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ARTICLE-22: Protection of Geographical Indications [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. A
Member shall, ex officio if its legislation so permits or
at the request of an interested party, refuse or invalidate the
registration of a trademark which contains or consists of a
geographical indication with respect to goods not originating in the
territory indicated, if use of the indication in the trademark for
such goods in that Member is of such a nature as to mislead the
public as to the true place of origin. ...
ARTICLE-24: International Negotiations; Exceptions [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Members
agree to enter into negotiations aimed at increasing the protection
of individual geographical indications under Article 23. The
provisions of paragraphs 4 through 8 below shall not be used by
a Member to refuse to conduct negotiations or to conclude bilateral
or multilateral agreements. In the context of such negotiations,
Members shall be willing to consider the continued applicability of
these provisions to individual geographical indications whose use was
the subject of such negotiations. ...
ARTICLE-31: Other Use Without Authorization of the Right Holder [go to this ARTICLE]
... (k) Members are not obliged to apply the conditions set forth in
subparagraphs (b) and (f) where such use is permitted to
remedy a practice determined after judicial or administrative process
to be anti-competitive. The need to correct anti-competitive
practices may be taken into account in determining the amount of
remuneration in such cases. Competent authorities shall have the
authority to refuse termination of authorization if and when the
conditions which led to such authorization are likely to recur; ...