Indian sweets, drinks and clothes get copyrights

9:55 PM Posted by India Report


Places famous for their food, drink or clothes  like Tirupati Ladu, Goa Feni and Banarsi Saree - from much before the days of copyrights and trademarks won the exclusive right to use these names in 2009.

After a lull of more than two years, the Chennai-based Geographical Indication Registry dusted off old applications and granted GI certificates to' Tirupati Ladu', a sweet manufactured by the Tirumala- Tirupati Devasthanam-administered Lord Venkateswara Temple, the' Banarasi Sarees', famous for fine quality and elaborate patterns woven in silk in Banaras city in Uttar Pradesh, and the' Goan Feni', a fermented drink made from cashew or rice in Goa.

While modern copyright laws as we know it originated in Britain as late as 1662, these products that have been given GI rights have been in production since yore.

source : http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/728498/FeaturedArticles/14/54/14

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