ECTA’s 66th Council Meeting in St. Julian’s, Malta 17-19 October 2013
Norman MacLachlan will be attending ECTA's 66th Council Meeting in St. Julian’s, Malta from 17-19th October 2013.
Science and Stormont 2013, Monday 14th October 2013
Dr. Isabel Unwin will be attending the Royal Society of Chemistry's event "Science and Stormont 2013" on Monday 14th October 2013. This event is designed to develop closer links between the scientific community in Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive. Presentations will be based on the theme of Health and Innovation.
FICPI Forum & PTMG Conference
Denis McCarthy will be attending the FICPI 14th Open Forum in Sorrento which is taking place from October 2nd-5th. FICPI is the federation of international intellectual property attorneys in private practice. There will be many speakers from around the world who will address a host of issues including cross-border patent infringement litigation in the EU and protecting inventions [...]
The Changing Face of a Brand
As sick children lay in bed over 30 years ago listening to their friends playing outside in the sunshine, there was one advantage they usually had over those friends: a glass of Lucozade brought up to them by their loving mothers. It was, as a slogan said at the time, the “nice part of being [...]
Apple v Samsung Tablet War Continues
Following a UK Patents Court ruling in July last year (subsequently upheld by the UK Court of Appeal) wherein it was held that certain Samsung tablets do not infringe Apple’s Registered Community Design (RCD) No. 000181607-0001, the EU designs registry known by its official title of “Office of Harmonisation in the Internal Market” (OHIM) has [...]
Irish technology in the news
It was good to see one of our valued clients, Professor Austin Darragh, featured in the Business section of the Sunday Independent newspaper. Professor Darragh and Dr JJ Leahy have developed a new groundbreaking technology which should result in larger and healthier crops. The feature can be found below: http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/wave-goodbye-to-global-warming-gm-and-pesticides-29525621.html
Trade Marks in Dictionaries – a Sweet Success
A trade mark can become a generic term if it is not used properly. Examples of well known generic terms which were originally trade marks are “escalator” and “aspirin”. “Hoover” is a good example of a trade mark which very nearly became a generic term. Collins English Dictionary contains conflicting references in the sense that [...]
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Rihanna comes out on Top!
In 2011 the pop star Rihanna had to curtail a photoshoot on a farm in Northern Ireland when the owner of the farm, Alan Graham, wasn't impressed by her "inappropriate state of undress" and ordered her off the farm and to become "acquainted with God". Well we don't know whether Rihanna heeded the farmers advice [...]
SkyDrive takes a skydive
British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc (BSBG) and Microsoft have settled the trade mark infringement action which Sky brought against Microsoft in an English Court. As a result Microsoft will have to find a new name for its cloud storage service SkyDrive. BSBG has, however, agreed to allow Microsoft to continue using the name for a [...]