The Beijing Lawyers'
Association has been selecting a total of 350 lawyers to assist the Beijing
Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) in protecting
the Olympics-related intellectual property rights (IPR).
The lawyers are collecting infringement and investigation data, and
supporting BOCOG's efforts to spread the knowledge of IPR, Vice-President of the
association Peng Xuefeng said, quoted by the Beijing Times.
"Trusted by BOCOG, our association began in August 2006 to seek law
professionals in the Beijing area to provide pre-Games legal services for
BOCOG," Peng said.
The volunteers, who work six months a term, must meet BOCOG requirements for
volunteers and have a working experience and sufficient voluntary service time.
So far two batches of volunteer lawyers have been recruited and another three
batches will be made ready before August 8, 2008 when the Olympic Games start,
Peng added.
There are 14,267 registered lawyers in Beijing, who belong to 1,044 law
firms.
