Council Minutes, September 2025
Lee Davies
CIPA Journal
October 2025 / Volume 54 / Number 10
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The new UPC case management system
The Unified Patent Court (‘UPC’) completed the transition to the new case management system (‘CMS’) on 23 September 2025. The new CMS can be accessed here. This new platform is aimed…
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A decade of AI and professional identity: What chess taught me about the future
This article by CIPA Chief Executive Lee Davies was first published on LinkedIn, 27 September 2025. The theme for CIPA Congress in 205 was ‘IP and AI; exploring the intersection…
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Celebrating Black Excellence in IP
As part of Black History Month, CIPA and CITMA partnered up to host ‘Celebrating Black Excellence in IP’, a panel-led event that brought together professionals from across the intellectual property…
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CIPA secures support at the WTO with new report: Patents as Engines of Growth
CIPA has been influencing on the international stage once again, taking part in this year’s World Trade Organization (‘WTO’) Public Forum in Geneva last month. CIPA President Bobby Mukherjee and…
Up front - CIPA news
A decade of AI and professional identity: What chess taught me about the future
Lee Davies
CIPA secures support at the WTO with new report: Patents as Engines of Growth
Neil Lampert
Committee activities
Former No 10 digital guru to speak on AI and marketing at CIPA event for BD staff
Neil Lampert
Consultation responses
Draft rules on Expert Determination of the UPC’s PMAC
IPReg’s budget and business plan for 2026/27
Lee Davies
Other news
Five things patents customers must do for the new One IPO service
IPO
One IPO drop-in sessions
epi report – Munich meetings
Julia Gwilt
Articles
The new UPC case management system
Emily Flood, Sarah Taylor
Patent agents and privilege: Where do the lines lie?
Brian D. Coggio and Grier Conville
Decisions
Patents – UK court cases
Beck Greener LLP
IPO decisions
David Pearce
EPO decisions
Bristows
UPC decisions and orders
EIP
Trade mark decisions
Bird & Bird
Paralegals
Celebrating excellence in IP: CILEX National Paralegal Awards
Annemarie Parsons
Education and events
Professional member sought for PEB Governance Board
Patent Examination Board
Yellow Sheet
Epseeta Chowdhury, Tom Bridgwater
Student induction day 2026
Personal
IP Inclusive update
Andrea Brewster
Celebrating Black Excellence in IP
Shannon Allison
Science in Parliament magazine
The Incorporated Benevolent Association of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys AGM
S. J. Funnell