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/
Come and join us in the RDS next Wednesday 30th May for Tech Connect Live! You can meet us at stand J08, which is located near the IoT & Industry 4.0 main stage, where our IP Strategist, Dr. Nikos Minas, will be delivering a talk on how to protect industry 4.0 innovations. #TechConnect #IP strategy [...]
Peter MacLachlan is attending the INTA Annual Conference in Seattle, United States of America. This is the 140th Annual meeting of that organisation and will be attended by thousands of the leading IP experts in the world.
Most of you would be familiar with the U2 song "Where the Streets Have No Name". Now according to the BBC ( http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-44088403 ), it's a case of "Where the bands have the same name" for Elijah Hewson, son of U2 frontman, Bono. Hewson is a member of a four piece band called INHALER (INHALER IE) [...]
Peter MacLachlan, who is an Irish member on the ECTA Council, is attending the 74th Autumn Meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria.
With the Government facing up to possibly 8 referendums, the date for the referendum on the Unified Patent Court has been deferred https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0926/907522-cabinet_referendums/