An intellectual property school has opened at the Nanjing University of Science and Technology. Data released at the opening ceremony said there would be 10,000 vacancies for patent examiners in the country in the next five years. By next year 4,000 enforcement officers and administrative service providers as well as 500 IP judges will be needed. Co-founded by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Intellectual Property Office and the Jiangsu provincial government, the school is open to applications this year.

(Source: China Daily)