The Business School Blog » Patent Attorneys http://blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk/business The latest news from the Business School at Bournemouth University Wed, 08 May 2013 09:31:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 BU becomes the first university to receive IPReg accreditation http://blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk/business/2011/12/02/bu-becomes-the-first-university-to-receive-ipreg-accreditation/ http://blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk/business/2011/12/02/bu-becomes-the-first-university-to-receive-ipreg-accreditation/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:34:42 +0000 Sarah Jane Knox http://blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk/business/?p=58 Bournemouth University has become the first university to receive direct accreditation from the Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg), the new statutory body regulating the professions of patent attorney and trade mark attorney.

Under the previous regime, there were four universities accredited to provide exemptions from the foundation exams required by the Joint Education Board (JEB) of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) and the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA): Queen Mary, Manchester, Brunel and Bournemouth.

Bournemouth University now continues to be able to offer these exemptions to students who take the Postgraduate Certificate or LLM in Intellectual Property.

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