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West wrong to criticize IPR record: Official

By Xie Chuanjiao (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-04-24 10:38

A senior official yesterday fought back at Western countries that seek to
condemn China for violations of intellectual property rights, while
ignoring the huge strides the country has made in strengthening IPR
protection.

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"It is not right for them to observe China while wearing blinkers," Tian
Lipu, commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office said in an
online interview with www.gov.cn in Beijing.

The government's attitude toward intellectual property rights protection
has always been resolute, and its achievements are obvious to all, he
said.

As a condition of its entry into the World Trade Organization, China has,
since 2000, been carrying out a complete revision of its laws and
regulations relating to IPR protection to ensure they comply with
international conventions.

Last year, the country formally joined the World Intellectual Property
Organization Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms
Treaty.

On July 1, 2006, it also implemented regulations on the protection of the
right of communication through information networks.

To date it has completed three revisions of its patent law.

From December 2004 to spring 2007, the country has organized numerous
special crackdown campaigns on IPR infringements.

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