Recently, the Seminar on China-ASEAN IP Management and Utilization co-organized by the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat was held in Beijing. SIPO Deputy Commissioner He Zhimin attended the seminar and delivered a speech.

He Zhimin said that SIPO has always attached great importance to the friendly cooperation with the ASEAN Secretariat and its member countries. Since 2005, with the platform of China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund, SIPO has organized IP training programs and seminars with favorable responses. On the four-day seminar, participants would conduct discussions surrounding nine themes including the strategy and role of government in facilitating IP management and intellectual property rights (IPR) license and transfer. Officials and experts from the ASEAN Secretariat and IP authorities of ASEAN member countries, and representatives from China's IP authorities and the IP industry, all together about 40 people attended the seminar.

 

Source: SIPO