IP Federation comments on the IPReg draft Competency Frameworks for patents and trade marks
Policy Papers
IP General : 59 Documents
This part of the site is up-to-date from 2004; relevant position papers prior to then are obtainable from the Secretariat.
Response to Law Commission consultation relating to their Patents, Trade Marks and Design Rights: Groundless Threats project with deadline 17 July 2013 Response to consultation on potential EU–US trade agreement closing 27 September 2012 Letter to Liz Coleman at the IPO, in the context of negotiations for the Rio+20 sustainable development conference in Rio de Janeiro, asking the IPO to ensure that UK and EU negotiators enter the final stages of the negotiations well-prepared and with a very clear technology-related brief Response to the All-Party Intellectual Property Group announcement on 14 March 2012 that it is to conduct an inquiry into the role of Government in protecting and promoting intellectual property Response to the IPReg Second Consultation on Replacement of the CIPA Higher Courts Qualification Regulations and the ITMA Trade Mark Litigator and Trade Mark Advocate Certificate Regulations, urging IPReg to reconsider its second round of proposals Response to consultation on litigation rights supporting IPReg in its proposals to issue a revised qualification regime for patent attorney and trade mark attorney litigators to facilitate the grant of relevant rights to registered patent and trade mark attorneys Letter to the IPO advocating the provision of Regulatory Data Protection in India in the EU–India trade talks Response to Government proposals that open standards should be sought whenever it is procuring IT equipment, in Procurement Policy Note on Use of Open Standards when specifying ICT requirements dated 31 January 2011 Comments in support of the UK Government's response to the consultation on the Commission Report on the enforcement of intellectual property rights from 11 January to 31 March 2011 Patents, Trade Marks and Design Rights: Groundless Threats
Consultation on potential EU–US trade agreement
Trade Secrets, Patents and Rio+20 Developments
Role of Government in Protecting and promoting Intellectual Property
IPReg Second Consultation on Litigators’ Rights
IPReg Consultation on Litigation Rights for Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
EU–India Free Trade Agreement
Cabinet Office Procurement Policy – Use of Open Standards
Commission report on implementation of enforcement directive