KVIC has applied to WIPO for Intl Registration of Khadi as brand name: MSME Min
Updated: Jul 30, 2015 05:29:58pm
New Delhi, July 30 (KNN) KVIC has applied to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for International registration of Khadi as Brand name for various Khadi & Village Industries products, Parliament was informed today.
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has been participating in International Trade Fair/ Exhibitions in India & abroad to market KVIC products all over the world, Minister of State, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Giriraj Singh said in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
KVIC has also been assisting KVI Institutions to participate in such Exhibitions to provide markets for their products as well as promote Khadi abroad.
Khadi has been registered as a Brand in Germany by a German company viz. M/s. Khadi Natruprodukte GmbH & Co KG Zur weser 5, 31737 Rintein and is being used for selling its products.
There are three Community Trade Marks (CTM) viz. (i) CTM 8216343 registered on 26.01.2010, (ii) CTM 10479954 registered on 02.05.2012 & (iii) CTM 13118724 registered on 13.11.2014 in the European Union in Brand name Khadi.
KVIC has filed an invalidation action against all three CTMs by engaging an expert legal agency for deregistration of these three Community Trade Marks.
The initiatives taken by KVIC to brand and sell Khadi all over the world are - Registration of Khadi as Brand under WIPO to promote KVI products worldwide; and Marketing of KVI products online domestically and internationally. (KNN Bureau)
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has been participating in International Trade Fair/ Exhibitions in India & abroad to market KVIC products all over the world, Minister of State, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Giriraj Singh said in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
KVIC has also been assisting KVI Institutions to participate in such Exhibitions to provide markets for their products as well as promote Khadi abroad.
Khadi has been registered as a Brand in Germany by a German company viz. M/s. Khadi Natruprodukte GmbH & Co KG Zur weser 5, 31737 Rintein and is being used for selling its products.
There are three Community Trade Marks (CTM) viz. (i) CTM 8216343 registered on 26.01.2010, (ii) CTM 10479954 registered on 02.05.2012 & (iii) CTM 13118724 registered on 13.11.2014 in the European Union in Brand name Khadi.
KVIC has filed an invalidation action against all three CTMs by engaging an expert legal agency for deregistration of these three Community Trade Marks.
The initiatives taken by KVIC to brand and sell Khadi all over the world are - Registration of Khadi as Brand under WIPO to promote KVI products worldwide; and Marketing of KVI products online domestically and internationally. (KNN Bureau)
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