Alliance aims to create regional system of artisan

Through the pollera Valuation Project, with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura), training sessions on intellectual property have been organized to date at eight provinces with a view to acquiring an important knowledge for the protection of their creations.

At this time, Panama West became the eighth province where this kind of training day of intellectual property was developed and dictated by María Gilma ArRocha, lawyer, specialist in the branch of intellectual property and currently consultant to the National Bank with projects related to the Intellectual Property of Panamanian nightclubs.

The project was established with the aim of ensuring that artisans who work with traditional clothing have knowledge that they have the legal tools to properly protect their creations.

"That training at first instance was intended for those who dedicated themselves to the production of traditional clothing and their accessories, but at sessions it has been opened, to all the artisans of different fields," said María Gilma ArRocha.

The lawyer added that currently the project was at a stage where first it was to get to the ten provinces with the conviction that they start listening to the concepts of brand, copyright, collective brands that the provinces can have to have a system at national level of regional brands from the cellars of Panama.

For his part, Eric Velasco, National Director of Copyright at MiCultura explained that "this type of training is necessary to ensure that the efforts of traditional artisan workers are appropriately recognized through the system of intellectual property and that they have the legal mechanisms that allow them to conduct actions against their intellectual property."