Intellectual property rights have been
given avirtualgoby in Pakistan.
The evidence is the flood
of pirated books, music, audio casets
settes and computer software, mo
smuggled in from the Far East
Japan and Hong Ka
China,
Pakistani environmentalists, howe
tend to challenge the concept of
in
lectual property rights as an
extena
of the international patenting
isi
I Western pharmaceutical
companies, points out environmentalist and women's rights
activist, Khawar Mumtaz
are researaing and patenting
these resources and Ima
edge for commercial benefits
without passing such be
fits to the indigenous peoples.
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