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A Cultural Economic Analysis of Crafts: A View from the Workshop of the World

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Most craft production is a pre-industrial cultural heritage which involves informal sector SME family enterprises producing for supplementary income or making crafts full time. Many artisans have less formal education, dislike taking risks, rely on intuitive understanding of domestic markets. They use modern technologies, so global access is not necessarily beyond their reach; but lack knowledge of Intellectual Property Protection (IPP), which is handled by lawyers or agencies using complex legal language. IPP Registration fees seem expensive, and low-cost crafts are not easy to protect. High legal costs challenging IP infringements can be prohibitive. In such a context the paper explores what criteria should be considered when helping crafts producers protect their IP?

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  1. 1.

    Jahangir Ahmad Bhat and Pushpender Yadav. Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review: The Sector of Handicrafts and its Share in Indian Economy: Dec 2016. p. 4.

  2. 2.

    Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) Brief Summary on Competitive study on Handicrafts Sector in China: EPCH.pdf. Available at http://www.epch.in/ChinaStudy/Summary.pdf.

  3. 3.

    Professor Uma Suthersanen, Queen Mary University of London. Protection of Handicraft Goods and Traditional Cultural Expressions . p. 9. Available at 04_IP4GROWTH TM2_Handicraft and Copyright Feb 2015_Suthersanen.pdf.

  4. 4.

    Hindustan Times: Original Sin: Chinese Copies Ruin Banarasi Saris Weavers: January 5, 2011.

  5. 5.

    Available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macram%C3%A9. Accessed May 2017.

  6. 6.

    The author, John Ballyn, made several visits to Kenya while living in Sri Lanka in the late 1980s. Here he found the Sri Lankan elephants in local Kenyan craft shops. The shop owners claimed that the products were made in Kenya .

  7. 7.

    ACID , Anti-Copying in Design is available at http://www.acid.uk.com/. Accessed May 2017.

  8. 8.

    ACID , Anti-Copying in Design. http://www.acid.uk.com/what-is-acid.html. Accessed May 2017.

  9. 9.

    ACID, Anti-Copying in Design. http://www.acid.uk.com/membership-fees.html. Accessed May 2017.

  10. 10.

    World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) . http://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html. Accessed May 2017.

  11. 11.

    World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/. Accessed May 2017.

  12. 12.

    World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Source: http://www.wipo.int/tools/en/gsearch.html?cx=016458537594905406506%3Ahmturfwvzzq&cof=FORID%3A11&q=Intellectual+property+protection+crafts. Accessed May 2017.

  13. 13.

    World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Source: Intellectual Property and Traditional Crafts. Wipo_pub_tk_5.pdf, p. 2. Accessed May 2017.

  14. 14.

    Terri Janke. World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Case Studies on Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions . 2003. Available at www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/tk/781/wipo_pub_781.pdf. Accessed May 2017.

  15. 15.

    Source: The author, John Ballyn, often worked in Rajasthan crafts workshops during the period 1979–1986, encountering block printers who spoke of the impact that the market shift to ikat had made on their income .

  16. 16.

    G7 countries include: Belgium, Canada, France , Germany , Italy , Japan , the Netherlands , Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States .

  17. 17.

    UK Government web site for Intellectual Property Matters. https://www.gov.uk/browse/business/intellectual-property. Accessed May 2017.

  18. 18.

    UK Government web site for Intellectual Property Matters. https://www.gov.uk/register-a-design/check-if-you-can-register-your-design. Accessed May 2017.

  19. 19.

    UK Government web site for Intellectual Property Matters. https://www.gov.uk/register-a-design/prepare-your-illustrations. Accessed May 2017.

  20. 20.

    UK Government web site for Intellectual Property Matters. https://www.gov.uk/register-a-design/apply. Accessed May 2017.

  21. 21.

    UK Government web site for Intellectual Property Matters. https://www.gov.uk/defend-your-intellectual-property. Accessed May 2017.

  22. 22.

    Source: http://solicitorsfee.co.uk/solicitors-hourly-rates.html. Accessed May 2017.

  23. 23.

    International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Marketing Crafts and Visual Arts: The Role of Intellectual Property: A Practical Guide, Geneva: ITC/WIPO, 2003. xiii, 135 p., p. 10.

  24. 24.

    Catherine Saez: Intellectual Property Watch: Panel: Protection of Handicrafts Gains Global Interest; Challenges Persist in the South: 09/12/2013: para 6.

  25. 25.

    Johana Melgarejo Arzuza and Alessandra Giuliani: Tropentag 2014. Prague: Geographical Indications of Handicrafts: A Tool to Improve Livelihood and Protect Biodiversity in Remote Communities? p. 1.

  26. 26.

    Sanjiv Singh, IGNOU New Delhi: Geographical Indication; A Case Study of Kashmir Pashmina (Shawls): 12 SanjivSingh.doc.pdf, p. 2.

  27. 27.

    Nadja El Benni and Sophie Reviron, Swiss National Centre for Competence in Research: Trade Working Paper No 2009/15: Geographical Indications: Review of Seven Case-Studies World Wide: 2009: p. 19.

  28. 28.

    International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): Marketing Crafts and Visual Arts: The Role of Intellectual Property: A Practical Guide, Geneva: ITC/WIPO, 2003. xiii, 135 p., p. 10.

  29. 29.

    Marketing Crafts and Visual Arts: The Role of Intellectual Property: A Practical Guide, Geneva: ITC/WIPO, 2003. xiii, 135 p. International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 2003, p. 119.

  30. 30.

    Ibid., p. 10.

  31. 31.

    Emma Cohen : International Intellectual Property Institute: Intellectual Property Protection Options for Traditional Communities: 2012.

  32. 32.

    Ms. Terri Janke. World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Minding Culture: Case Studies on Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions: WIPO, 2003: p. 8.

  33. 33.

    Professor Uma Suthersanen: Queen Mary University of London. Protection of Handicraft Goods and Traditional Cultural Expression s. p. 42. Available at 04_IP4GROWTH TM2_Handicraft and Copyright Feb 2015_Suthersanen.pdf.

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Ballyn, J. (2019). A Cultural Economic Analysis of Crafts: A View from the Workshop of the World. In: Mignosa, A., Kotipalli, P. (eds) A Cultural Economic Analysis of Craft. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02164-1_15

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