On 2 December 2019, the Irish  Patents Office changed  its name to the “Intellectual Property Office of Ireland” (IPOI).   The title of the Controller of Patents Designs and Trade Marks  or CEO  of the Office  also changed to the “Controller of Intellectual Property”.  The Irish Patents Office first opened its doors in 1929 for the [...]

We are delighted to announce that Denis McCarthy celebrates his 40 year anniversary with M&D. It has been a great journey together and M&D looks forward to more years of his steady stewardship of our patents business. A European and chartered patent attorney and trade mark attorney, Denis joined the firm in 1979 having graduated [...]

We are delighted to report that we were recently involved in securing Northern Ireland Water Limited’s first ever patent. The NI Water Research, Development and Innovation team ran a highly successful pilot and after much hard work and dedication developed the iCat iSR Signature Design.  The clever patented device and system enhance customer supply resilience [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We came across this interesting article by Stephen Kelly on how startups can access funding Ireland. It's a must read for all budding entrepreneurs  http://www.digitaltimes.ie/irelands-top-startup-funds-and-how-to-get-money/