WHY PEC SURVEYS MATTER FOR THE PROFESSION
As a FICPI member, you may be aware of PEC, FICPI’s Professional Excellence Committee. PEC looks...
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DELIGHTING THE CLIENT IN DIFFICULT TIMES
How to foster a client-centred culture in your firm The reflections that I have made during this...
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Covid-19 crisis and trade mark practice
How to keep our clients happy and involved in the protection of their trade marks during a...
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Life under lockdown: the FICPI administrator’s view
I was ready for this, not the global pandemic, but working from home whilst our country locked...
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Piloting patents: applying lessons from a private Pilot’s Perspective
APPLYING LESSONS FROM A PRIVATE PILOT PERSPECTIVE: Also a tribute to my fellow pilot colleagues:...
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THE PANDEMIC: ADAPTATIONS IN A BRAZILIAN LAW FIRM
Even though it was expected, when the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Brazil it brought many changes to all people and sectors of the economy.
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Life in lockdown in France, blog 6: The “e Pandemic”, 30 years later
In his final blog on the effects of the pandemic, Marc Chauchard takes a looks back at events of...
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Life in lockdown in Canada: Don’t neglect office design and HR considerations
Doug Deeth gives a taster of next week’s webinar, “How will the world look after lockdown?” In the...
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Life in lockdown in France: a woman’s experience of working at home
Being a woman in FICPI during the coronavirus crisis I am one of a few FICPI women who were...
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Life in lockdown in France, blog 5 : We are at war!
Marc Chauchard applies wartime strategy to getting businesses back on track after Covid-19 The...
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LIFE IN LOCKDOWN IN BRAZIL: How a Brazilian IP firm reacted to the Covid-19 threat
When your best laid plans go awry In Asterix’s village, the Gauls fear nothing, except that...
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Life in lockdown in France, blog 4: axioms and tips for efficient e-meetings
Marc Chauchard presents his parody on ‘life in the time of video calls’ This is my fourth blog on...
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Top 10 List: Mindful Ways to Cope With a Global Pandemic
(Might as well give it a try if nothing else is working!) If we are honest with ourselves, IP...
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IP practice management during lockdown
Webinar offers tips from FICPI colleagues worldwide. Last week’s webinar, ‘Life under lockdown in...
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Life in lockdown in France, blog 3: WhatsApp and other messaging services
Using tech tools and your own support groups This is my third blog on ‘life in lockdown’, read my...
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life in lockdown in france, blog 2: A few differences between a brilliant theory and its implementation…
Finding a daily schedule that works for you I’m writing this on March 30th 2020, at the end of our...
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Life in lockdown, blog 1: experiences from France
Living in confinement (aka lockdown). I have been FICPI’s Treasurer General since 2006, living in...
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AI tech used in trade mark search
How accurate is trade mark search powered by computer vision technology? When we first began the...
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Will the US emerge from the subject matter eligibility abyss?
Stakeholder dissension leads to practitioners trapped in the Section 101 quagmire Hopes that at...
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Fighting (and so far winning) the patent backlog in Brazil
Good news from the Brazilian PTO: update on the project to fight the patent examination backlog...
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What to expect from a FICPI meeting
Why is FICPI like a business community with family members from around the world? The entire IP...
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How will Brexit affect your clients’ IP rights?
CET Vice President, Robert Watson, gives a personal view on the current legal position and some...
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Patent and IP protection for AI inventions
Joint Colloquium on Artificial Intelligence – spotlight on critical issues for IP experts As...
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Be your own dentist
Should we encourage cost-conscious enquirers to file a trade mark application themselves? It may...
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Mind the gap (in protection)
How approaches to double patenting in some jurisdictions leaves a gap in protection that can be...
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Patent attorneys – are they worth the cost?
What’s the value of IP attorneys in the innovation process? IP is the bedrock of a company’s...
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May the spirit and scope of the invention be with you
The (re-)emergence of the inventive concept in UK patent law The English courts are increasingly...
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Why you should be the next FICPI Blog author
FICPI is a wonderful community, with members across the globe building trusted connections with...
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Fostering better engagement across FICPI
New communication methods to keep FICPI members updated A consultation process across the FICPI...
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