The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys Membership List 2012 - ITMA

THE INSTITUTE OF TRADE MARK ATTORNEYS
This booklet lists the full membership of the Institute, under the membership categories below.
Qualified & Practising Categories of Membership:
Fellows are persons who before election to Fellowship, were Ordinary Members for at least five years, and
who, in the opinion of the Council, have contributed significantly to any of the objects set out in the Institute's
memorandum.
Ordinary Members are persons acting as Trade Mark Attorneys or Trade Mark Agents who have been
admitted to membership by either:
a) Passing the Institute's qualifying examinations (now the examination for entry on the
Register of Trade Mark Attorneys)
Or
b) Having gained some other recognised qualification in Intellectual Property and completing a declaration as
to the extent of their experience in trade marks.
In either case, that person must have been practising as a Trade Mark Attorney or as a Trade Mark Agent for at
least two years immediately preceding his application.
Allied Members are barristers or solicitors qualified in the United Kingdom and are engaged in practice as a
Trade Mark Attorney or as a Trade Mark Agent, or otherwise engaged in trade mark agency work and has not
less than two years’ full-time practice in the field of Intellectual Property.
Other Categories
Honorary Members are those members who no longer practise and who in the opinion of the
Council have rendered outstanding services in promoting the objects of the Institute.
Retired Members are those members who are no longer on the Register of Trade Mark Attorneys and no
longer practise but still have an interest in the profession and work of the Institute.
Affiliate Members are those who have passed the foundation parts of the Joint Examination Board
examination system.
Student Members are persons wanting to become a qualified trade mark attorney, have not passed any trade
mark exams and who have been sponsored by one corporate member.
Overseas Members are persons practising as or engaged in the profession or work of a trade mark agent
outside the United Kingdom and who have been sponsored by two corporate members.
Associate Members do not practise as Trade Mark Attorneys or as Trade Mark Agents but have a special
interest in trade marks and have been sponsored by two corporate members.
Administrator Members have passed the Trade Mark Administrators qualification examinations of the
Institute.
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