Qualification for Registration as a Patent or Trade Mark Attorney

Eligibility for entry on the Register of Patent Agents or the Register of Trade Mark Agents is subject to the provisions of the RPA Rules 1990

and the RTMA Rules 1990

Briefly, it is necessary to pass or be exempted from the relevant qualifying examinations, as set out in the Examination Regulations, and to complete the service period set out in Rule 9 of the relevant Register Rules.

Applications for entry on either Register should be submitted to the Registrar of the relevant Institute.

Applications for entry on to the relevant Register under the Mutual Recognition Directive http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2005/l_255/
l_25520050930en00220142.pdf should be made in the first instance to the relevant Institute.