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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Practical tips for specification drafting

Megan Rannard provided you with the tools and confidence to create clear, precise, and enforceable specifications.

24th Oct 2024 | Event presentation
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Supporting staff wellbeing, mental health and work-life balance?

Our panellists from a range of different working environments spoke about the challenges they’ve faced in supporting staff wellbeing, mental health and work-life balance.

10th Oct 2024 | Event presentation
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What UK practitioners need to know about US trade mark law

Understand the key tenets of trade mark registration and enforcement in the US.

13th Sep 2024 | Event presentation
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Summer of IP: Becoming a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney

Gain insight into the community of trade mark professionals that CITMA can offer you, and the networking and career development opportunities that we provide.

18th Jul 2024 | Event presentation
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CITMA Review features:

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Twice as nice?

Four trade mark professionals describe the experience of being dual-qualified.

5th Sep 2024 | CITMA Review feature
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The trade mark 20: Tom Coop

CITMA member Tom Coop answers our questions. Find out more about Alfie the dog, where Tom wants to travel to and what trade mark he would be.

5th Sep 2024 | CITMA Review feature
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USPTO guidance applies current rules to AI

The USPTO hopes “to ensure AI is not misused – or left unchecked – in practice before our judicial boards”. Sponsored content in association with WebTMS.

5th Sep 2024 | CITMA Review feature
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“I am incredibly lucky to have a wealth of extended support”

Part-time working can thrive in our profession, believes Alice Anderson.

5th Sep 2024 | CITMA Review feature

Case comments

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Corporate veil continues Lifestyle Equities CV and another v Ahmed and another

Aaron Wood argues that this decision leaves uncertainty around some important issues. [2024] UKSC 17, Lifestyle Equities CV and another v Ahmed and another, Supreme Court.

5th Sep 2024 | Case comment
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Pulling focus: Puma SE v EUIPO

One celebrity social post can mean self-disclosure, warns Sarah Husslein. T-647/22, Puma SE v EUIPO – Handelsmaatschappij J Van Hilst BV, General Court, 6th March 2024

5th Sep 2024 | Case comment
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Big day for distinctiveness

Chris Hawkes explains why a bit of decoration won’t aid registration. O/026/24, 3-Dimensional Shape (Chocolate), UK IPO.

5th Sep 2024 | Case comment
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No great swindle in punk dispute: Howard Bates v Wayne Barrett-McGrath

Poor behaviour wasn’t put up with, writes Robert Franks. O/0441/24, Howard Bates v Wayne Barrett-McGrath, UK IPO.

5th Sep 2024 | Case comment
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