2021: Welcome
Supporting our members through change was a key feature of 2021 – it was a busy year for us and our profession and we are proud of what we have achieved collectively.
The transition to a post-Brexit UK intellectual property system began at the turn of the year and would set the tone for much of 2021.
With some two million EU rights being re-created in the UK, it was inevitable that this would create a large volume of work and questions.
Alongside the Coronavirus pandemic continuing to alter how we work – supporting each other was key. Developing our diversity, inclusion and wellbeing work is just one way we did more to support our members.
2021 was the first of a three year strategic plan – this year’s report gives you an update on our progress against our three strategic goals, to:
- Passionately represent and promote the interests of the membership and the wider profession.
- Equip, support and develop our membership to be competitive and successful both nationally and internationally
- Encourage and facilitate engagement in our work to enhance the profession and the organisation, inspiring a positive, healthy and inclusive culture.
Richard Goddard, President
We are proud of our progress and 2021 sets a precedent for how we will continue to represent, support, equip and develop our members for the coming years.
Collaboration internationally is fundamental, and outside the EU is more important than ever. We strengthened our relationships over the year with key officials at WIPO and the EUIPO.
Closer to home we continue to work closely with the UK IPO and we helped forge closer bonds across the IP profession with links at CIPA, the IPLA and FICPI-UK among others.
We engaged more members than ever before through our events and digital content – we knew that with in person events still not being practical that our digital offering had to be high quality and engaging.
Keven Bader, Chief Executive
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for supporting our work over the past year...
A lot of effort and thought went into crafting an events programme that catered for the needs across our profession.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for supporting our work over the past year, whether that is through volunteering on a committee or working group, attending events, reading our content or some other way.
We look forward to continuing to progress our three year plan and we’ll keep you updated on our progress.
Richard Goddard, President
Keven Bader, Chief Executive