9 April 2016
It is Saturday. But you wouldn’t know it. I have been at the computer all day, producing things that other people aren’t around to criticise. Firstly I did some slides and handouts for a talk I am giving to university law students. The talk is about putting IP law into practice, which I confess I have almost forgotten how to do. The VeePee is supposed to be giving a talk as well, so I prepare some extra material in case he forgets to be there. My handout is basically a “case study”. This is management bollocks for something you don’t need to rehearse beforehand. The underlying idea is to make the recipients decide what you should talk about and then tell you what to say. As the presenter/tutor/facilitator, all you have to do is shout “Good point!” and “Good question!” now and then, and at the end to tell them what a lot they’ve learned from this hands-on, interactive exercise. “Hands-on” and “interactive” are of course also management bollocks, translating roughly as Do It Yourself. Next I worked on a provisional programme for our IP administrators’ conference. This was followed by several grovelling emails to people I am hoping will agree to fill the sessions with erudite speeches and Powerpoint® presentations, and of course case studies. One of the people I have emailed is Mr Roberts, only I did not bother to grovel in his. It is after all his fault I had to sit next to Monsieur Le President de l’EPO the other night and be told off for being insufficiently European. Now I am drafting an email to Council about a Cunning Plan I have hatched, to provide guidance for our members about Brexit. The plan involves commissioning an expert to prepare the guidance, because it will be Hard Work and take a Long Time and if we ask one of the committees to do it we will still be rewriting section 3.1.3 on referendum day. The guidance will cover issues such as:
Some of these might perhaps be construed as scare-mongering, but you cannot be too prepared I feel. Especially on the croissant front. Meanwhile I will ask Monsieur Le President de l’EPO to write a forward for the document, in which he will tell us all not to be so stupid and irresponsible and then admit that he hasn’t a clue who CIPA are.
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