Peter MacLachlan attended the All Ireland Business Summit on April 6 2017. The chairperson was former Dragon's Den panelist, Bobby Kerr, of Insomnia Coffee. The conference was a great opportunity to meet the "movers and shakers" of Irish business. On the left is Brenda Woods, Managing Director of The Write Space, Bobby Kerr and Peter [...]
Congratulations to Denis McCarthy who was re-elected to the EPI Council, which organisation is the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office. This is Denis's 24th year on the Council and he topped the poll among the Irish candidates.
The Irish Patents Office has recently handed down a decision in a revocation action on what constitutes "genuine use". Even though the registered proprietor was able to establish that four sales had been made via its website to Ireland during the relevant period, this was not regarded as "genuine use" on the grounds that the [...]
Denis McCarthy will be attending a meeting of the European Patent Practice Committee (EPPC) of the European Patent Institute (EPI) in Munich on November 17 2016. Among the items to be discussed will be the new rules and procedures for filing European patent applications proposed by the European Patent Office while the possible changes to the [...]
Irish Water has had a lot of difficulties of late. Most people will be aware that Irish Water is the State’s national water utility which is responsible for providing water services throughout Ireland. However, upon the formation of this company there were nationwide protests by many people who felt that they should not have to [...]
Knowledge Development Box (KDB) and SMEs What is the KDB? As of 1st January 2016, the KDB offers reduced taxation of income (an effective corporate tax rate of 6.25%) arising from qualifying intellectual property (IP), i.e. patents, copyrighted software and, in relation to smaller companies, other IP that is similar to an invention which could [...]
The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union will have a profound effect on the relationship between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU). “Brexit” raises some fundamental questions relating to trade marks which are currently registered in the EU and therefore at present apply in the UK. It is unlikely that [...]
Peter MacLachlan will be among the 9,000 delegates attending the International Trademark Association (INTA) Conference in Orlando, Florida, United States, between May 21/25 2016.
Trade Marks are registered in respect of goods and/or services which fall in one or more of 45 classes established through the Offices of WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organization) by the Nice Agreement in 1957. The 10th Addition of the Classification came into force on January 1 2016. Each class has a heading. For [...]
We have the following vacancy in our Dublin office for a: European Patent Attorney, qualified or partly qualified. The candidate should preferably have a qualification in the electronics or computer fields. Please apply with details of qualifications and experience to: Denis McCarthy MacLachlan & Donaldson 2B Clonskeagh Square, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, Ireland. T: +353 1 [...]