Kalahandi's `Habaspuri’s textile craft, designs to be patented

Orissa’s textile craft, designs to be patented
Expressbuzz, Sept 16, 2009

BHUBANESWAR: The famous traditional textiles craft and designs of Sambalpuri tie and dye, Nuapatna `Khandua’ designs, Kalahandi `Habaspuri’, `Bomkai’, Sambalpuri `Pasapalli’ design, Nuapatna tie and dye, Berhampur `Kumbha’ design and silk sarees and Banki Dhalapathar temple design fabrics would soon be patented.


The Department of Textiles and Handloom has begun taking steps to register the traditional designs under the Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, Textiles and Handlooms Commissioner Arti Ahuja has said.

A team of experts on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) led by Prof S Tripathy has already conducted a field survey on these textile art and designs. The team is also conducting training and sensitisation programmes for weavers and artisans in Khurda, Banki, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Nuapatna, Sonepur and other parts of the State to educate them on IPR and how to protect their ancestral craft. Award winning weavers, master weavers and all stakeholders are being trained on geographical indication, copyrights and design patent.

Orissa has got around 250 traditional textiles designs and craft, which would all be patented gradually, she said.

In 2006-07, the department has already got patents for the Kotpad Dyye and Orissan Ikat.