The UK's Intellectual Property Office has backed the measures, describing piracy as a "major global issue".

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However when the US first launched its challenge in June, Intellectual Property Office commissioner Tian Lipu was quoted by state media as saying that it was "not a sensible move for the US government to file such a complaint".

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Assist the existing Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) in the drafting of an Administration wide strategic plan on IP enforcement.

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On trade secrets, again, I would refer you to the rollout later today that the OMB's Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator will be releasing as part of the administration's strategy to mitigate the theft of U.S. trade secrets.

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But will India's own companies ever venture out of the back office and start developing intellectual property of their own?

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It works with one or two startups at a time, helping them navigate intellectual property agreements with universities, giving them office space to work, lending them tools to prototype their medical devices and lending a hand with the management and administration of the startup.

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Applecorps chief Neil Aspinall , master of the Beatles' intellectual property empire, did not immediately return calls to his London office seeking comment.

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Heeding Gibbs' advice, James Rogan, who was appointed last year as director of the patent office (and is a former congressman who served on intellectual-property subcommittees), tried to push full funding through Congress.

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And intellectual property consulting firm TechIPM analyzed LTE-related patents registered to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by the second quarter of this year and reported that LG held the largest overall number of patents as well.

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