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CIPA Journal
January-February 2026 / Volume 55 / Number 01-02
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President’s Address
On Wednesday 5 November 2025, at the 143rd Annual General Meeting of CIPA, Simon Wright was confirmed as President with effect from 1 January 2026. Here he sets out his…
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New Vice-President address
On Wednesday 5 November 2025, at the 143rd Annual General Meeting, Vicki Salmon was confirmed as CIPA’s new Vice-President with effect from 1 January 2026 (and will become President for…
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Digital Transformation Taskforce
The IPO has been working on its ‘One IPO’ IT transformation for a long time now. It has been consulting with the profession throughout but has been significantly constrained by…
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Prepare now for rising patent office fees
Please be aware that both the European Patent Office and the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) have recently announced that their official fee schedules will be revised for payments made…
Up Front - CIPA news
Council Minutes, December 2025
Lee Davies
Council Minutes, January 2026
Lee Davies
President’s Address
Simon Wright
New Vice-President address
Vicki Salmon
Other news
Digital Transformation Taskforce
Patents Committee
CIPA Guide – new General Editors update and a request for feedback
Greg Corcoran, Nicholas Fox, Rose Hughes
IPO fees to increase from 1 April 2026
CIPA
Inventor ID in China
IPO Manual of Patent Practice update
IPO update
Articles
The problem-and-solution approach to the inventive step
Anna Hatt
Decisions
Patents – UK court cases
Beck Greener LLP
FRAND decisions
Bristows
Patent decisions – UK IPO
David Pearce, Mike Snodin
EPO decisions
Bristows
Unified Patent Court decisions and orders
EIP
Paralegals
How I took the APPC and lived to tell the tale
Lucie Jones
EPO drops search acceleration from PACE programme
Annemarie Parsons
A successful first year for the Advanced Patent Paralegal Course
Dóra Máté, Jemma Law
Meet the volunteers: CIPA IP Paralegal Committee
Annalia Bertelli, Rosie Brown, Jo Reeves-Smith
IP Paralegal Apprenticeship anticipated to launch in September 2026
Annemarie Parsons
Love letters to the unsung heroes in IP
Emily Harris
Prepare now for rising patent office fees
CIPA
Education and events
Help inform the IPReg Education Review
IPReg
Intellectual Property Enterprise Court 2026
Introduction to Patent Searching
PatWorld
EPO drops search acceleration from PACE programme
Annemarie Parsons
Life Sciences Conference 2025
Juliet Redhouse
The Yellow Sheet
Marek Blaszyk, Matty Philpotts
Personal
Benevolent Association to review and update governing documents
Samantha Funnell
Congress save the date
CIPA
Jonathan’s Voice: what’s coming in 2026
Jonathan's Voice
IP Inclusive update
Anne Burgato