BARNES IP TRAINING - FD4 COURSES

Online Intellectual Property Training Courses for the CIPA FD4 Examination

The tutor, Philip Barnes, is an ex-P6/FD4 Examiner and the co-author of the current CIPA edition of the P6/FD4 Training Book. He originally developed his course in 2013, having given many CIPA tutorials and in-house tutorials at several of the large UK firms and through JDD Consultants.

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The courses offered are continuously improved based on feedback, using the formats and teaching techniques that have been quantified as making a difference to the pass rate for previous tutees (which has been 75% to 90% in some previous years for first time sitters).

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The current format was trialled in 2018 and launched as a separate course in 2019 and has had very positive feedback.

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The idea behind the course is to spread out the sessions over a few months, to make it more like an in-house course, and to give both information on the theory behind the exam as well as practical tips and experience taking the papers. This allows tutees to consolidate their learning between sessions and follow up with the tutor between sessions to examine feedback or ask questions from the previous session.

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Since 2020, the course operated as a remote course using Microsoft Teams.​ In 2023, the courses were converted to fully online courses that can be taken by tutees at their own speed and starting at their convenience. We recommend that tutees sign up to the course in May so that they can complete the theory section in order to start doing mock papers from June until the exam.

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The course is also arranged to support tutees taking mock exams in exam-style conditions, which has been found to assist tutees (as it can be quite hard to find time to sit past papers in 5 hour blocks of time and it gives the idea to first time sitters of the physical intensity of taking a 5 hour professional exam) – and allows those attending in groups to mark each others' papers.

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Courses are typically released for booking in January each year, having been updated with new material from the most recent exam. There is a course for first time sitters of FD4 and a course for re-sitters of FD4. The first time sitters course looks at recent FD4 papers while the resitters course looks at new mock papers specifically written for the course by Philip Barnes.

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Our online courses can be booked here: https://courses.barnesiptraining.co.uk or if you would prefer to make multiple bookings then please contact us at bookings@barnesiptraining.co.uk