Table of contents Foreword by Dev S. Gangjee Preface Acknowledgements Introduction I: GLOBALIZATION, GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS AND THE 'INDIAN IDENTITY' India and Globalization, Opportunities and Risks An Analysis of the Diversity of Legal Concepts Underlying GIs GIs on Handicraft Goods in India Compared to France/Europe Indian GIs for Agricultural Goods? Uniqueness Justified by Natural and Historical Factors II : THE PECULIARITIES OF THE ROLE OF THE STATE FOR THE PROTECTION OF GIS IN INDIA, COMPARED TO FRANCE AND EUROPE The Influence of WTO on the Role of the State in the International Protection of GIs The Decline of the Role of the State in France and Europe The Interventionism of the Indian State The Legitimacy of the Involvement of the Indian State III : AN ESSAY ON THE PARTICULARISM OF GIS AS INTELLECTUAL RIGHT An Intellectual Right Characterized by the Dismemberment of the Right to Use A Collective Right to Use Tinted with Public Law General Conclusion Bibliography Index