/year. The traditional whole sale market dealers exploit this wonder fruit by making contract with the unorganised farmers at a meagre amount. To address this issue this ICAR KVK Kannur of Kerala Agricultural University with financial support from NABARD, a producer company named Kuttiattoor Mango Producer Company was registered under Company’s Act 1956.

The above mentioned Company is now involved in harvesting, grading, marketing and processing of mangoes to get better prices than before by directly involving in all operations. In addition to the domestic market, Company has started marketing this fruit to nearby districts like Kasaragod, Kozhikode and Wayanad. A mini processing plant at Kuttiattoor is now running by the Company for making value added products. According to the size and the beauty of the fruits grades are fixed and the mangoes that go above 300 gm / fruit get the premium price. Mangoes are taken to major markets like Farook and Vadakara of Kozhikkode district, Manjeri of Malappuram district, Perambra and Kanjagad of Kasaragod district and Thaliparambu, Thalasseri, Mattannur of Kannur district. Whole sale dealers play an important role in marketing of the mangoes from the region.

The above Company in association with State Department of Agriculture opened sales outlets at various centres of the district to market premium grade mangoes to exploit domestic marketing potential. This has already laid foundation to market larger quantity of this mango under GI tag. Entrepreneurship training on “processing and value addition” of this fruit is given to selected women and youth of Kuttiattoor panchayath by KVK Kannur for the production of pickle, jam, squash, green mango squash, mango powder, and mango bar. Approximately 350 tonnes of Kuttiattoor mangoes are collected per year. Ripened mangoes in large quantities are taken from this region during Pinarayi Maholsavam to be served as fruit.

As most of the trees are old and senile the harvesting is becoming a problem and a separate business plan has already been envisaged to produce grafted seedlings by collecting scions from the old trees producing premium quality fruits to make their short statured offsprings and also to address later issues on harvesting.

GI Journal No. 135 15 April 30, 2020 GI Journal No. 135 16 April 30, 2020 General Information

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Examples of possible Geographical Indications in India: Some of the examples of Geographical Indications in India include Basmati Rice, Darjeeling Tea, Kancheepuram silk saree, Alphonso Mango, Nagpur Orange, Kolhapuri Chappal, Bikaneri Bhujia etc.

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Who can apply for the registration of a Geographical Indication? Any association of persons, producers, organization or authority established by or under the law can apply. The applicant must represent the interest of the producers. The application should be in writing in the prescribed form. The application should be addressed to the Registrar of Geographical Indications along with prescribed fee.

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Is registration of a Geographical Indication compulsory? While registration of Geographical indication is not compulsory, it offers better legal protection for action for infringement.

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GI Journal No. 135 17 April 30, 2020  The registered proprietor and authorized users can initiate infringement actions.  The authorized users can exercise right to use the Geographical indication.

Who can use the registered Geographical Indication? Only an authorized user has the exclusive rights to use the Geographical indication in relation to goods in respect of which it is registered.

How long is the registration of Geographical Indication valid? Can it be renewed? The registration of a Geographical Indication is for a period of ten years. Yes, renewal is possible for further periods of 10 years each. If a registered Geographical Indications is not renewed, it is liable to be removed from the register.

When a Registered Geographical Indication is said to be infringed?  When unauthorized use indicates or suggests that such goods originate in a geographical area other than the true place of origin of such goods in a manner which misleads the public as to their geographical origins.  When use of Geographical Indication results in unfair competition including passing off in respect of registered Geographical indication.  When the use of another Geographical Indication results in a false representation to the public that goods originate in a territory in respect of which a Geographical Indication relates.

Who can initiate an infringement action? The registered proprietor or authorized users of a registered Geographical indication can initiate an infringement action.

Can a registered Geographical Indication be assigned, transmitted etc? No, A Geographical Indication is a public property belonging to the producers of the concerned goods. It shall not be the subject matter of assignment, transmission, licensing, pledge, mortgage or such other agreement. However, when an authorized user dies, his right devolves on his successor in title.

Can a registered Geographical Indication or authorized user be removed from the register? Yes, The Appellate Board or the Registrar of Geographical Indication has the power to remove the Geographical Indication or authorized user from the register. The aggrieved person can file an appeal within three months from the date of communication of the order.

How a Geographical Indication differs from a trade mark? A trade mark is a sign which is used in the course of trade and it distinguishes good or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises. Whereas a Geographical Indication is used to identify goods having special Characteristics originating from a definite geographical territory.

GI Journal No. 135 18 April 30, 2020 THE REGISTRATION PROCESS

In December 1999, Parliament passed the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act 1999. This Act seeks to provide for the registration and protection of Geographical Indications relating to goods in India. This Act is administered by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, who is the Registrar of Geographical Indications. The Geographical Indications Registry is located at Chennai.

The Registrar of Geographical Indication is divided into two parts. Part ’A’ consists of particulars relating to registered Geographical indications and Part ‘B’ consists of particulars of the registered authorized users. The registration process is similar to both for registration of geographical indication and an authorized user which is illustrated below:

Filing an Application

Examination Objection Opportunity Refused for Hearing

Acceptance

Advertisement of Opposition, Allowed or Appeal to Application in GI Journal If any refused IPAB

Application allowed

Entry in GI Register Particulars of Registered GI entered in Part A of the Register

Particulars of Registered AU GI entered in Part B of the Register Registration Certificate issued

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