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See Frederick Noronha, ‘Seeking GI Protection For Feni, An Indian Brew With A Strong Whiff’, Intellectual Property Watch (April 9, 2008) available at http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2008/04/09/seeking-GI-protection-for-feni-an-indian-brew-with-a-strong-whiff/ (Last visited on 23/7/09)

See Lisa P Lukose, ‘Rationale and Prospects of the Protection of Geographical Indication: An Inquiry’, Journal of Intellectual Property Rights, March 2007, pp 212-223

See Dr. Sudhir Ravindran & Arya Mathew, ‘The Protection of Geographical Indication in India – Case Study on ‘Darjeeling Tea’’, International Property Rights Index, 2009.

The Tirupati laddu, made at Tirumala, is intensely sweet and made of tiny syrup-soaked balls called boondi. This is sold as ‘Prasadam’ of Lord Venkateshwara. The laddu, made from flour, sugar, ghee (clarified butter), oil, cardamom and dry fruits are bought from the auction at the Commodities and Spices Exchange in Kochi, and lifted into the kitchen by crane. Archakas, or hereditary priests, in the temple’s kitchen prepare around 50 million laddus every year for around 25 million visitors to the temple. TTD distributes one laddu to each visitor free of charge and sells them at Rs5 apiece. See‘Tirupati laddu likely to get IPR soon’, The Hindu, (Mar 16, 2009), available at , http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/16/stories/2009031657492000.htm (Last visited on 23/7/09) and C.R. Sukumar, ‘Patented offering: GI tag soon for Tirupati laddus’, Live Mint (November 19, 2008), ), available at , http://www.livemint.com/2008/11/19003200/Patented-offering-GI-tag-soon.html (Last visited on 23/7/09)

See ‘Tirupati laddu likely to get IPR soon’, The Hindu, (Mar 16, 2009), available at , http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/16/stories/2009031657492000.htm (Last visited on 23/7/09)

See Dr. Dev Gangjee, ‘Geographical Indications: Recent Developments In India’ Manupatra, available at,
http://articles.manupatra.com/PopOpenArticle.aspx?ID=05430e04-e049-4439-ad42-9c90ab3d0a01&txtsearch=Dr.%20Dev%20Gangjee (Last visited on 23/7/09)

See Dwijen Rangnekar, ‘A Laddu for Penance...or God's own GI!’, The Economic Times (April 23, 2009)

See Frederick Noronha, ‘Seeking GI Protection For Feni, An Indian Brew With A Strong Whiff’, Intellectual Property Watch (April 9, 2008) available at http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2008/04/09/seeking-GI-protection-for-feni-an-indian-brew-with-a-strong-whiff/ (Last visited on 23/7/09)

See ‘Tirupati laddu likely to get IPR soon’, The Hindu, (Mar 16, 2009), available at , http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/16/stories/2009031657492000.htm (Last visited on 23/7/09)

See Sunitha Natti, ‘TTD’s bid for GI status for laddus hits roadblock’ (29 Mar 2009) available at http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=TTD%E2%80%99s+bid
+for+GI+status+for+laddus+hits+roadblock&artid=mwXdxCx1EpA=&SectionID
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Laddu&SectionName=BUzPVSKuYv7MFxnS0yZ7ng (Last visited on 23/7/09)

See ‘GI for Tirupati laddoo?’ The Indian Express, (Feb 23, 2009), available at http://www.indianexpress.com/news/GI-for-tirupati-laddoo/426916/ (Last visited on 23/7/09

See J. Venkatesan, ‘‘Geographical Indication’ tag for Tirupati laddu challenged in Supreme Court’ Hindu (Oct 9, 2009) available online at http://www.thehindu.com/2009/10/09/stories/2009100960352200.htm (Last visited on 1/11/2009)

See Dr. N.N. Panicker, ‘TRIPS and Temple Trade: Monopoly extends to Trading of Faith’, available at http://secularcitizen.net/2009/05/ (Last visited on 23/7/09)

See Aysha Shaukat, ‘SpicyIP Tidbit: G.I for the Tirupati Laddu’, SpicyIP (November 22, 2008) available at http://spicyipindia.blogspot.com/2008/11/spicyip-tidbit-GI-for-tirupati-laddu.html, (Last visited on 23/7/09)