IPReg Board

The Board of IPReg consists of a Chairman and four Lay Members appointed by open competition, along with three Patent Attorneys and three Trade Mark Attorneys. None of the professional members are members of either Institute's Council.

IPReg has recently finalised its process for board member reviews which can be found here.

A link to the IPReg 2010 Report can be found here.

A link to the IPReg 2011 Business Plan can be found here.

Draft Minutes of the January 2012 Board Meeting can be found here.

Minutes of the November Board Meeting can be found here.

IPReg has two advisory Committees reporting to the Board.

Internal/External Governance Committee

The Governance Committee has two distinct functions; first to ensure that the Board discharges its obligations as regulator in accordance with the requirements of the Legal Service Board and the Legal Services Act 2007 and second to oversee the professional discharge of the administrative operations which support the work of the Board.

Daniel Keenan (Lay)

Bruce Alexander

Ian Buchan

Education & Qualifications and Conduct & Disciplinary Committee

This Committee is concerned with the regulatory aspects of:

examination and qualification for registration as a patent and/or trade mark attorney, including education and training for entrants to the patent and trade mark professions
continuing professional development (CPD) for registered patent and trade mark attorneys

and for setting and amending the Code of Practice and the Disciplinary Rules.

The primary aim of the Committee is to ensure that registered attorneys achieve and maintain an appropriately high educational and professional standard relevant to their practice as IP professionals in order to best serve the interests of the consumer. In discharging this role the Committee will seek to promote educational and professional best practice amongst providers and continuing access to the professions by people from a broad range of backgrounds.

Rosalind Burford (Lay)

Philip Portwood (Lay)

David Bream (Lay)

Nicholas Fox

Linda Harland
Phil Harris
Steve Smith

The members of the IPReg Board are as follows:

Chairman	Lay Members	Professional Members
Michael Heap	David Bream Rosalind Burford Daniel Keenan Philip Portwood	Bruce Alexander Ian Buchan Nicholas Fox Linda Harland Philip Harris Steve Smith