THE American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) has emphasised the need for greater law enforcement and higher penalties to enforce intellectual property rights (IPRs) in Malaysia.
In its dialogue paper to the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti), the chamber said that counterfeiting of optical media, CDs, VCDs, DVDs and CD-ROMs, as well as drugs and fast-moving consumer goods such as biscuits, shampoos and batteries, was a problem that should be dealt with by initiating aggressive anti-counterfeiting campaigns and imposing higher penalties.