[Commons-Law] Orissa to patent traditional textile designs
Via: TAHIR AMIN
Orissa to patent traditional textile designs
Bhubaneswar: Orissa plans to patent its traditional
textile designs to guard against their illegal copying
and marketing.
The state government had received complaints that some
manufacturers in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu were
blatantly copying the patterns and marketing their
products across the globe flaunting them as original
traditional Orissa textiles, said Sanatan Dalai,
additional deputy director of the state's textile
department.
The Sambalpuri, Berhampuri, Nuapatna, Sonepuri, Bomkei
and Kotapad textiles were being copied by producers
from others states, according to the complaints.
Orissa's traditional weavers manufacture these
textiles using the tie and die technique and weaving.
They contribute about half of Orissa's sales of all
textile products, estimated to be nearly Rs.1 billion
($22.5 million) per year, said the official.
"Since the outsiders are selling them at cheap prices,
it has affected the business of these indigenous
products," Dalai told IANS.
"We have registered the Kotapada textile design with
the central government under the Geographical
Indication Act that provides for the patenting of raw
materials, products, product process and technologies
exclusive to a region," he said.
The Kotpada pattern is popular for its unique look,
and tribals in the state's Koraput district use
organic materials like leaves, flowers and barks of
specific trees to produce dyes to produce the
textiles.
Orissa would soon register other textile designs under
the act, the official said.
Tahir Amin
Orissa to patent traditional textile designs
Bhubaneswar: Orissa plans to patent its traditional
textile designs to guard against their illegal copying
and marketing.
The state government had received complaints that some
manufacturers in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu were
blatantly copying the patterns and marketing their
products across the globe flaunting them as original
traditional Orissa textiles, said Sanatan Dalai,
additional deputy director of the state's textile
department.
The Sambalpuri, Berhampuri, Nuapatna, Sonepuri, Bomkei
and Kotapad textiles were being copied by producers
from others states, according to the complaints.
Orissa's traditional weavers manufacture these
textiles using the tie and die technique and weaving.
They contribute about half of Orissa's sales of all
textile products, estimated to be nearly Rs.1 billion
($22.5 million) per year, said the official.
"Since the outsiders are selling them at cheap prices,
it has affected the business of these indigenous
products," Dalai told IANS.
"We have registered the Kotapada textile design with
the central government under the Geographical
Indication Act that provides for the patenting of raw
materials, products, product process and technologies
exclusive to a region," he said.
The Kotpada pattern is popular for its unique look,
and tribals in the state's Koraput district use
organic materials like leaves, flowers and barks of
specific trees to produce dyes to produce the
textiles.
Orissa would soon register other textile designs under
the act, the official said.
Tahir Amin
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