20-minute vodcasts
Filmed specially for you, our student vodcast series covers soft skills and wellbeing topics to help you now and in the future. We have sourced experts who in 20 minutes share their essential insight with you.
How to prepare for client meetings
Meetings with existing clients and to win new business will be an important part of your daily working life. Feel confident and learn what to say and how to follow-up with business development expert Bernard Savage from Size 10½ Boots.
Developing your career
How do you move on up in a career in IP? How quickly should you expect to progress? What should you be doing to help you achieve your goals? We asked IP recruiter Pete Fellows to answer these questions.
Mental wellbeing
We know juggling your study with training on the job can be intensive. We asked Ann Charlton from legal wellbeing charity LawCare to give you some pointers on how to look out for the mental wellbeing of yourself and those around you.
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Features
Read insight written with you and all our student members in mind.
How to say no – without sounding negative
As a new starter, it can be difficult to turn down colleagues’ requests – especially when you’re trying to come across as a team player
‘Should I take a sandwich year?’
Becky Campbell, now a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney for Marks & Clerk LLP, shares her thoughts on the positives and negatives of taking time in the middle.
What I wish I knew when I was a trainee
Mark Caddle, now a partner at Withers & Rogers, shares his time as a trainee and what his advice would be to his younger self.
Five questions with Eve Brown
It’s not easy balancing study, exams, work and your personal life. We get the low-down on how student representative Eve Brown manages it all.
Hello, IPO!
What did a group of newly qualified attorneys learn from going behind the scenes in Newport?
Introducing Eve, your CITMA student representative
Eve Brown of Marks & Clerk was recently selected as the student representative on CITMA's Council
Can you move jobs after only a short time in training as a trade mark attorney?
Can you move jobs after only a short time in training as a trade mark attorney? Pete Fellows says ‘yes’ but then adds a whole lot of caveats and advice. It’s never simple is it?
Case comments
Expand your knowledge of key IP cases with insight from peers across the profession. You can also dip into our archive to find cases from the past few years.
Court offers clear vision
The BoA was fully entitled to its decision on confusion, reports Eleni Mezulanik.
GPC plays it straight
For one polo club, a successful defence proved fairly simple, says Simon Miles.
Confusion is a complex concept
The courts are bound to take in the bigger picture, writes Beverley Potts. [2021] EWCA Civ 425, UK Gymnastics Ltd, UK Gymnastics Affiliation Ltd & Christopher Adams v British Amateur Gymnastics Association, Court of Appeal, 24th March 2021.
Cheesed off
The latest appeal related to Halloumi has amounted to nothing, Ellie Wilson reports. T-282/19, Foundation for the Protection of the Traditional Cheese of Cyprus named Halloumi v EUIPO, General Court, 24th March 2021
Webinar and lecture recordings
Our events will provide you with additional insight into key IP topics. We record our events so you can watch them on-demand.
CITMA Autumn Conference
Exclusively available to Autumn Conference delegates. We lifted the lid on what you need to know to ensure you can offer the best advice on dispute resolution, reputation management and settlements.
Paralegal Seminar
Exclusively available to our Paralegal Seminar delegates. We uncovered how best to manage change at our annual CITMA Paralegal Seminar.
What lies behind the surge in China's international trade mark filing
Elliot Papageorgiou shared his expertise and knowledge on trade mark filing practice in China and its current notable trends.
Oppositions and disputes
This webinar gave a commercial and strategic perspective on trade mark oppositions and their role within a client’s broader portfolio management.
CITMA Review
Our magazine gives you features and case comments that will help you enhance your knowledge.
CITMA Review - September 21
Read the September/October issue of CITMA Review online.
Power element has limited force
Charlotte Wilding explains the basis of a partial success for Infineon.
Smart move?
Katharina Barker raises some interesting questions about future defensibility.
CITMA Review July 21
Read the July/August issue of CITMA Review online.
Case comments
Court offers clear vision
The BoA was fully entitled to its decision on confusion, reports Eleni Mezulanik.
GPC plays it straight
For one polo club, a successful defence proved fairly simple, says Simon Miles.
Confusion is a complex concept
The courts are bound to take in the bigger picture, writes Beverley Potts. [2021] EWCA Civ 425, UK Gymnastics Ltd, UK Gymnastics Affiliation Ltd & Christopher Adams v British Amateur Gymnastics Association, Court of Appeal, 24th March 2021.
Cheesed off
The latest appeal related to Halloumi has amounted to nothing, Ellie Wilson reports. T-282/19, Foundation for the Protection of the Traditional Cheese of Cyprus named Halloumi v EUIPO, General Court, 24th March 2021