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Daily Star, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 12:25 AM GMT+06:00 Metropolitan
US envoy calls for protecting intellectual property rights
Unb, Dhaka
US Ambassador James F. Moriarty has said that Bangladesh should care
for protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) that are the legal
mechanisms to ensure that the products people buy are genuine.
=93Why should Bangladesh care about protecting intellectual property
rights? Intellectual property rights (IPR) are the legal mechanisms -
copyrights, patents and trademarks - that ensure that the products we
buy are genuine,=94 Moriarty said in an article made available to press
yesterday.
He warned that dangerous and defective counterfeit products, from
counterfeit medication, to toothpaste, to auto parts, put the lives of
consumers at risk, adding that strong IPR system would ensure that
inventors and innovators are rewarded for their ideas.
The envoy pointed out that IPR protections foster an environment in
which creative and innovative industries can thrive and contribute to
economic development worldwide.
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