Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

13.   Availability of protection regardless of registration and presumption

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    (1)   Protection under this Act shall be available regardless of whether the geographical indication has been registered. However, registration of a geographical indication under Part 2 of this Act shall, in any proceedings under this Act, raise a presumption that such indication is a geographical indication within the meaning of section 2.

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    (2)   Protection under this Act shall be available against a geographical indication which, although literally true as to the territory, region or locality in which the goods originate, falsely represents to the public that the goods originate in another territory.