IMPACT OF WTO-COMPLIANT ANTI-PIRACY INITIATIVE ON THE PAKISTANI SOFTWARE VENDORS

Authors

  • Qazi Mohammad Salman

Abstract

INTRODUCTIONThe Pakistan government has been under severe pressure from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and International Intellectual Property Alliance to tighten its anti-piracy regime. In 2000, IIPA recommended Pakistan to be placed on the watch list of major violators of international intellectual property legislation. According to IIPA, Pakistani copyright law is TRIPS-incompatible. The Alliance called for a TRIPS-compatible draft that should take into account new technologies including implementation of provisions of WIPO treaties like WCT and WPPT.

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Published

2007-01-01

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Vol. 2 No. 4 (2007): Market Forces Research Journal Volume 2 No 4

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