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Article: GI garb for Banaras Silk set to save brand from duplication.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
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- September 20, 2009
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GI garb for Banaras Silk set to save brand from duplication
Indukant Dixit Varanasi, September 20, 2009 (PTI) - Weavers and traders in the silk industry here hope that the grant of patent rights to Banarasi handloom products will give a new lease of life to the exotic brand and save it from duplication in India's northern part here.
Various local hand-woven products known as 'Banarasi Silk' were granted the Geographical Indication (GI) status recently under the registered name of 'Banaras Brocades and Sarees'.
"GI registration for the silk products was required as duplicate Banarasi sarees and brocades were being produced outside the specified ...