The cleantech sector is booming with private and public sector investment. But a critical challenge for businesses is to protect their Intellectual Property as they innovate and develop new technologies and to retain that IP and the talent that generated it. Roch Ripley, a partner at the Gowling LNG law firm who heads the Vancouver Intellectual Property Department, discusses these critical challenges in conversation with BIV publisher and editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe.

<p>The cleantech sector is booming with private and public sector investment. But a critical challenge for businesses is to protect their Intellectual Property as they innovate and develop new technologies and to retain that IP and the talent that generated it. Roch Ripley, a partner at the Gowling LNG law firm who heads the Vancouver Intellectual Property Department, discusses these critical challenges in conversation with BIV publisher and editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe.</p>

British Columbia's only daily news show focused on business, brought to you by Business in Vancouver newspaper and biv.com. Join hosts editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe as well as reporters Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin as they interview Canada's business and political leaders about the pressing issues facing British Columbian businesses and industries today. Join them as they discuss real estate, technology, the resource industries and local and provincial politics.

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