Jonathan White will attend the upcoming epi Litigation Committee Meeting being held in Munich from 7th to 8th April 2016. The meeting will be attended by professional representatives drawn from across Europe and a number of important topics will be discussed, including the proposed Trade Secrets Directive. Jonathan will also update the Committee on Ireland's progress with ratifying the Unified Patent Court Agreement [...]
Background Comic Enterprises Limited (CEL) operate live entertainment venues across the UK under the Trade Marks Glee and The Glee Club and have been in business since 1994. CEL also own registrations for a series of two trade marks which contain Glee, since 2001. Twentieth Century Fox (Fox ) produce the American series Glee which [...]
Cliff Kennedy will be attending the ITMA (the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys) Spring Conference in London from March 16 to March 18 inclusive. The theme for event is history and heritage, and speakers will take a journey through historical and current trade mark issues.
In accordance with the new Regulation (EU) No. 2015/2424 of the European Parliament and the Council amending the Community trade mark regulation (EUTMR Regulation), which was enacted in December 2015, the EU Trade Mark System is being reformed and revised and certain changes to the system will be introduced with effect from March 23 2016: [...]
The World Trademark Review 1000 rankings were released in January 2016 and we are delighted to announce that MacLachlan & Donaldson received an excellent ranking yet again. Our very own trade mark experts, Cliff Kennedy and Peter MacLachlan, were each singled out in the Review for their professionalism and sterling approach to ensuring that the [...]
According to a press release by the European Parliament issued on Tuesday, December 15 2015, the new trade mark rules will make it possible to impound counterfeit goods in transit through EU territory as well as affecting trade mark registration and infringement issues. There will a new and tailored fee structure for EU trade mark [...]
In June we reported the latest developments relating to the Unitary European Patents: Read these developments here. Italy has recently become the 26th Country to join but so far only 8 countries have ratified. The magic number is 13. The end of 2016 is now the expected start date. Ireland cannot ratify the Unitary Patent [...]
Dispelling the Myths: Patents and the Patent Box Date: Thursday, 15th October 2015 Time: 08:30 – 9:00am – Registration, 9:00am – Presentation starts, 10:00am – Close Venue: EY, Bedford House, Bedford Street, Belfast, BT2 7DT At this free breakfast event our sister company in Northern Ireland, Ansons, in partnership with EY Tax, will be leading [...]
Peter MacLachlan and Jonathan White shall be attending the Food & Drink Business Conference which is being held on the 16th of September at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin. This year the theme is “How to Scale a Food or Drink Business” and both Peter and Jonathan are looking forward, not only to listening to key [...]
Denis McCarthy attended a two day meeting of the Guidelines Subcommittee of the European Patent Practice Committee (EPPC) of the European Patent Institute (EPI) in Copenhagen on August 27/28th 2015. . The subcommittee reviewed and commented in detail on the proposed changes to the latest edition of “Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office” [...]