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High Court: patent attorneys have wider rights of audience than previously thought
Monday, 7 February 2011Patent attorneys have litigation rights in a wider range of cases than previously thought, including disputes over license agreements and related intellectual property, the High Court has ruled in what is believed to be the first judgement on the scope of patent attorney litigators’ rights.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, rights of audience
Posted in News, Other lawyers
New recruits move BSB closer to lay majority
Tuesday, 18 January 2011The Bar Standards Board has fulfilled its side of the deal struck with the Legal Services Board over its lay/professional composition, with four new members taking office this month. There is now an equal number of lay and professional members ahead of a lay majority being in place after further changes next year. Later this year the Solicitors Regulation Authority will also move to parity before a lay majority is appointed for 2013.
Tags: bar standards board, Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, ILEX Professional Standards, Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, internal governance rules, IPReg, Legal Services Board, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Legal Executives, Legal Services Board, News, Other lawyers
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The rise of the agent
We believe AI agents are going to represent the biggest change to the way in which the general public interact with professional services business for generations.
The lonely role of a COFA: sharing the burden of risk management
Compliance officers for finance and administration in law firms can often find themselves walking a solitary path. But what if we could create a collaborative culture of shared accountability?
Mind the (justice) gap: Why are RTAs going up but claims still down?
The gap between the number of road traffic accident injuries and the number of motor injury claims continues to widen, according to the latest government data.
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