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Chairman Intellectual Property Organization Pakistan Farukh Amil has stressed the need that Small and Medium Enterprises should get better awareness about the protection and enforcement of patents, copyrights, and trademarks to avoid counterfeiting and piracy of their products.
He was addressing an awareness session on intellectual property rights organized by the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the business community in collaboration with IPO-Pakistan in Islamabad today.
The chairman IPO Pakistan said the step will also help the businessmen in flourishing their business within the country and abroad. He also briefed the business community inn detail about the role of IPO-Pakistan in nurturing an enabling IP environment through its initiative to promote businesses, creativity, and innovation.
Speaking on the occasion, President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari said that SMEs are the backbone of the economy.
He asked the IPO-Pakistan to further simplify the I
P registration processes and procedures and introduce mobile apps to facilitate SMEs in online registration of their products and services for copyrights and trademarks.
Source: Radio Pakistan