144. The representative of Australia posed the following questions to Sri Lanka. (i) Was "Dilmah" a registered trademark in Australia? (ii) How the protection of geographical indications could solve the patent problem that the representative of Sri Lanka had talked about? (iii) Did Sri Lanka protect any geographical indications in its own market? If it did not, it would be ruled out of any chance of protection abroad because of the exception provisions in the TRIPS Agreement.
