Many indigenous communities have started to claim IP rights over
their cultural assets, such as art, music and ceremonies, as well
as technical, agricultural and ecological practices and
knowledge.-
Recently, the cause was initiated on the site change.org, in which the Argentinian company
Las Blondas S.A., doing business as RAPSODIA, is requested to stop
plagiarizing traditional aboriginal products. In this particular
case, the signors of a petition claim that the "Marion
Missy" blouse, included in the Fall Winter 2016 campaign, is a
copy of the original design of the zapoteca community of San
Antonino Castillo Velasco, Oaxaca, Mexico.
In the signors' opinion, Rapsodia has been infringing
aboriginal icons and patterns for several years, and to the
petition demands the reparation of this situation, through the
discontinuation of the products, or the production of them through
the alleged owners of the design, paying the fair price for usage,
as well as the payment
