At a forum on Intellectual Property Rights in Higher Education, Professor Zheng Shengli, dean of the IPR school of Peking University, made the claim that by the year 2010 China will need between 55,000 to 60,000 IPR experts. Professor Zheng called on the universities of China to open IPR departments to try and meet the demand.
There were 3.284 million scientific personnel nationwide in 2004, and correspondingly at least 32,800 IPR professionals were needed, he said
However, only about 3,000 IPR professionals had been turned out by universities over the past 10 or more years because universities have been slow to teach the subject, Zheng said.
“The shortage of IPR professionals will hamper the development of IPR protection, which will consequently slow down the progress in scientific and other related research areas,” said Xie Xiaoyong, development director of Research and Development Center of the State Intellectual Property Office, which was the co-organizer of the forum.
If anyone knows about quality the quality of Chinese Law schools in this regard I would be interested to hear it. Am I the only one who thinks that more IPR professionals doesn’t necessarily equal better protection or enforcement?
Is there no international situation that is safe from from tension between China and Taiwan? Long a feature at of the Olympics and United Nations, it can now be found at world gaming competitions.
“F**k your mother!” “Was his mother a bitch dog?” “What kind of trash flag is that?” “You are not Chinese!” “Do you know that this will result us being banned from the competition!”
The situation became so heated that event organizers had to separate the two sides. The Chinese government, like on any other international stage, has threatened to pull gamers out of the compition if the orginizers officially recognize Taiwan. Which is why at the Asia Games you have teams like Chinese Taipei. But hey, it’s better than shooting rockets at eachother in Xiamen. Right?
While flipping through the channels on Sunday, I lingered a minute on Fox News because they were discussing something China related. It had to do with the banning of push-up bra ads and sex enhancements commercials from Chinese television. This of course gave the news network a valid excuse to show clips of women’s breast, and for Fox News to feature one of its favorite topics, evil China, denying its citizens essential freedoms. It is really a win-win. I tried to find the clip online, but instead found what I believe is an advertisement for a Taiwanese bra company.
Man: “How embarrassing!”
Women: “Don’t be, it’s very comfortable”
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Women: “How embarrassing!”
Man: “Don’t be, I also feel very comfortable”
Commercials like this one, (and other similar ads) will no longer be seen on Chinese television. Something that I have not see reported is if they will carry this over to the gigantic bra billboards in downtown shopping areas of cities that feature ten foot tall breasts. If they don’t, then this law seems even more silly.
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