Geographical Indications: Paithani Weaving
Geographical Indications: Paithani Weaving
Geographical Indications: Paithani Weaving
Paithani weaving
What is GI?
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Many goods possess their peculiar properties due to their geographical origin. GI is the best method to indicate the geographical origin of goods and services. Many agricultural products (tea, rice); dairy products (cheese), wines and spirits (Champagne) owe their special quality and reputation to their geographical place of growth or processing.
Protection of GI
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GI is not owned by a single owner Any producer in the region can use the GI on the product provided it is prepared by the norms set out for the use of that GI. GI is registered in the national register and is similar to the certification mark identifying the origin of the good. Govt. can register GI in the international register maintained by WIPO for world wide protection. It is an offence to use false GI on goods.
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The newest Geographical Indication (GI) certificate from India declares that henceforth only saris produced in Varanasi, Azamgarh, Chandauli, Jaunpur, Mirzapur and Sant Ravi Dass Nagar (Bhadohi) will be considered Benarsi saris. A GI certificate, which is granted by the Centre under the Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, is both a guarantee and protection. It guarantees that the product under consideration was produced in a specific geographical region or locality from where it draws its special characteristics.
Industrial Designs
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Capable of mass production or application on an article of utility Not contrary to public order or morality
The shape should not be determined merely by the functionality of the good.
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If the article is not mass produced or the design can not be applied on a useful article, the design would be an aesthetic work, protectable under copyright.
ID Protection
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Protects commercial exploitation of the design idea through products/articles that embody it or reproduce it and not the articles themselves.
Why to protect?
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IC Layouts are creations of human mind; There is lot of investment of time and money in the creation but copying is very cheap; Fertile area with new circuit designs made every day to cater for miniaturization and novel applications.
Trade Secret
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Trade Secrets
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Some inventions, data, information cannot be protected by any of the available means of IPRs. Such information is held confidential as a trade secret. Trade secret can be an invention, idea, survey method, manufacturing process, experiment results, chemical formula, recipe, financial strategy, client database etc.
Copyright
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Copyright
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Copyright protects literary and artistic works e.g. Books, lectures, dramatic and musical works, choreography, cinematography, drawings, paintings, architecture, sculpture, photographs, illustrations, maps, plans sketches etc. This is automatic right created with the creation of work and no registration is required
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Duration of Protection
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For books and other works of arts it is 50 to 70 years after the death of the author (the laws of different countries vary); For photographic work 25 years from making the work; For cinematic works 50 years after making the work available to public.
Related Rights
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Traditional Knowledge and Expression of Culture (Folklore) Biodiversity and Genetic Resources Electronic Commerce; Internet Domain Names; Protection of databases, software