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About IPR Office
Since its establishment on 1999, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has given first priority to supporting and developing the software industry and to attracting foreign investments in Egypt. In order to meet this objective, the reform of the former Copyright Law appeared extremely necessary. On 2 June 2002, the new Intellectual Property Law was issued and published in the Official Gazette. Accordingly, the IPR Office was established to be in charge of administering an efficient national copyright system regarding software and databases and ensuring compliance by software enterprises with the new Copyright Law.
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Our Mission
The IPR Office aims at ensuring an effective enforcement of the Copyright Law by fighting piracy and sanctioning all infringements in order to guarantee an efficient protection for computer programs and databases. The Office also raises awareness and understanding of intellectual property rights among the software community as well as the general public. In addition, the Office actively cooperates with different bodies concerned by the intellectual property rights on both national and international levels.
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Our Activities
Regarding its mission of ensuring an effective protection for computer programs and databases, the IPR Office administers the deposit of computer programs and databases. The Office also provides licences for reproducing and translating computer programs and databases for educational purposes. Furthermore, the Office provides mandatory activity licences to software enterprises. Additionally, the IPR Office maintains registers to record all transactions on computer programs and databases.
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Our Partners
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