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More than 124 cases of intellectual property rights (IPR) violations were registered with the Public Prosecutor and Bahraini courts in the last three years, Business Software Alliance (BSA) said.
The leading global organisation established by the business software industry to promote a safe and legal digital world and Information Ministry have been closely collaborating to intensify anti-piracy efforts in Bahrain.
Both parties have been promoting a hard-hitting awareness campaign to educate the private and public sectors on the negative social and economic effects of software piracy; they have in fact been influential in filing several of the IPR violation cases currently pending in Bahrain's courts.
Information Ministry director of publication Jamal Dawood said: "Our government intends to sustain its fight against piracy; we have conducted various raids against illegal traders and continue to offer incentives to organisations that cooperate with our anti-piracy programme."
BSA co-chairman in the Middle East, Jawad Al Redha, said: "We are committed to totally supporting the ministry's anti-piracy strategy, which complements our efforts to combat this serious regional and global threat.
"We believe that unified efforts to develop and deploy intense awareness and enforcement campaigns, such as those espoused by Bahrain, will turn the tide against profiteers and counterfeiters victimising the region and businesses using unlicensed software."
