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.
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.
Scope question is settled
What constitutes use has been given concrete dimensions, writes Amelia Skelding. C-684/19, mk advokaten GbR v MBK Rechtsanwälte GbR, CJEU, 2nd July 2020
Microphone appeal heard
But the final word was given to the Examiner, explains Chris Thomas. R 2630/2019-4, Logitech Europe SA v Fourth Board of Appeal, EUIPO, 3rd July 2020
Closing the retail gap
Trade mark law may be catching up with the digital era, suggests Anousha Vasantha. C-763/18 P, Wallapop SL v EUIPO & Unipreus SL, CJEU (AG), 25th June 2020
KO-CO case shows cracks
Survey evidence did not cement its arguments, notes Sharon Kirby. O/353/20, KO-CO (Opposition), UK IPO, 15th July 2020
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.
EU case law update
Mark Caddle from Withers and Rogers, highlighted the key EU cases from this year and their relevance to you and your clients.
Online enforcement
Rebecca O'Kelly Gillard and Emma Green from Bird & Bird, detailed just how to create a robust and coherent strategy for monitoring activity and taking action online.
Copyright and trade marks: collision or near miss?
Simon Malynicz QC gave an insightful and in-depth talk on the subject of copyright.
Why is everyone talking about AI?
Artificial intelligence (AI) expert Matthew Lingard was on hand to explain the rapidly growing area of AI and what it means for you.
CITMA Review
Our magazine gives you features and case comments that will help you enhance your knowledge.
CITMA Review October
Read the October issue of CITMA Review online.
CITMA Review September
Read the September issue of CITMA Review online.
CITMA Review July
Read the July issue of CITMA Review online
CITMA Review June 2020
Read CITMA Review from June 2020