We are providing some additional contextual information to support engagement with the Education Review Call for Evidence and Feedback. This is on the topics outlined below. Links to this information are provided in the Call materials.
What we mean by ‘day-one professional capability requirements’
This material explains why and how we are using the term ‘day-one professional capability requirements’ in our Education Review Call for Evidence and Feedback. It also outlines how we will use Call responses on this topic to inform how we develop the Review proposals later this year. This includes on whether and how we plan to update IPReg’s current competency frameworks.
This material briefly explains the current routes to gaining registration as a trade mark attorney or patent attorney. It outlines the different routes to qualification and registration within each profession, and provides brief additional information to put the routes and their requirements into context.
The regulatory context of the Education Review
This material provides an overview of the legislative and regulatory context in which IPReg conducts its work on education and qualification routes. It sets out the parameters within which IPReg needs to undertake the Education Review to produce and secure approval for the Review’s future outputs and outcomes.