In a huddle in a corner of the Glasgow hotel, I talk to some CIPA
members about their business practice and regulatory problems. Actually what happens is that they tell me
what their problems were, and then they tell me how they solved them, and then
I ask if CIPA could borrow their ideas please.
In the afternoon I chair the annual Scottish CPD
seminar. I have brought my Cowtrackingclangingthingen
with me (I stuffed socks in them when I packed, to avoid traipsing
through the airport sounding like Heidi).
They seem to have the desired effect.
The speakers do not go over time and we romp through a range of topics
and apart from getting the guest speaker’s name and employer wrong, I think I
get away with it.
One of the talks is on something called the Nagoya Protocol. This is to do with Biodiversity and not using
Biodiverse things without saying thank you to the country you stole them
from. We somehow get talking about fish,
because if you are using Biodiversity from fish then which country does the
Biodiversity come from and who do you have to thank? What if the fish were spawned upstream in
another country somewhere? What if they swam
across national borders? Only a roomful
of patent attorneys could get into a debate about spawning fish on a Thursday
afternoon in Glasgow.
Mr Lampert then gives a wonderful talk about stakeholder
engagement and tries to show us CIPA: The
Movie with the watering can and the cartoon trees. The laptop says No. Mr Lampert says Oh please but the laptop
still says No. Then Mr Lampert tries to
show us a mock-up of the new CIPA website but the laptop says No, not on your
nelly. So then Mr Lampert gets cross and
shows us the video through YouTube® anyway and he gets a round of applause for
his perseverance and his advanced social media skills.
And then I stand up and say Look how impressive CIPA is
these days. The delegates do not seem
convinced. So I hand over to Ms Sear,
and she makes them convinced alright. Ms
Sear can be quite scary.
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