What are the benefits of using a regulated attorney?

We have recently seen a rise in unregulated representatives at the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO), which is causing significant additional costs and delays in the intellectual property (IP) system. Such is the scale of the problem that the Minster for IP, Viscount Camrose, has asked the UKIPO to undertake a review into the scale of the problems associated with this. 

Here at Mathisen & Macara, we are proud to be regulated by the Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg), but what does this really mean?

IPReg is the UK regulatory body that governs Patent Attorneys and Trade Mark Attorneys.  All UK patent and trade mark attorneys at Mathisen & Macara are regulated by this organisation. This means that all our attorneys have completed comprehensive and rigorous training and examination in IP law and practice to obtain their professional qualifications.

Furthermore, all our qualified attorneys are required to undertake ongoing training and development to maintain their knowledge and competence. This means we all regularly undertake targeted training to ensure we keep up to date with both law and practice changes in the areas of IP we regularly practice. In addition, we also ensure we keep abreast generally with all areas of IP law and practice.

IP Attorneys, who are regulated by IPReg, are also governed by an Overarching Principles and Code of Conduct that sets out ethical standards that are required of us, all of which you would expect as standard behaviours for high quality attorneys and a professional firm of intellectual property advisers.

Finally, while we would hope that you would always be happy with our work, there can sometimes be miscommunications. We endeavour to maintain a working relationship with all our clients that empowers them to raise any concerns directly with us for resolution. Being a firm of regulated attorneys, however, means you can raise a complaint with IPReg if you need to.