《参考消息》2006年7月30日第8版：印度重视知识产权保护 【美国《耶鲁全球化》在线杂志7月25日一期文章】题：印度的秘密武器

India's Secret Weapon Richard Wilder Pravid Anand The Wall Street Journal, 25 May 2006

India is rapidly evolving into Asia's innovation center, leaving China in the dust. Its secret weapon? Intellectual property-rights protection. In recent years, New Delhi has taken big steps to protect these rights, and the results have been d_______①. （1）It may appear as if India's recent economic rise is solely due to its low-cost outsourcing[1] opportunities for foreign businesses. But this is only part of the story.

Thanks to international treaties such as the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organization, Indian IP laws were significantly revamped[2] starting in the mid-1990s. （2）In 1994, the Indian Copyright Act was amended to clearly explain the rights of a copyright holder and the penalties for infringement of copyrighted software. The law has been called one of the "t_______② in the world."

These changes, which significantly ramped up[3] enforcement provisions, will undoubtedly prove the most important for copyright protection on the subcontinent – far ahead of other countries in Asia.（A）________________________（印度的法院也迎难而上。）They have taken a broad approach to the applying new laws – especially to protect intellectual property in e________③ fields such as information technology.

（3）This trend continued last year when India put in place a new patent law that brought it further into line with international norms. For example, this law included new provisions that extended patent protection to computer software and pharmaceutical products. The changes provided new and powerful incentives for investment, both foreign and domestic, in the creation of new products in those fields. New Delhi has also improved the operation of its Patent Office, which handles patent applications. Today, a patent can be g________④ in less than three years, as opposed to only a few years ago, where it took up to an average of five to seven years.

As a result, copyright-based industries such as the Indian IT sector have enjoyed rapid growth.（B）____________________________, （1999-2002年，印度软件出口年均增长48%）marking a drastic surge from the preceding five years, when the average annual growth was about 35%. If New Delhi keeps up its c________⑤ to rights protection, the numbers will continue to grow.