SIPO book: IP agency shortfalls and outlook

Intellectual property services are crucial to industrial transformation and the competitive edge of a company and even a nation, said Yang Tiejun, vice-commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO).

Yang made the remarks in Beijing at a ceremony to launch publication of an essay collection titled Intellectual Property Services and Technological and Economic Development.

The book is the result of SIPO's nationwide essay competition that began in March to promote development of intellectual property services and examine theory and practices in the field.