The originality of Iranian saffron depends on world registration
Saffron is a strategic product that with its global registration, we will maintain ownership of this product for the country.
Seyyed Mehdi Mirsalehi stated in the session of reviewing the global registration of saffron:
the speed of commercial competition,
The Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade has formed 2 organizations to protect industrial property by supporting branding and global registration.
This type of property includes literary, artistic or copyright and industrial property rights including inventions,
industrial designs, geographical indications.
He considered the non-registration of trademarks as one of the problems of trade and said:
In this regard, we classify saffron as a strategic and important product and by registering it globally,
we will maintain the ownership of this product for the country.
Regarding the advantages and process of national registration of saffron, Mirsalehi stated:
Recognizing saffron in the world in the name of Iran, maintaining the global reputation and position of Iranian saffron,
promoting the business position and increasing the added value of the product,
preventing possible abuses of Iranian saffron quality One of the benefits of registering this product is.
The head of the General Department for the Protection of Industrial Property of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade added:
Preventing the sale and export of Iranian saffron in the name of other countries,
increasing income and more benefits for farmers and saffron producers and global saffron export privileges and monopolies
Regarding the national registration of saffron, he said:
In Khorasan Razavi, in the saffron production sector, we have the cities of Torbat-Heydariyeh, Gonabad, Bajestan and Mashhad.
Mirsalehi stated:
In order not to lose anyone’s right, we registered the saffron crop nationally in different regions,
which means that we have registered Gonabad saffron in the name of this city.
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