Islamabad, June 22, 2023 (PPI-OT): 2nd Meeting of IPR Enforcement Coordination Committee, Quetta held 0n 20th June, 2023 at Customs House Quetta. The Meeting was chaired by Muhammad Ismail, Director (Enforcement) IPO-Pakistan. Shakir Khan Zai, Regional Director, PEMRA; Azmat Shah, SP Security, Balochistan Police; Abdul Moeed, Deputy Collector, Pakistan Customs; Siraj Panhwar, Deputy Director FIA; Naqeebullah Khan, Deputy Director, Balochistan Food Authority; Agha Gul and Anyat Ali Siddique, Senior Vice Presidents from Quetta Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) participated in this meeting.

Important points discussed during the meeting were problems faced by the agencies and business community in pursuing the complaints; response mechanism from the Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), capacity building of LEAs; Online system of IPR Enforcement complaints and draft IPR Enforcement Rules were the main agenda of the meeting.

It was unanimously decided in the meeting that IPO Regional Office in Quetta may be established at the earliest; online complaint system may be developed for ease of lodging complaints by the IP right holders; More IP tribunals may be established in the country; capacity building programs for LEAs and awareness/information sessions for business community may be convened on regular basis. The participants appreciated online filing system for trademarks and supported initiative by IPO-Pakistan to lodge online IPR complaint system.

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