Handicrafts often demonstrate indigenous knowledge, traditional cultural expressions of artisans, small or big tribes and even nations at large. Crafting communities invest their labours and merits from generation to generation to create aesthetic and artistic handicrafts that both reflect their intellectual inputs and represent their community life styles, enabling them to benefit from protection under the geographical indications (GIs) regime. Even though these handicrafts may be protected as GIs under the provisions of international instruments and municipal laws (as enacted by around 160 countries), the international legal position on GIs is still a mess. Bangladesh and India, two friendly neighbours of South Asia, have had many things in common for centuries. A few years back, India registered at least three products, that is Jamdani, one variety of mango and Nakshi Katha, which are undoubtedly of Bangladeshi origin and their historic Bangladeshi roots are well documented long before the idea of protection of these products through GIs emerged. Taking the ‘Jamdani’ handicraft of Bangladesh as a case study, this paper intends to explore the doctrinal, legal issues along with the potentials and pitfalls of protecting handicrafts as GIs under national and international legal frameworks. Highlighting the ongoing tensions with India over Jamdani and analysing relevant legal issues, this article will propose some suggestions that Bangladeshi policy makers may consider to settle the dispute in a pacific manner. Such a discussion would ultimately enable the consumers to make an informed decision with respect to potentially buying misleading products and assist other countries facing similar problems relating to a GI of the same product being available in different jurisdictions.

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根据CETA，相对于CETA，根据城市法律，TRIPS和BTA保护“手工艺品”作为地理标志的案例研究为“ Bangladeshi Jamdani”

手工艺品经常展示土著知识，工匠，大小部落，甚至整个国家的传统文化表现形式。手工艺社区代代相传地投入劳动和优点，以创造出既能反映其智力投入又能反映其社区生活方式的美学和艺术手工艺品，从而使他们能够从地理标志（GI）制度的保护中受益。尽管这些手工艺品可能受到国际文书和市法（约160个国家/地区的法律）的规定作为地理标志的保护，但有关地理标志的国际法律地位仍然一团糟。几个世纪以来，孟加拉国和印度是南亚的两个友好邻国，有许多共同点。几年前，印度至少注册了三种产品，即Jamdani，芒果和Nakshi Katha无疑是孟加拉国的原始品种，其历史悠久的孟加拉国根源早已得到了充分的文献记载，而通过地理标志保护这些产品的想法却早已出现。本文以孟加拉国的“ Jamdani”手工艺品为案例研究，旨在探讨在国内和国际法律框架下，作为地理标志保护手工艺品的理论，法律问题以及潜力和陷阱。本文着重强调了印度与贾达尼人之间的紧张关系，并分析了相关的法律问题，本文将提出一些建议，孟加拉国的决策者可以考虑以和平方式解决争端。