Violation of IPR likely to be made non-bailable offense: Daily Times

By Sajid Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: The government is considering amendments in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regulation and is likely to make the offense of production and selling of counterfeit products as nonbailable.

The government has initiated work on preparing a legislation aiming at protecting the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) to check piracy and counterfeiting for the healthy and sustainable growth. Speaking at a daylong moot organised by Intellectual Property Organization (IPO) Pakistan Federal Minister for Interior, Rehman Malik said that the interior ministry has been given task to prepare a draft law for protecting intellectual property rights.

The federal minister said that less attention has been paid towards protecting the intellectual property rights in the country so far. He said that the country’s talented youth choose to go abroad as they don’t feel their rights’ protected here, resulting in loss of precious intellect. He said that there was need of taking cognizance of this fact and protect any innovation for the betterment of the country.

He was of the view that the IPR has been playing a vital role in building nations, saying that China has honoured the IPR and made tremendous progress in just twenty years.

He also suggested for making a council or an NGO to protect IPR and encourage the innovation so that the young talent is encourage work in the country for the betterment of the country.

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