beijing, july 21 (xinhuanet) -- chinese vice-premier wu yi is among the top 50 most influential people in the intellectual property world, the managing intellectual property magazine reports in its july/august issue.

　　hitachi ip counsel yasuo sakuta and japanese inventor shuji nakamura are also featured in a new list. they are among 50 figures from business, government and the law in the second edition of the mip 50.

　　americans dominate the mip 50, accounting for nearly half of the total. these include us patent and trademark office director jon dudas, judge pauline newman and international trademark association president jacqueline leimer.

　　china has four representatives on the list: vice-premier wu yi, judge jiang zhipei, academic zheng chengsi and state intellectual property office head wang jingchuan. from japan shuji nakamura and yasuo sakuta are included.

　　other prominent individuals from the asia-pacific region on the list include indian intellectual property activist vandana shiva, philip yeo of the singapore economic development board and r c lahoti, chief justice of india.

　　the list was compiled by managing intellectual property's journalists and researchers in london, new york and hong kong, based on research among ip practitioners worldwide. managing intellectual property is published monthly by euromoney institutional investor plc and was founded 14 years ago.

　　the mip 50 (in alphabetical order)

　　bob armitage, eli lilly

　　wubbo de boer, ohim

　　mitch bainwol, riaa

　　frits bolkestein, european commission

　　todd dickinson, ge

　　jon dudas, uspto

　　jannelly fourtou, european parliament

　　tove graulund, arla foods

　　robin gross, ip justice

　　mandy haberman, inventor

　　steve jobs, apple computer

　　francis gurry, wipo

　　ian harvey, btg

　　orrin hatch, us senate

　　kamil idris, wipo

　　jiang zhipei, supreme people's court

　　mike kirk, american intellectual property law association

　　ilias konteas, unice

　　rc lahoti, chief justice of india

　　michael leathes, bat

　　mr justice hugh laddie, royal courts of justice

　　jacqueline leimer, kraft foods

　　judge fidelma macken, european court of justice

　　the right honourable beverley mclachlin, supreme court of canada

　　stephen merrill, national academies

　　alexander von mühlendahl, ohim

　　the honorable justice pauline newman, court of appeals for the federal circuit

　　lucy nichols, nokia

　　david nimmer, academic

　　erik nooteboom, european commission

　　shuji nakamura, inventor

　　marshall phelps, microsoft

　　alain pompidou, european patent office

　　michael robertson, ceo lindows/linspire

　　ernesto rubio, wipo

　　yasuo sakuta, hitachi

　　james sensenbrenner, us house of representatives

　　vandana shiva, research institute for science, technology and ecology

　　lamar smith, us house of representatives

　　joseph stiglitz, economist

　　joseph strauss, max planck institute

　　paul twomey, icann

　　jack valenti, mpaa

　　herb wamsley, intellectual property owners' association

　　wang jingchuan, state intellectual property office

　　john ward, us district court judge

　　wu yi, chinese vice-premier

　　philip yeo, singapore's economic development board

　　zheng chengsi, academic

　　robert zoellick, us trade representative