Council minutes – January
Lee Davies, Chief Executive
CIPA Journal
March 2023 / Volume 52 / Number 3
Featured
Dr Zhivago, literary copyright, and the fundamental distance between works of historical fact and fiction
Simon Keevey-Kothari, Aled Richards-Jones and Ian Kirby discuss Lara Prescott’s success in her defence against a copyright infringement claim. ‘This is Doctor Zhivago. May it make its way around the…
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Education, training and assessment – next steps in a changing landscape
The CIPA’s Education Committee outlines its short term goals in relation to skills/knowledge and training in response to the Mercer Review recommendations. In 2019, CIPA Council commissioned a consultation on…
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Unified Patent Court: Update on the case management system
Germany deposited its instrument of ratification of the Unified Patent Court (‘UPC’) Agreement to the Council of the European Union on 17 February 2023 which means we are now in…
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Substantive examination for UK registered designs
Is now the time to align with other major jurisdictions – such as the USA, Japan, China and Australia – and bring back substantive examination for UK registered design applications?…
News
EPO: More complaints please
CIPA
Electronic file requirements for trade mark applications
IPO update
Unified Patent Court will open on 1 June 2023
CIPA
Q&As on the UPC CMS
UPC
Articles
Dr Zhivago, literary copyright, and the fundamental distance between works of historical fact and fiction
Carpmaels & Ransford
Making inventions at universities: legal, commercial and policy issues
Mark Anderson
Substantive examination for UK registered designs
Mark Jolly and Ben Wadsworth, Wilson Gunn
Unified Patent Court: Update on the case management system
Mark Richardson
Compliance or inertia?
Jim Boff
Unregistered trading names
Neil Sharpley
Decisions
Patent decisions – UK courts
Beck Greener
Patent decisions – IPO
David Pearce
Patent decisions – EPO
Bristows
Trade mark decisions
Bird & Bird LLP
Designs decisions from the UK IPO
Kilburn & Strode LLP
Education
Education, training and assessment – next steps in a changing landscape
Georgina Wilkins (Fellow)
Suitability of the new EQE for all candidates
CIPA
CIPA events
CIPA
How to Pass FD2 Training Programme
Iain Russell
Yellow sheet – social and wellbeing
Informals Committee
Yellow sheet – training
Informals Committee
Personal
Enhancing diversity in the patent profession: how you can help
IP Inclusive and CIPA
Promoting diversity and inclusion within STEM and IP
In2scienceUK
CIPA staff profile – Yemi Koledoye
CIPA
IP Inclusive update
IP Inclusive
Sustainability initiatives
CIPA
Sustainability Committee
Ria Lloyd