Amazon Caribbean Guyana Limited (AMCAR) is now the registered proprietor of Geographical Indication (GI) for hearts of palm from Barima in the North West District.
A notice from the Commercial Registry in Saturday’s edition of Stabroek News stated that AMCAR of 46 First Avenue, Subryanville, Georgetown, Guyana is the registered proprietor of Geographical Indication for “Barima Wild Hearts of Palm/Barima Wild Hearts of Manicole Palms/Barima Acai Hearts of Palm”.
The notice said that that there had been no objection to the registration of the said GI within the prescribed period.
AMCAR, which is owned by French investors, has operated here for decades and cans hearts of palm.
According to the World Intellectual Property Organization, a GI is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin. In order to function as a GI, a sign must identify a product as originating in a given place.
In addition, the qualities, characteristics or reputation of the product should be essentially due to the place of origin. Since the qualities depend on the geographical place of production, there is a clear link between the product and its original place of production.
