Interactive session on the importance of intellectual property rights for SMEs

The Federation of Industrial & Commercial Organisation (FICO) together with the PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry recently organised an interactive session highlighting the importance of IPR protection in particular for small and medium sized companies.

Mr Singh Kular, president of the Chamber of Commerce insisted on the benefits an adecuate IP protection can have for a company, and the risks of failing to do so.

In addition, Mr Kular emphasised the importance of trade marks, in particular for the distinction of products and services in the maketplace and ensure that no unfair advantage is taken by counterfieting.