Dr Robert Ackroyd
Robert Ackroyd is a graduate from Durham University where he obtained BSc and PhD degrees. He joined the intellectual property profession in the 1978 qualifying as a UK Chartered Patent Attorney in 1982 and as a European Patent Attorney in 1983. He is also a UK Registered Trade Mark Attorney , a Professional Representative before OHIM in trade marks and designs and a Member of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys. He handles a wide range of intellectual property cases, including chemical and non-chemical patents, as well as trade marks and designs. He is a contributor to the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys’ Guide to the Patents Act (“Black Book”) and has for many years been a member of CIPA’s International Liaison Committee. This has involved his being a member of CIPA delegations to its counterpart professional bodies in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Malaysia, as well as assisting in welcoming delegations to the United Kingdom. He regularly visits Asian countries representing W.P. Thompson & Co. and attends the Asian Patent Attorney’s Association’s annual meetings. He is also a member of UNION of European Practitioners in Industrial Property and of the Pharmaceutical Trade Mark Group (PTMG), whose conferences he attends.
- Office
- London
- Telephone
- +44 20 7240 2220
- ra@wpt.co.uk
Publications
Dr Robert Ackroyd is involved in the following publication:
C.I.P.A. Guide to the Patents Acts
19.11.10
The C.I.P.A Guide to the Patents Acts "Black Book" is the reference Bible for all matters pertaining to patent legislation and related case law. The book provides practical insight into the common technical and legal issues which can arise during the preparation, filing and prosecution of a UK patent application. The book incorporates clause-by-clause commentary from experts in the field and also provides discussion and analysis of the latest related legislation and provides references to hundreds of key case decisions.
