13 June 2016, 11 am
After breakfast we had to start work again. So now I am sitting at a large table in another part of the Inn of Court, with some senior CIPA folk and some other senior acronyms such as ITMA, FICPI-UK, the IPLA and in particular the AIPLA. The AIPLA are the American people: you can tell because despite their jet lag, they are all Leaning In and Reaching Out. Whereas the Brits are brushing fluff off their trousers and looking studious. We are all gathered together to check our emails and Twitter® accounts and global newsfeeds. Now and then someone stands up and gives a little presentation on something, like IP strategies post-UPC, and what’s happening in trade mark law in the European Union that we might or might not be a member of, but fortunately none of this detracts from the important work we are doing on our smartphones. One of the speakers is an IP judge. But I do not think he is a proper judge because he says IP litigation can be run sensibly and can be constructive and even sometimes quite good fun. Clearly he is making this up. I am the only person in the room who seems to realise. We also have a talk from the IPO, about what they are doing to raise public awareness of IP. What they are doing is making video clips to show to children in classrooms, and workbooks for teachers who are brave enough to do this and then need to answer the questions that follow. The IPO are so excited about their Teach-the-World-About-IP campaign that they plan to roll it out in holiday camps over the summer. Imagine that! It’s a rainy day, and your children are bored and demanding extra burgers and fizzy drinks, and wanting to try out the £45-a-go indoor heated water slide and wave pool, and hurrah! instead you can take them to see a free video about patents and trade marks. They will be delighted. What next, I wonder? IP – The Ride at a theme park near you??
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