The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) is the
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professional body
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patent attorney
A patent attorney is an attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing patent applications and o ...
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History
The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) was founded in 1882 as the ''Chartered Institute of Patent Agents'' and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1891. CIPA changed its name in June 2006.
Objects and function
CIPA is named in the Legal Services Act 2007 as the Approved Regulator for the patent attorney profession in the UK. Under the Legal Services Act, CIPA has to separate its regulatory activities from its representative work as the professional body for patent attorneys. In 2010, CIPA and the
Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) set up the
Intellectual Property Regulation Board
The Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg) is a body regulating the patent attorney and trademark attorney professions in the United Kingdom (UK). It was set up by the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) and the Institute of Tr ...
(IPReg) to undertake jointly the regulation of the patent attorney and trade mark attorney professions.
CIPA maintains the statutory Register of Patent Attorneys on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy reporting to the comptroller-general of patents, trade marks and designs at the UK Intellectual Property Office.
Notable members
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Sharon Bowles
Sharon Margaret Bowles, Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted (born 12 June 1953), is a Liberal Democrat politician. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South East England region of the United Kingdom from 2005 to 2014. She sat ...
,
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MEP
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Walter de Havilland
Walter Augustus de Havilland (31 August 1872 – 20 May 1968) was an English patent attorney who became professor of Law at Waseda University and was one of the first Westerners to play the ancient Chinese game Go at a high level. He was the fa ...
(Foreign Member, 1909–1942)
See also
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British professional bodies
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Intellectual property organization
Intellectual property organizations are organizations that are focused on copyrights, trademarks, patents, or other intellectual property law concepts. This includes international intergovernmental organizations that foster governmental cooperati ...
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List of topics related to the United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – sovereign country in Europe, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK ...
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UK Intellectual Property Office
The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (often referred to as the UK IPO) is, since 2 April 2007, the operating name of The Patent Office. It is the official government body responsible for intellectual property rights in the UK ...
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Patent Attorneys
A patent attorney is an attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing patent applications and op ...
United Kingdom patent law