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Governance Committee Terms of Reference
European Qualifying Examination (EQE)
Developments in the Patentability of Computer Software and Business Method Inventions
Trends and Events 2010
The Federation's achievements
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Draft European Commission Block Exemption Regulation on Research and Development Agreements
Copyright Levies
Trade Marks
Future of Design Law in UK
Review of EU Customs Anti-Counterfeiting Regulation
EU Patent Reform
European Patent Office Single Patent Process (SPP) Programme
Patent Quality
New System for Regulation of UK Lawyers including Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
Privilege
The UK Intellectual Property Office
Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP)
IP Federation biographies
IP Federation annual report and accounts 31 December 2010
Trends and Events 2011
The Federation's achievements
Draft European Commission Block Exemption Regulation on R&D Agreements
Copyright Levies
Trade marks
Hargreaves Review – Call for Evidence in the Designs Sector
Unintentional Infringement of UK and Community Rights
Commission Consultation on the Enforcement Directive
The European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy
EU Patent Reform
Innovative tools and processes at the European Patent Office
Practical issues – selecting an expert and getting the best out of them
Preliminary injunctions alive and well – a view from Europe
The Hargreaves Review
The UK Intellectual Property Office and Ipsum
The America Invents Act
Most Recent Publications
Governance Committee Terms of Reference
European Qualifying Examination (EQE)
Developments in the Patentability of Computer Software and Business Method Inventions
Trends and Events 2010
The Federation's achievements
The Federation on the Web
Draft European Commission Block Exemption Regulation on Research and Development Agreements
Copyright Levies
Trade Marks
Future of Design Law in UK
Review of EU Customs Anti-Counterfeiting Regulation
EU Patent Reform
European Patent Office Single Patent Process (SPP) Programme
Patent Quality
New System for Regulation of UK Lawyers including Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
Privilege
The UK Intellectual Property Office
Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP)
IP Federation biographies
IP Federation annual report and accounts 31 December 2010
Trends and Events 2011
The Federation's achievements
Draft European Commission Block Exemption Regulation on R&D Agreements
Copyright Levies
Trade marks
Hargreaves Review – Call for Evidence in the Designs Sector
Unintentional Infringement of UK and Community Rights
Commission Consultation on the Enforcement Directive
The European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy
EU Patent Reform
Innovative tools and processes at the European Patent Office
Practical issues – selecting an expert and getting the best out of them
Preliminary injunctions alive and well – a view from Europe
The Hargreaves Review
The UK Intellectual Property Office and Ipsum
The America Invents Act
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New System for Regulation of UK Lawyers including Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
Document No: PUB 13/10
Posted: 14/12/2010
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New System for Regulation of UK Lawyers including Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
Document No: PUB 13/10
Posted: 14/12/2010
Following a report by Sir David Clementi in 2004, Parliament enacted the Legal Services Act 2007 to reform regulation of lawyers. The Act has resulted in the establishment of regulatory bodies independent of professional bodies. Thus the Law Society, the Bar Council, the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, and the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys have each ceased to regulate their respective professions directly. The Act also provides for regulation of private practices consisting of different types of lawyer (“LDPs”) and of lawyers and non-lawyers (“ABSs”).
Most Federation Members have in-house departments of employed patent attorneys and/or trade mark attorneys. The attorneys are now regulated by the Intellectual Property Regulation Board (“IPReg”), and are bound by IPReg’s Code of Conduct, which came into force in 2010.
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