Robert Ackroyd Council Member

W.P. Thompson & Co, Eastcheap House, Central Approach, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire SG6 3DS.

Registered:  1 December 1982

B.Sc.; Ph.D.; CPA; EPA; RTMA; OHIM Representative; Birkbeck College Diploma in IP Litigation.

Professional career:  Reddie & Grose (1978-82); Pollak Mercer & Tench (1982-90; partner from 1985); W P Thompson & Co (partner from 1990 to date).
Papers or articles:  Author and presenter of papers presented to CIPA’s counterparts in China, Japan and Korea during visits by CIPA delegations and visits to the UK by those organisations.  Guest lecturer to “Infopat” patent attorneys group in Tokyo.

Services to Institute:  Contributor to CIPA Guide; Informals lecturer; Member of International Liaison Committee (non-European) from its inception around 1994 to date - member of delegations to sister bodies in Japan, Korea, China, Malaysia and Hong Kong, host to delegations from Japan, Korea, China and USA. 

Services to the profession outside the Institute:  Member of ITMA; former epi EQE tutor; member of UNION; member of PTMG; observer at APAA Council Meetings and General Assemblies.

Other relevant information:  CIPA/Informals cricket team.