Every day, Leman Solicitor’s Intellectual Property solicitor Brian Conroy takes a look at the latest Intellectual Property (IP), Trademark, Copyright, Design rights and Brand Protection stories from around the web. Here’s your Interesting Intellectual Property Stories for 6 January, 2020…
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John Hogan, Managing Partner at Ogier Leman, presents Kevin Dempsey from Barretstown with the fundraising cheque. On Saturday 7th September 2019, staff from Ogier Leman climbed eight mountains in Wicklow to raise money for Barretstown Children’s Charity, who are celebrating…
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An award of €150 by an Adjudication Officer (the “AO”) in the Workplace Relations Commission (the “WRC”) has been increased by the Labour Court to €15,000 (100 times higher than the original award) for non-compliance with rest breaks. The decision…
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The Parental Leave (Amendment) Act 2019 (the “Act”) came into operation on 19 July 2019 and introduced a number of changes in relation to parental leave. At present, each parent is entitled to 18 weeks of (unpaid) parental leave. Under…
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The Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019 (the Bill) was recently debated before the Select Committee on Justice and Equality. The following points were discussed as being areas that require further consideration before the terms of the Bill can be…
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Google Clockwork When it comes to unearthing and assessing Google trademarks and what they might mean or suggest, I have some form (see here, here and here). Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on whom you ask), I’m exceedingly busy in real…
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The Workplace Relations Commission (the “WRC”) has recently published its 2018 Annual Report, which highlights a significant increase in activity compared to previous years. Some key highlights are set out below. Pre-Adjudication Mediations In 2018, the WRC witnessed a significant…
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Psalm West Trademarks If you measure love in trademarks applied for(not recommended) then it appears that Kim and Kayne West have a clear favourite, and it’s the latest addition, Psalm West: A week after announcing the arrival of the latest…
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This time last year, GDPR was at the forefront of employers’ minds. One year on, it’s GPG – the gender pay gap. So, what is the gender pay gap? The gender pay gap refers to the difference between what is…
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Heinz or Hellmann’s, You Decide Heinz or Hellmann’s which is creamier? It’s the legal question that has puzzled lawyers (well, at least one, me) for the last…..2 hours. I know what you’re thinking, “the whole ad is only six words…
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On 20 March 2019, the Supreme Court held that Mr. Tomasz Zalewski has the requisite locus standi to pursue his constitutional challenge in relation to certain provisions of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 and the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977, as…
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Every day, Leman Solicitor’s Intellectual Property solicitor Brian Conroy takes a look at the latest Intellectual Property, Trademark, Copyright, Design rights and Brand Protection stories from around the web. Here’s your Interesting IP for 9 April. 2019 Ariana Grande ‘making…
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LexTech, an indigenous technology company, have launched their legal technology business today, 29th March 2019. The company which develops ‘reg tech’ and ‘legal tech’ software products and services for businesses, held the launch at their offices in Dublin 4 where…
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Every day, Leman Solicitor’s Intellectual Property solicitor Brian Conroy takes a look at the latest Intellectual Property, Trademark, Copyright, Design rights and Brand Protection stories from around the web. Here’s your Interesting IP for 19 March, 2019 The influencer Chiara…
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Every day, Leman Solicitor’s Intellectual Property solicitor Brian Conroy takes a look at the latest Intellectual Property, Trademark, Copyright, Design rights and Brand Protection stories from around the web. Here’s your Interesting IP for 14 March 2019 GUCCI Intellectual Property…
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Every day, Leman Solicitor’s Intellectual Property solicitor Brian Conroy takes a look at the latest Intellectual Property, Trademark, Copyright, Design rights and Brand Protection stories from around the web. Here’s your Interesting IP for [insert date], 2018 Take-Two settles copyright…
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Every day, Leman Solicitor’s Intellectual Property solicitor Brian Conroy takes a look at the latest Intellectual Property, Trademark, Copyright, Design rights and Brand Protection stories from around the web. Here’s your Interesting IP for 12 March, 2019: Jury Awards $95.5M…
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Every day, Leman Solicitor’s Intellectual Property solicitor Brian Conroy takes a look at the latest Intellectual Property, Trademark, Copyright, Design rights and Brand Protection stories from around the web. Here’s your Interesting IP for 11 March, 2019: The…
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Ogier Leman is delighted to announce that they have been officially recognised as one of the Best Workplaces in Ireland in 2019. Leman were recognised at the 17th annual Great Place to Work Best Workplaces in Ireland awards in the…
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The Big Mac Trademark Decision As the internet goes into full on meltdown about a decision of the EUIPO, Irish national pride is on display in a way not seen by this trademark nerd since Italia ’90. Yes, Supermac’s beat…
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The Big Mac Trademark Decision The world’s media is currently losing it’s collective mind about a decision of the EUIPO regarding McDonald’s ‘Big Mac’ trademark. This, for example, is a screen shot of my news feed of intellectual property sources…
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Every day, Leman Solicitor’s Intellectual Property solicitor Brian Conroy takes a look at the latest Intellectual Property, Trademark, Copyright, Design rights and Brand Protection stories from around the web. Here’s your Interesting IP for 4 January 2019. Nike Faces Trademark…
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Every day, Leman Solicitor’s Intellectual Property solicitor Brian Conroy takes a look at the latest Intellectual Property, Trademark, Copyright, Design rights and Brand Protection stories from around the web. Here’s your Interesting IP for 3 January 2019: Nirvana Sue Mac…
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Every day, Leman Solicitor’s Intellectual Property solicitor Brian Conroy takes a look at the latest Intellectual Property, Trademark, Copyright, Design rights and Brand Protection stories from around the web. Here’s your Interesting IP for 2 January, 2019: The…
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An Post Rebrand It’s Christmas time, and that means the posties of Ireland are up the walls. I know, because my cousin Michael is a postman (Hi Michael). But I digress. Presumably January is a slow enough month. What better…
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Fear The Wolf Hunter Trademark Rookie Linebacker with the Dallas Cowboys Leighton Vander Esch spent Monday of this week on a trademark application spree. Vander Esch has applied to register all the following terms/phrases: The Wolf Hunter; Fear the Wolf…
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Epic Shot Trademark Over the last week, electronics giant Samsung has applied for UK, EU and US trademarks for ‘Epic Shot’ or ‘Samsung Epic Shot’. Immediately, you think “that’s some sort of new camera thing” right? Well, not so fast.…
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“Prem” Trademark Application Previously on our fun game “can they really trademark that?” Specsavers apply for (and obtain, wrongly in my view) trademarks for the words “Should’ve” and “Shouldve”. See previous posts on that HERE and HERE. Now, in…
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Google Hologram Trademark There’s been two interesting trademark applications filed by Google in the last few days. What they are for, or what they mean, I have absolutely no idea. Let the wild speculating commence! Google Trademark 1 Firstly, we…
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Leman names John Hogan as new Managing Partner Firm doubles their footprint with office renovation and expansion Series of Senior Appointments including new Chairman and Partner hires Ogier Leman, Ireland’s most innovative law firm, has announced that Larry Fenelon now…
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