The CIPA Journal is available online, as a PDF and in print to over 4,600 CIPA members. An e-newsletter is sent to all CIPA members plus other IP professionals on the last Thursday of every month. Non-members can subscribe to the CIPA Journal, send an email for more details. The Journal is available on subscription in 2025 at £179 per annum for delivery in the UK (overseas addresses are: Europe £222, Other £255). Individual copies may be purchased at £20 for delivery in the UK (overseas addresses are: Europe £25, Other £28). An online only subscription is available at £143+VAT for 2025.
CIPA’s members include all UK Chartered Patent Attorneys in addition to IP Paralegal, European Patent Attorney, Student and Associate members.
The ‘Pink Sheets’ of the Journal includes details of IP events and courses, job vacancies, as well as professional services including translators, education providers, overseas firms and consultants.
The Journal is published ten times a year, with a double issue in January–February and July–August.
See contact details at the bottom of this page for more information on advertising.
Journal deadlines for 2025
| Advert booking deadlines / Editorial* deadlines | Publication date | |
| January-February | Friday 10 January | Friday 31 January |
| March | Thursday 20 February | Friday 14 March |
| April | Friday 14 March | Friday 11 April |
| May | Monday 14 April | Friday 9 May |
| June | Monday 19 May | Friday 13 June |
| July-August | Wednesday 18 June | Friday 11 July |
| September | Monday 18 August | Friday 12 September |
| October | Wednesday 17 September | Friday 10 October |
| November | Tuesday 21 October | Friday 14 November |
| December | Tuesday 18 November | Friday 12 December |
To advertise in the monthly e-newsletter the costs and dimensions are:
Please book your adverts by the 15th of each month.
The charges for advertising in the CIPA Journal are listed below (the dimensions for each type of advertisement is given in brackets). Please note that all adverts are printed in full colour. Click here to book an advert by email.
Online only recruitment adverts for 2024
Jobs posted within 1 working day. For recruitment advertising telephone: +44 (0) 20 7880 2710; or email: [email protected]
Other CIPA Journal adverts (support, services, announcements, etc)
At the end of 2023, the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys appointed Redactive Publishing Limited as their sales agency for the provision of advertising serves in the CIPA Journal, newsletters, online recruitment adverts and the sponsorship of events.