The requirements relating to professional education are outlined below. Please check the legislation as applicable to your profession's obligations.

Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys

Continuing professional education is now compulsory for all Australian registered patent and trade mark attorneys:

• Minimum of 10 hours per year, or a minimum of 15 hours per year for jointly registered attorneys
• Attorneys must maintain adequate records (facilities provided).
• Must benefit the attorney in their delivery of services to clients.
• Must be structured, formal activities with identifiable outcomes.
• The Professional Standards Board recommends activities from more than one source. A guideline is available on their website.
• Applies to full-time, part-time, non-practising, corporate and other attorneys.
• The per year requirement is the period 12 months immediately before the date on which an attorney applies for renewed registration.
• The Designated Manager must be satisfied that the activities are appropriate for an attorney to undertake as a means of maintaining the currency of his or her professional qualifications.

Recording Keeping

This site provides a system to manage your continuing professional education ('CPE') in the myPoints section.

• You can add educational activities that you have conducted, which are stored and backed up in our database.
• If you are asked to produce your record of CPE, you can print directly from the myPoints facility.
• Any content you purchase will appear in your myPoints section as unwatched.
• Once you have watched a seminar, this will appear as verified education in your myPoints section.