How to become a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney
Working with individuals and businesses, from SMEs to big multi-nationals, Chartered Trade Mark Attorneys help identify, protect and exploit intellectual property.
Trade Mark Attorney qualification route
You need to take a certain set of qualifications to call yourself a trade mark attorney. Just like a barrister or solicitor, trade mark attorney is a title protected by law.
Qualification choices
Our concise guide makes it simpler for firms and trainees to navigate the qualification choices.
Other roles in the trade mark legal profession
Our profession is made up of many roles, which support and work with Chartered Trade Mark Attorneys.
What's it like to work in IP?
CITMA Past President features on careers podcast
Our Immediate Past President, Rachel Wilkinson-Duffy, has shared her experience on getting into the trade mark field.
Career paths: The route from formalities to Chartered Trade Mark Attorney
“A new Trade Mark Attorney joined the team and asked me one day why I had never considered qualifying as an attorney myself - and I found that I didn’t have a very good answer."
Early career practitioners: options after qualification
We investigate the career routes taken by three recently qualified practitioners and what these choices can mean for their progression.
Own your career development: seven tips for building your dream career in IP
The trade mark sector is a rich and vibrant part of the legal industry and there are a huge variety of career routes.
Videos
Summer of IP: Becoming a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney
Gain insight into the community of trade mark professionals that CITMA can offer you, and the networking and career development opportunities that we provide.
The role of a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney
Covering the basics of what a trade mark attorney does and how you can become one, this webinar offered you a look at a fruitful and varied possible career.
Trade mark career stories
As part of Careers in Ideas week and to drive greater representation at entry-level, we hosted an exciting careers webinar to offer advice and support to students and career-changers aspiring to become a trade mark attorney.
Useful links
Careers in Ideas
Careers in Ideas is an initiative created for anyone considering – or who might consider – a career in the world of intellectual property.
IPReg
IPReg is the regulatory body of trade mark attorneys. It is responsible for the route to qualifying as a trade mark attorney.
IP Inclusive
IP Inclusive is the collective initiative of the intellectual property (IP) professions to encourage diversity and inclusion.
Jonathan's Voice
Jonathan’s Voice aims to improve mental health throughout the IP professions.
