Our new website
We have launched our new website. Take a look at some of the key new features.
We are delighted to introduce you to our new website, which we hope will significantly enhance your digital interaction with CITMA.
Using our website should be a seamless experience, whatever it is that you are looking to do. Processes for event bookings, membership renewals and updating member details have all been improved and made simpler, with you in mind.
We’ve also built in personalisation. For members, this means that once you’ve logged in, you will see a homepage that tailors content based on specific areas in which you’ve told us you are interested – pulling out the content and events that are most
relevant to you.
We also want our digital channels to promote IP and the Trade Mark Attorney profession – and attract new people to the site. So, the citma.org.uk homepage is now more focused towards the general public.
We are offering richer content that will inform, educate and entertain the public about why it is important to get professional legal advice on their IP rights and strategy.
Getting started
All members will receive information about how to log in and create a new password. The most important change is that your primary email address is now your username.
Once logged in, you will be able to manage your CITMA membership. You can update your details, see which events you are booked onto, view your renewal history, and more.
Enhanced search options
We want our new website to work harder for you. Linking business owners and decision-makers with the services of Chartered Trade Mark Attorneys (CTMAs) is a cornerstone of the new design.
Our enhanced searchable directory will help the public find CTMAs. The new search filters will allow people to search not only by location, but also by specialisms. It is important for all members to keep their profiles up-to-date so you are more likely to be found. You can also add a long-form biography and a profile photo, to make your profile a more personal introduction and a better marketing and business development tool for you.
We also want you, as part of our community, to be able to find each other more easily – whether you are looking for colleagues at home or abroad. So we have also enhanced our members’ directory, which is now accessible without needing to log in.
Content you can use
Offering content aimed at the trade mark legal profession is an important aim of the new site. On it, you will find all case comments published in the CITMA Review since 2016, and the archive is fully searchable. You can also earn CPD by watching recordings of past events in our video library.
We will keep you up-to-date with the latest news that affects the profession, from Brexit to changes in law and practice, as well as the latest job vacancies. And our powerful website-wide search tool will help you find whatever it is that you are looking for.
Easier renewals
We have made renewing your membership easier. Bulk renewals will be possible on a whole-firm basis, enabling all members within a firm to be paid for in one go. Subscriptions can be processed and paid for by a named individual at a firm, such as a finance director or administrator. We will be sending further information about bulk membership renewals in the coming weeks. You will, of course, still be able to pay individually, if that is your preference.
Streamlined booking
We want you to be able to register for our events more easily. Our new booking process is designed to be as quick and simple as possible. We’ve added the ability to be booked for an event by someone else, even if that person is not a CITMA member –meaning you don’t need to share your log-in information, and allowing several people from a firm to be booked at one time.
Business-friendly blog
We have launched a new blog. Aimed at businesses, it will bring visitors to our website with relevant, attractive, informative and entertaining content that will help them learn more about trade marks and IP – and help bust some myths around IP along the way.
By demonstrating the importance of trade marks and the role of CTMAs, we hope to create more searches for CTMAs on our directory – and ultimately more business for our members.
We want your feedback
This is a big project, and we will continue to refine the website over the coming months and years. Your feedback will be vital in helping us to do this. Any comments or suggestions, however big or small, are greatly appreciated.
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