11 June 2015, 1.30 pm
I chair the Birmingham regional seminar. I have forgotten to bring any sound effects so I have to keep the speakers in hand by being fierce in other ways, largely by scowling. It seems to work. Except in the case of the Council members present, because Council members do not generally have a high regard for fierceness, or indeed for the current CIPA President. At the end I present two exceedingly clever trainees with their exam prizes. This is a delightful but also humbling experience. The clever trainees have told CIPA what they want to spend their prize money on, but CIPA is still looking for the best deals on eBay® and for the time being, they have to make do with certificates instead. Over pre-dinner drinks, a fellow Council member gives me some advice for my year as President. He says, Concentrate on the short term wins. By this I presume he means things like biscuit supplies and the odd webinar or two. I presume I should not worry my pretty little head over big picture issues like the prospects for the UK profession or my plans for CIPA to monopolise the entire IP world. If ever there were a conversational equivalent of a gauntlet hitting the ground from great height, this is it. I immediately resolve to reverse CIPA into WIPO before the end of the year.
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