Interview: Tian Lipu, former SIPO commissioner

June 19 2014

Tian Lipu, the former head of SIPO, sits down with Managing IP to discuss the growth of IP in China during his watch, how he views complaints from foreign rights holders and why he thinks the government will no longer be the main force behind the National IP Strategy

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