July 4th, 2010 - 08:50 GMT Business Software Alliance launches 2010 edition of Pan Arab IPR Media Awards Submission of print, broadcast and electronic entries from July 1 to August 30. Read more
August 18th, 2008 - 10:27 GMT Microsoft Gulf and UAE Ministry of Economy collaborate on major UAE anti-software piracy raids in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
July 20th, 2008 - 10:50 GMT Operation leads to confiscation of PCs with unlicensed software; complements enhanced government program against copyright violations
July 9th, 2008 - 11:41 GMT 124 cases of intellectual property rights violations registered in Bahrain from 2005 to 2008
July 2nd, 2008 - 11:41 GMT Microsoft Gulf and Kuwait Ministry of Commerce and Industry pin down illegal IT reseller
June 10th, 2008 - 01:21 GMT UAE Ministry of Economy and Business Software Alliance launch “Using unlicensed software can shut down your business” campaign
June 8th, 2008 - 11:53 GMT Kuwait’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry and BSA publicly destroy thousands of confiscated pirated CDS
May 21st, 2008 - 10:31 GMT Microsoft Gulf and Qatar’s Ministry of Economy carry out raids against illegal retailers
April 28th, 2008 - 08:51 GMT Microsoft Gulf teams up with Qatar’s Ministry of Economy to conduct anti-piracy raids on retailers
March 16th, 2008 - 07:36 GMT Microsoft Gulf with Qatar Ministry of Economy and Commerce track down and raid traders of pirated software
September 16th, 2007 - 10:43 GMT BSA and ITIDA hold first Regional Workshop on cyber crime and IPR in Egypt
May 22nd, 2006 - 02:46 GMT Qatar among top Gulf countries in software piracy rate reduction in 2005, according to BSA study