Trade Mark owners, once they receive their Certificates of Registration, are always advised to police these rights to ensure that these rights are not diluted by a third party using or attempting to register a confusingly similar trade mark. It can be daunting if one receives a cease and desist letter from a larger firm threatening proceedings [...]
MacLachlan & Donaldson are proud to share that Denis McCarthy, Director and European Patent Attorney, has been elected to the Council of the European Patent Institute (epi). Denis has been a full member of the Council before and we are delighted that he has been elected again by his fellow Irish Patent Attorneys. As described [...]
Our European Trademark attorneys, Carla MacLachlan and Peter MacLachlan, are delighted to be talking with business and marketing students at TU Dublin Tallaght today at 1pm. They will be giving the students an overview of Intellectual Property, with a specific focus on trademarks and copyright. They will also be taking questions on the subject from [...]
The European Patent Office (EPO) has recently issued a decision on its approach to patent applications that designate artificial intelligence (AI) systems as inventors. In January 2020, the EPO published its reasons for refusing two patent applications where the inventor named on the applications was an AI system called “DABUS”. What did DABUS “invent? The [...]
We are excited to announce that we are hiring at MacLachlan & Donaldson. We are actively recruiting both a patent attorney and a trademark attorney. Patent Attorney For the patent attorney role, the candidate should ideally be at PhD-level in a disciple related to Electronics and/or Computer Science. You should be a qualified or part-qualified [...]
Visit our sister firm Ansons at the Northern Ireland Manufacturing and Supply Chain Conference and Exhibition in the Titanic Exhibition Centre. Our trademark attorney, Cherrie Stewart, and our patent attorney, Isabel Meenan, will be at the exhibition on the 27th February, to help you with any of your queries related to intellectual property. We look [...]
As you may or not be aware it is possible to register a slogan as a trade mark. What brought this to mind in the last few days is the fact that we here in Ireland have just had a General Election and unlike many other countries in Europe we do not have many restrictions [...]
Brands, often referred to as trade marks, are those signs which identify one company’s products and services from those of their competitors. They can consist of words, logos, slogans, colours, noises, gestures, smells or a combination of these things. Brands can be a company’s biggest asset; in 2018 Interbrand valued Apple’s brand at over US$214,480 [...]
Do you know what you can register as a trade mark? What makes a good trade mark and how can you try to choose a good one from the beginning of your business endeavours? A trade mark can consist of words, letters, numerals, colours, designs, the shape of goods or of the packaging of goods [...]
Last week we shared information with you about how to identify and protect your trade secrets. This week we want to share more practical steps you can take within your business to increase the chances of confidentiality on trade secrets. To recap, a trade secret is something that is not known or capable of being [...]