Protection of ‘handicraft’ as geographical indications under municipal law, TRIPS and BTAs vis-à-vis CETA: ‘Bangladeshi Jamdani’ as case study

Karim, Mohammad Ataul; Karim, Mohammad Ershadul

doi:10.4337/qmjip.2017.01.03

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“…In spite of extensive production around the world, there is no consensus on common definition of handicrafts [22,23]. Such as Fabeil et al [24] describes that Handicraft refers to handmade products that have artistic and cultural attraction based on their material, design and workmanship.…”

Section: Handicraftsmentioning

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Preservation of Cultural Heritage Embodied in Traditional Crafts in the Developing Countries. A Case Study of Pakistani Handicraft Industry

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Cultural heritage embodied in traditional crafts is an integral part of any nation which reflects the culture and tradition of a particular region. Although the importance of handicraft has been widely recognized, the literature regarding preservation of traditional craft is scarce. The present paper aimed to explore and identify issues faced by traditional craftsmanship in developing countries and to address those issues in order to contribute to the sustainability of traditional craft heritage and ensure continuous transmission of craft skills and knowledge from generation to generation. Our study identified several key issues which poses substantial challenges to the preservation of traditional craft heritage in developing countries. In order to add empirical evidence, we examined the case of Pakistani handicraft industry that provided further understanding of highlighted issues which traditional craft heritage face. We have suggested some policies to promote, develop and preserve the traditional craft heritage. The significance of these policy suggestions is underlined with the case study of Pakistan.

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Section: Handicraftsmentioning

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Preservation of Cultural Heritage Embodied in Traditional Crafts in the Developing Countries. A Case Study of Pakistani Handicraft Industry

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“…Pro‐cultural and emotionally driven arguments for enacting GI legislation of Bangladesh may only remain as rhetoric if practical challenges and impacts are not taken into due consideration. In the highly competing global trade realties, Bangladeshi system must be equipped with all kinds of amenities and legal mechanism to promote and protect domestic products and industry (Karim & Karim, , p. 66 et sequentes ). It is clear that a comprehensive policy commensurate with GI legal and institutional framework must be adopted for harnessing geographical indications products of Bangladesh.…”

Section: Challenges and Ramifications Of Geographical Indications Of mentioning

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“…It has been the global, regional and domestic reality that GI has been protected through diverse way rather than having a uniform way of protection all over the world. Defining the GI is not an easy task, particularly when it comes to the domestic jurisdiction because of heterogeneous protection systems (Karim & Karim, , p. 52 et sequentes ). However, under the auspices of TRIPS, there is a good progression in denoting what could be termed as GI by the member states.…”

Section: Trips Compatibility Of Bangladeshi Geographical Indications Lawmentioning

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TRIPS compatibility of Bangladeshi legal regime on geographical indications and its ramifications: A comparative review

Karim

2018

World Intellectual Property

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This paper, as the title suggests, explores TRIPS compatibility of Bangladeshi legal regime on geographical indications along with its challenges and potential impacts. The global transformation of IPRs regime, as significantly developed by TRIPS Agreement, was and still is not a pleasant journey for many countries in general and for the least developed countries (LDCs) in particular. Arguably, the developing nations and LDCs were not able to negotiate their interests adequately in the drafting process of TRIPS. However, TRIPS is a global reality now and WTO members are inherently under an obligation to replicate TRIPS principles and guidelines in their domestic legal regimes. Bangladesh, as a member of WTO, has started to redesign its legal frameworks to be among the TRIPS compliant countries. In this process of transformation, sui generis Legislation along with a Rule for the protection of geographical indications has been enacted by Bangladesh. This paper sheds light on the two key issues—TRIPS compatibility of Bangladeshi GI legal regime and unexplored challenges of geographical indications of Bangladesh. Placing the TRIPS as the guiding document, this paper compares the Geographical Indication Law of Bangladesh and provides some critical observations in appropriate cases.

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“…The sustainable development of intangible cultural heritage is a hot topic, and among these categories of intangible cultural heritage, traditional crafts are one of the most important categories. The current academic research on handicrafts is mainly focused on an anthropological perspective, that is, discussing handicraft features [1,2], discussing handicraft problems and suggestions, formulation of new policies [3], mechanism of inheritance of traditional Chinese crafts [4], and workshops [5] promoting the sustainable development of traditional crafts. In recent years, with the rapid development of research and application of network technology, 3D printing, virtual reality, augmented reality and other technologies, digital technology is playing an increasingly important role in the field of cultural heritage protection and inheritance, and it also contributes to the sustainable development of traditional folk crafts.…”

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Creativity and Sustainable Design of Wickerwork Handicraft Patterns Based on Artificial Intelligence

Wang

Liu

2023

Sustainability

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Protecting and inheriting local traditional handicrafts and developing them into characteristic handicraft industries plays a certain role in maintaining social harmony and stability. This study proposes an innovative design method for wickerwork patterns to achieve the sustainable development of wickerwork handicraft culture. In order to accurately grasp the emotional perception law of wickerwork handicraft patterns and creatively generate wickerwork pattern design schemes in accordance with the user’s emotional preference, a wickerwork pattern design method based on deep learning is proposed. Firstly, the image recognition model of the Funan wickerwork patterns is established by using the ResNet. The experimental results show that the best recognition rate of ResNet34 for the whole pattern design image dataset is 94.36%, the recognition rate of modern patterns is 95.92%, and the recognition rate of traditional wickerwork patterns is 93.45%. Secondly, based on deep convolution generative adversarial network (DCGAN), a design scheme generation model of Funan wickerwork patterns is built. DCGAN can automatically and creatively generate pattern design schemes that can effectively stimulate consumers’ emotional feelings. Finally, the designer uses creative pictures as a source of inspiration, innovates the design of the generated images, and designs wickerwork patterns with exquisite personality. This proposed method will increase the diversity of patterns and promote the sustainable development of traditional wickerwork techniques. Moreover, this proposed method can help design companies identify customers’ psychological needs and support designers in innovatively and efficiently creating new cultural innovation design solutions.

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Protection of ‘handicraft’ as geographical indications under municipal law, TRIPS and BTAs vis-à-vis CETA: ‘Bangladeshi Jamdani’ as case study

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Preservation of Cultural Heritage Embodied in Traditional Crafts in the Developing Countries. A Case Study of Pakistani Handicraft Industry

Preservation of Cultural Heritage Embodied in Traditional Crafts in the Developing Countries. A Case Study of Pakistani Handicraft Industry

TRIPS compatibility of Bangladeshi legal regime on geographical indications and its ramifications: A comparative review

Creativity and Sustainable Design of Wickerwork Handicraft Patterns Based on Artificial Intelligence

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