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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We will be bringing you more insight and support. Please let us know what you'd be interested in seeing here.

Features

Read insight written with you and all our student members in mind.  

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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."

13th Feb 2024 | Feature
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IP education turns a page

A series of fresh viewpoints on teaching IP.

11th Jan 2024 | CITMA Review feature
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Give them a warm welcome; Tips for new starters

Tips for helping new starters feel at home

11th Jan 2024 | CITMA Review feature
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What’s the point of networking? Identifying outcomes and goals

Networking can seem a daunting prospect, especially at the start of your career. However, going in with some clear goals in mind can lend some much needed confidence.

16th May 2023 | Feature
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Failure: How to move forward

Success isn’t always a straight path, so what steps can students take when they encounter setbacks in their learning journey?

27th Feb 2023 | CITMA Review feature
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Why mentoring matters

Carol Nyahasha draws on her own experience to demonstrate the power of personal support in the profession.

10th Jan 2023 | CITMA Review feature
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Max‑impact presenting

Bernard Savage sets out how to make every conversation a conversion.

14th Nov 2022 | CITMA Review feature

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.   

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Risk, relevance and resources: mastering trade mark searches

Searching and clearance aren’t just legal formalities, they are opportunities for paralegals to make a real impact. Learn how to assess risk and support smarter decisions.

24th Jun 2025 | Event presentation
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Future-proof your EU design strategy

EU design law is undergoing its most significant reform in decades - are your filing strategies prepared?

17th Jun 2025 | Event presentation
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Beyond expiry: extending the life of design rights

Understand the different IP rights that can protect 2D and 3D designs, including their limitations.

14th May 2025 | Event presentation
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Stronger together: how community drives mental wellbeing

Our speakers shared how their communities are fostering positive change.

12th May 2025 | Event presentation
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CITMA Review features:

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Dig into designs

Bird & Bird offers a snapshot of some of the most noteworthy cases coming before EU national courts over recent months.

19th Jun 2025 | CITMA Review feature
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Exchanging expectations

Tracy Powley explains a method for fighting workplace frustration.

19th Jun 2025 | CITMA Review feature
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To give and to get

Amelia Skelding has gathered first-hand reflections that demonstrate how mentoring makes a difference.

19th Jun 2025 | CITMA Review feature
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Lingua fracas

Jean-Philippe Mikus predicts litigation as new translation rules take effect.

19th Jun 2025 | CITMA Review feature

Case comments

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Vidiem grinds out a victory

Decision shows the defining role of strong evidence in proving bad faith, says Steven Jennings. O/0052/25, Maya Appliances Pvt Ltd v Prapaharan Sivaratnam, UK IPO.

19th Jun 2025 | Case comment
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Chicken shop fate

Roshani Muniweera digests the latest episode in a continuing clash. [2025] EWCA Civ 186, Morley’s (Fast Foods) Ltd v Nanthakumar and others, Court of Appeal.

19th Jun 2025 | Case comment
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Granini has last laugh

Lauren Fisher deals us in on the joker jostling. B 3 202 021, Granini France v Euro Games Technology Ltd, EUIPO.

19th Jun 2025 | Case comment
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Line of confusion

Susannah Slevin suggests questions surround the registration of basic shapes. T-195/24, VistaJet Ltd v EUIPO, General Court.

19th Jun 2025 | Case comment
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