Entrepreneurs or
established organisations wanting free help with copyright, trade
marks, patents or designs can book a 30-minute appointment with one
of our specialist IP lawyers. We
are running these free legal clinics in the firm’s London,
Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh offices.
Appointments can also be made for advice by telephone or questions
can be sent by email. See how to book an
appointment.
Other IP specialists are being encouraged to do the same (see
our WIPD kit for IP specialists).
Pinsent Masons is also hosting a free, IP-themed OUT-LAW
Breakfast Seminar on 26th April in its London and Glasgow offices.
The event, Protecting your name on the
net will be hosted in Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester
and Edinburgh on other days in May. See more on our OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminars.
WIPD exists to raise awareness of intellectual property
worldwide. It was organised in 2001 by the Geneva-based World
Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Director General Kamil
Idris has described WIPD as “an opportunity to encourage people to
think about the role played by intellectual property in everyday
life, and about its importance in stimulating and safeguarding
innovation and creativity.”
The day has been celebrated in diverse ways, including a chess
tournament in Kyrgystan and the issuing of a commemorative stamp in
Algeria last year.
The date was chosen because 26th April was the date on which the
Convention Establishing WIPO entered into force in 1970.
