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CIPA Life Sciences Conference 2019

Isabel Meenan, Patent and Design Attorney, is attending the CIPA Life Sciences conference in Brighton this week. The CIPA Life Sciences Conference is the UK’s premier annual educational and networking event for patent and IP professionals active in the pharma, medical technology and biotechnology sectors. Patent and IP professionals have joined together to discuss the [...]

2020-10-20T11:58:41+00:00November 13th, 2019|Events|

Ireland places 12th in the Global Innovation Index

We reviewed the Global Innovation Index (GII) with interest today. It has been released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, INSEAD and Cornell University and is the 12th global index of innovation to date. For more than a decade, the GII has fostered national innovation strategies and international debates on innovation. The GI places innovation [...]

2020-10-20T12:02:28+00:00October 30th, 2019|News|

M&D at the ISME Annual Conference 2019

MacLachlan & Donaldson were delighted to exhibit at the ISME Annual Conference where the focus was on the power Ps of business, people and purpose. The packed agenda highlighted the current market challenges in light of Brexit, tax and costs, emphasising the need for small businesses to identify the opportunities within these challenges. MacLachlan and [...]

2020-10-20T12:05:04+00:00October 24th, 2019|Events|

Dr. Nikos Minas presents at the Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference

We were delighted to have Dr Nikos Minas presenting at the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Conference. Nikos talked about the Role of Intellectual Property in an Open Innovation Ecosystem, which is becoming the “go to” strategy for developing innovative products and services. Nikos also chaired the session on business technology. Over 9,000 people attended the [...]

2022-01-10T14:39:02+00:00January 18th, 2019|Events|

This could get McNasty

The trade mark battle between Irish fast food outlet Supermac's and its global competitor, McDonald's, over former's attempt to register the Trade Mark Supermac's throughout the European Union has attracted much media attention, particularly here in Ireland where it is being portrayed as a David vs Goliath contest and for the moment David's slingshot has [...]

2020-10-20T13:22:02+00:00January 17th, 2019|News|

We are moving

As of November 26 2018, we are moving to a more modern office block and self-contained unit in Citywest in Dublin. Our new address will be: Unit 10, 4075 Kingswood Road, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin D24 C56E, Ireland. Our e-mail address and fax and telephone numbers will remain the same although there may be some [...]

2020-10-20T13:24:00+00:00November 22nd, 2018|News|

New Appointments

There have also been a number of Boardroom changes implemented to coincide with our move to Citywest. Norman MacLachlan and Cliff Kennedy have both stood down as Chairperson and Managing Director respectively of the company but will remain on as directors. We are pleased to announce that Denis McCarthy will be the company’s new Chairperson [...]

2020-10-20T13:26:03+00:00November 22nd, 2018|News|

Conference News

Carla MacLachlan attended the PTMG (Pharmaceuticals Trade Mark Group) Conference in Dubrovnik during the week while Denis McCarthy was also at the UNION-IP's Autumn ExCo Meeting which took place from 04 to 06 October 2018 in Zurich.

2020-10-20T13:28:39+00:00October 5th, 2018|Events|

Supplementary Protection Certificates

A Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) extends protection of a patented product past the 20 year term (for a maximum further term of 5 years) if that product is also protected by a marketing authorisation.  However, whether a product covered by a marketing authorisation is “protected” by a patent has been the subject of various referrals [...]

2020-10-20T13:30:29+00:00July 25th, 2018|News|
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