KARACHI, May 1: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has said that judges should be educated on the legal aspects of the intellectual property rights.

Speaking at a conference organised by the Pakistan Intellectual Property Rights Association (Pipra) here on Saturday evening, he said bar associations and Pipra should arrange training courses on intellectual property (IP) laws.

He noted that an IP course for district-level judges was being held under the programme 'Sharing of judicial experiences — intellectual property rights/international commercial arbitration' jointly by the Commercial Law Development Programme (USA), the Attorney of US Patent and Trademark Office, the US justice department and the Pakistani judiciary.

Justice Chaudhry said that an efficient and equitable intellectual property system could help all countries to realise IP's potential as a powerful tool for economic growth, wealth creation and social and cultural well-being.

Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court Justice Mushir Alam, Pipra chairman Khawaja Mansoor and IP laws experts presented their papers at the conference.—APP