India’s attempts to obtain exclusive rights to market its basmati rice have received a jolt in New Zealand and Kenya. Basically, both cases are interpreted as setbacks for New Delhi in obtaining a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the long-grained aromatic rice.

The New Zealand High Court dismissed an appeal by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda) against the dismissal of its application for a certification trade mark or certification mark for India’s basmati rice. A copy of the ruling made on October 30 has been made available now.

Apeda, the nodal authority for implementing the GI tag, sought the certification mark from the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) in February 2019. Five years later, the Assistant Commissioner f

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