Government webpage forSPCs

If you need to apply or extend a supplementary protection certificate  you can now do so online, and also find associated resources. This new services is part of the gigantic and Big Brother-ish (to my mind) GOV.UK website. I am sure it will prove extremely popular. Thanks to the SPC Blog for the information: read their story here.

Intellectual Property Act receives Royal Assent

Lords Hansard text for 14 May 2014 (pt 0002) reveals that the Intellectual Property Act has received Royal Assent, which is probably a good moment to write about it. Watch this space and I will write some thoughts here later.

Intellectual Property Act receives Royal Assent

Lords Hansard text for 14 May 2014 (pt 0002) reveals that the Intellectual Property Act has received Royal Assent, which is probably a good moment to write about it. Watch this space and I will write some thoughts here later.

Online IP textbook: patents chapters updated

The five chapters on patents in my online book (click on the heading in the left-hand sidebar) are now up-to-date. There is some more polishing to do on them but all the material, except a lot of probably unnecessary detail on exclusions, is now included.

Interested in learning a bit about the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patents Court?

If so, listen to the 'Run Through' lecture I have just recorded, and if appropriate claim half-an-hour CPD (for which you'll have to request the multi-choice questions and pay a very reasonable £10 plus VAT).

Solicitors, do your CPD here

You can satisfy some of your SRA-imposed CPD obligations here, by listening to my recorded intellectual property lectures and completing and submitting to me a short multi-choice questionnaire, so I have a record of who's used the service if the SRA want to see it. The lectures themselves remain free to listen to, but if you want to claim CPD points for listening to them there is a modest charge - £20 plus VAT, making £24 in total, for each session, payable the easiest way possible, through PayPal. Accreditation isn't cheap! The lectures mostly qualify for an hour's CPD, though some of the specialised ones will be shorter (and perhaps cheaper).
This service is provided through Motor Law Publications Limited, which is accredited as a CPD provider with the SRA. Barristers are able to claim credits for unaccredited CPD activities, so it should work for them too - but please satisfy yourself that it meets your requirements. If you are regulated by IPReg, please check with them.
I will be resuming my monthly podcasts in the near future so there will be further opportunities to earn CPD points here.