Be Together Samsung Over the last two weeks, Samsung has applied for trademark registrations in the EU and US around the phrase “Be Together”. (Click to enlarge) Each application is for “Smartphones; Tablet computers; Smart watches.” You can have a…
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US Trademark Filings The latest US Trademark Applications are out, and make for interesting reading! Of the 1,200 odd applications filed, here’s a few you might find interesting! You can click on any of the pictures below to enlarge. …
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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 October, 2018: NWSL claims Royals…
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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 10 October, 2018: Barbie could be…
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The Boy Wizard Trademark Most people probably know that Harry Potter is ‘The Boy Wizard’, right? Well I did, and I’ve never read the books. So why then, 21 years after the first book was released, did Warner Brothers yesterday…
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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 October, 2018: Hublot settles ‘red…
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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 8 October, 2018: Sixers now embracing…
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On Saturday 8 September 2018, two teams from Ogier Leman raced their way from Croke Park Stadium, Dublin to the bottom of Croagh Patrick, Mayo and climbed the 764M mountain in wind and rain to raise money for the Marie…
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Video Presentation: The following is a short video taken from a presentation delivered by Ogier Leman to a group of practicing Examiners in KPMG. The topic was Examiner’s costs and expenses. In it, we look at the question of what…
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Conor McGregor Trademarks From having zero trademark applications (see here) to having some, to now having lots, I’ve been following the Conor McGregor trademark story from the very beginning. And now it’s time for the latest installment. The Champ Champ…
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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 Monday July, 2018: Nintendo GameCube Classic…
Read more »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 18 June, 2018: Conor McGregor wants…
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Dreamworks Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Trademark Like any normal person, when I find something I find interesting, I ‘Google it’ (which is actually a usage of Google’s trademark as a verb that they discourage for trademark reasons I…
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All the evidence has been taken, both parties have been given the opportunity to present their case. Submissions have been made, on whom the burden of proof rests has been established and the relevant case law has been batted around.…
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While Mark Twain might of thought this, the same might not be as true for employers. While there are nine different grounds of discrimination under Irish employment law, there seems to have been a significant growth in the number of…
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Harry Potter Merchandise Glasses (TM) Any Harry Potter fans will probably be familiar with the fact that: (1) Harry Potter wears glasses; and (2) He has a scar in the shape of a lightning bolt. If you were to draw…
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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 25 May, 2018: Google ‘stole my…
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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 22 May, 2018: Confirmed: OnePlus is…
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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 16 May, 2018: Toys R Us…
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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 Tuesday 5 May, 2018: Dead Rabbit…
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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 Monday 14 May, 2018: Hotel Chocolat…
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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 May, 2018: Ricciardo’s ‘shoey’ may…
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Trainee solicitors from the Law Society volunteer in Malawi for Habitat for Humanity. Jason McMenamin of Ogier Leman, gives an account of the team’s experience. For the last number of years, a team of trainee solicitors who have just completed…
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It seems we have a weekly, if not daily weather, warning these days. Often, we are warned not to take unnecessary journeys. So is your employee coming to work during adverse weather an unnecessary journey? What is the position for…
Read more »The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on 25 May 2018 and organisations who collect and process personal data have had 2 years to become compliant with GDPR. Once of the areas that will change under GDPR is…
Read more »GDPR is everywhere at the moment. We all know that something needs to be done before 25 May 2018 to ensure our organisations are GDPR compliant. For those who have managed to avoid it, GDPR is the EU’s General Data…
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Three of our Trainees recently took time out of the office to help out with a local Dublin charity, St Michael’s House, to help in sprucing up the garden in one of their assisted living centres in Churchtown, County Dublin.…
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Ogier Leman Employment Team has been ranked in Chambers Europe 2017. To access the new rankings and editorial commentary, click here: Chambers guides are the culmination of thousands of in-depth interviews by the largest research team…
Read more »Dress codes are becoming a more common and controversial topic of conversation in the workplace. Last year PwC in the UK found itself in the headlines in relation to a temp agency sending their employee home because she was not…
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Since the Irish property bubble burst, the price of development land has fluctuated from the heady prices of boom time to an all time low. Now as prices are beginning to recover, the effect of the recession on the costs…
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