After Jamdani, Hilsa and Kshirshapati Mango, Dhakai Muslin, Silk of Rajshahi, Shataranji of Rangpur, Kalijira of Dinajpur, Kataribhog and White Soil of Vijaypur of Bangladesh were registered as Geographical Indication Products (GI). As a result, these were also recognized all over the world as Bangladesh's own products.
Concerned people said that although all the official work in this regard was finalized in February, the Ministry of Industry has not yet made an official announcement. An announcement could be made next month.
In this atmosphere, World Intellectual Property Day is being celebrated on April 26. On the occasion of the day, a seminar has been organized online by the Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, an organization under the Ministry of Industries. This time the theme of the day is 'Intellectual Property and SMEs: Planning and Marketing'.
Industries Secretary KM Ali Azam told that Jamdani was recognized as the country's first GI product in 2016, Hilsa in 2017 and Kshirshapati Mango in 2019. After a long process, all the official work of recognizing Dhaka Muslin, Rajshahi Silk, Rangpur's Shataranji, Dinajpur's Kalijira, Kataribhog and Vijaypur's white soil as GI product of Bangladesh has been finalized in February. However, the government has not yet made an announcement. There are plans to make an announcement soon.
Geographical Indication Products (GI
for short) is one of the branches of intellectual property. If a country's
soil, water, weather, climate and the culture of its people play the most
important role in producing a unique quality product, it is recognized as the
GI of that country. It is not possible to produce a product of the same quality
anywhere except in that area.
Although Bangladesh is rich in history and heritage, for a long time there was no GI law and there was no opportunity to protect the ownership of the country's geographical indicators. Under the direction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Geographical Indicative Products (Registration and Protection) Act, 2013 and the Geographical Indicative Products (Registration and Protection) Rules, 2015 were formulated.
After that the way to register the
country's geographical indicator or GI product is easy. The Department of
Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT), an organization under the Ministry of
Industry, registered Jamdani as the first traditional product in the country in
2016. Then in 2017 Hilsa and in 2019 Kshirshapati Mango were recognized as GI
products. This time Bangladesh got six more products.
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