Selasa 19 Jul 2016 21:46 WIB

W Java tea obtains geographical indication certificate

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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG -- A flagship tea product from West Java under the trademark `Java Tea Preanger' has received the Geographical Indication Certificate from the Directorate General of Intellectual Property, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.

"The certificate was given at the National Intellectual Property Forum 2016 and was handed over by the Minister of Law and Human Rights, Yasonna Laoly, to the provincial administration, at a ceremony witnessed by Vice President Jusuf Kalla," the Vice Governor of West Java, Deddy Mizwar, said in a press release received by Antara here on Tuesday.

He stressed that the certificate was important for local product development.

A geographical indication certifies the origin of a certain product according to the geographical environment, including natural factors, human factors, or a combination of these factors that provides specific characteristics and quality to the product.