Orissa's unique Kotpad tribal textile designs to be patented
20 Feb '06
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State government has initiated the procedure to patent the exclusive and original textile designs from Orissa, so that the textile companies are unable to replicate them.
Golak Bihari Nayak, Handloom and Textiles Minister, said that the request will be presented to the Centre under the Geographical Identification Act after the signing of Gatt treaty and also will be registered at the Patent Office in Chennai.
Kotpad design of tribals belonging to undivided Koraput district has already been registered while textile designs from Sambalpuri, Berhampuri, Bomkei, Nuapatna and Sonepuri will be patented soon.
A project is being developed by the Xaviers Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, for reforming Sambalpuri Vastraly, a state cooperative enterprise, supported by National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), which would be then approved by the Centre.
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