Tian Lipu explains China’s National IP Strategy
12 December 2008
Peter Ollier, Hong Kong
SIPO commissioner Tian Lipu used the iPod as an example of why China’s companies need to move up the technology value chain at a presentation in Hong Kong yesterday
Tian referred to a US research paper he had read which stated that, for a 30 gigabyte iPod video that retails for $299, $114 goes back to Apple because of the IP it owns, while only $4 stays with the manufacturers in China. “We are still at a relatively low level,” he said.
Tian used this as an example of why the US trade deficit...
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