India Loses Bid To Bar Pakistan From Using Basmati Rice Tag
India lost a bid seeking exclusive certification trademark rights for basmati rice in New Zealand. The New Zealand High Court dismissed India’s bid to secure exclusive rights over the Basmati Geographical Indication (GI) tag . The court cited the Basmati’s status as a shared heritage product of both India and Pakistan in the eyes of international regulators.The court ruling echoes similar decisions in Australia and Kenya that knocked back India’s bid to prohibit Pakistani rice producers from usi