We celebrated another Independence Day yesterday, but sadly we are still not independent of foreign domination in various aspects of our life. And nowhere is it more felt than in the prices of medicine. We have the most expensive medicines in Asia, next only to Japan, a very rich and developed nation. Our prices are […]

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) today called on businesses to take immediate steps to ensure they are using only legal and licensed software following a raid by the Singapore Police Force on a land surveying professional consultancy for suspected use of unlicensed and illegal software.The police raid was prompted by a tip-off received through the […]

Kuala Lumpur: (Kalinga Times)Malaysia is currently engaged in a programmed to shake off its reputation as a paradise for faked goods, and it’s enjoying some success. 
“A year ago it was possible to buy anything you wanted here. Even the centers servicing the IT industry had shelves full of illegally copied software,” says the head of […]

Thailand has joined 50 other developing countries in Asia and Africa to call on developed countries to accept a greater measure of international protection for traditional cultural expression (TCE), traditional knowledge (TK) and genetic resources (GRs). The move is aimed at protecting the intellectual property (IP) of developing countries from unfair use by developed countries. The demand […]