Job description
About IP Key: IP Key (“Intellectual Property: A Key to Sustainable Competitiveness”) is a three year project running from July 2013 - June 2016 intended to make China’s intellectual property (IP) framework more effective, fair, transparent, and otherwise based upon best practices. The project, funded by the European Commission, implemented and co-funded by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) with support from the European Patent Office (EPO), builds on the past EU-China IPR2 project amongst other joint initiatives. IP Key aims to meet its objective via implementing a number of activities covering all types of IP rights that advocate for change in the Chinese system and provide awareness on the workings of the Chinese and European IP systems. Examples of activities include:
· Contributing to technical files for the EU-China IP Dialogue, IP Working Group and EU-China IP Task Force;
· Assisting in drafting and revising legal texts;
· Promoting and facilitating exchanges on best practice and sustainable cooperation between EU and Chinese officials, legal and other experts, and judges;
· Organising training courses and workshops on various IP-related topics involving EU and/or Chinese stakeholders;
· Compiling and publishing manuals, best practice guides, learning modules, case studies and other resources for governments and industry on various IP-related issues,
· Promoting the European IP system in Chinese fora and vice versa.
Job description: IP Key is recruiting an Intern in its Beijing Office. Main job responsibilities include but are not limited to conducting legal research on IP and innovation policies, law and regulations; translating policies, laws, and regulations from Chinese into English; and monitoring and providing summaries of legislative and other relevant updates on the IP and innovation framework in China. In addition the selected candidate may also be requested to contribute to the Project’s visibility effort and occasional event management.
Skills & experience
Qualifications should include:
· In the process of completing an advanced university degree in law or another relevant field;
· Solid writing and translating skills in Chinese and English;
· Excellent oral communication in English and Chinese;
· Demonstrated interest in IP, and EU-China cooperation;
· Good organisational skills;
· Team player able to work under tight deadlines and pressure;
· Computer literacy in Microsoft Office suite applications.