<p>Karnataka leads the way with 32 GIs (Geographical Indications) among all states in India, according to the Trade Marks & GI Registry attached to the Intellectual Property Office of India. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The state currently holds seven agriculture-based GIs while the rest are in the areas of handlooms and handicrafts, said Chinnaraja G Naidu, Assistant Registrar, Trade Marks & GI Registry in Bangalore on Monday. “Despite this there has been a lack of understanding and awareness by many GIs as to how to derive commercial benefit from GI tag,” Naidu said at a workshop and exposition on Geographical Indications (GI) with the focus on creating economic value generation for Indian GIs. <br /><br />Since 2003, the Trade Marks & GI Registry, Intellectual Property Office has received 463 application for GI out of which 195 have been registered. Of these 195 GIs, only a handful have seen commercial successes, Naidu said. <br /><br />The workshop which saw participation from industry, the central and Karnataka government departments and several leading GI stakeholders in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.<br /><br />Geographical Indications refer to a country or to a place as being the country or place of origin of a particular product. Typically, such a name conveys an assurance of quality and distinctiveness which is essentially attributable to the fact of its origin in that defined geographical locality, region or country. <br /></p>
<p>Karnataka leads the way with 32 GIs (Geographical Indications) among all states in India, according to the Trade Marks & GI Registry attached to the Intellectual Property Office of India. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The state currently holds seven agriculture-based GIs while the rest are in the areas of handlooms and handicrafts, said Chinnaraja G Naidu, Assistant Registrar, Trade Marks & GI Registry in Bangalore on Monday. “Despite this there has been a lack of understanding and awareness by many GIs as to how to derive commercial benefit from GI tag,” Naidu said at a workshop and exposition on Geographical Indications (GI) with the focus on creating economic value generation for Indian GIs. <br /><br />Since 2003, the Trade Marks & GI Registry, Intellectual Property Office has received 463 application for GI out of which 195 have been registered. Of these 195 GIs, only a handful have seen commercial successes, Naidu said. <br /><br />The workshop which saw participation from industry, the central and Karnataka government departments and several leading GI stakeholders in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.<br /><br />Geographical Indications refer to a country or to a place as being the country or place of origin of a particular product. Typically, such a name conveys an assurance of quality and distinctiveness which is essentially attributable to the fact of its origin in that defined geographical locality, region or country. <br /></p>
