What is a Geographical Indication (GI)? What are the legal frameworks governing it? How does it differ from a trademark? How can GI infringement be tackled?

GI rules - to detail procedure of GI recognition Trademarks vs GI tag: (1) Identify products based on characteristics - specialty product based on character, specialty reserved for geographic unique characteristics (2) Given to geo. Product collectively (3) Can be applied for and received everywhere (4) IPAI, MoD (5) Posted trade secret - protect geographic identity (6) Preserve brand - possess regional diversity How to tackle infringement: (1) Get GI recognition in multiple countries, internationally to prevent infringing GI (2) TRAI - document regional expertise and uniqueness for preventing piracy (3) Popular GI brands and market them - e.g. Baadri Kalpsuuri Incident (4) Agreements with nations - e.g. India - UK sepat GI (5) Awareness generation - among indigenous population (6) Litigation & court cases internationally to fight for legitimate recognition (7) Use of WTO - TRIPS & KRIPS etc.