The popular blue bordered sari of St. Mother Teresa is now declared as an intellectual property by the Trade Marks Registry of Government of India. The uniform of blue-bordered Sari adopted by the sisters in the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious Congregation, established by St.Mother Teresa, is considered as a unique style with convincing color combination and is the first uniform that is declared under the intellectual property rights.
As reported by ucanindia.in, Biswajit Sarkar, the attorney of Intellectual Property, observed that “The Missionaries of Charity does not believe in publicity and such it was not publicized, but since we are witnessing unscrupulous and unfair usage of the design across the globe, we are now trying to spread awareness among people about the trademark. ” Further, he added, “The blue border pattern is a distinctive symbolic identity of Missionaries of Charity under the concept of color trademark protection.”
Estimated counts of 4000 saris are made in an year and are distributed among the Missionaries of Charity sisters all over the world.
Source : www.ucanindia.in
