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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Remember the day I quit the job to start up a new firm? It was 27th October 2006. Had a headache from 5am. Spoke to dad on the way to work. Had to cut the call short – fear of…
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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…
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Sport evokes passion. Think of the last argument you had with somebody about a sport. … did it become emotive? Now imagine that the argument takes place in a Court. Witnesses, lawyers, technical legal arguments and don’t forget the costs!!…
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As Ireland’s economy recovers we are seeing the return of high demand for commercial space, steep rents and key money within Dublin’s rental market. This contrasts with the situation as recently as two years ago when landlords not alone had…
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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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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Have you been granted a judgment or Court settlement in an EU Court which now requires a debtor to pay you? Do you think that the debtor has funds in another EU state which could be used to pay the…
Read more »Since its enactment in 2014, cases under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (“PDA” or “the Act”) have been few and far between. However, since June 2016 we have seen two major developments – the granting of the first order for…
Read more »Considered the FinTech capital of Europe in recent times London has been the destination of choice for many global and European FinTech companies. This was largely due to London’s status as a global finance hub, its access to a wide…
Read more »Introduction 1. Thanks to electronic and digital developments, now more so than ever, Irish employees want to avail of flexible working arrangements in order to have a better “work-life balance”. Many employers, particularly in the start-up arena, may favour flexible…
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FDI and the Irish Economy Ireland is the leading onshore European Union (EU) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) white-listed location for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), and 2015 was a record year for FDI into Ireland. Ireland was identified…
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“Our robot will see you now.” In December 2015 Ogier Leman hosted the Future of Law event for 100 corporate counsel. We spoke about IBM’s Watson which is being used to build A.I. applications in several sectors, notably ROSS in law.…
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Background The Construction Contracts Act was enacted in 2013. The Act has still not been commenced. The reason is primarily because industry stakeholders have been slow to agree on the Code of Practice for the Conduct of Adjudication. The Code…
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Our previous government’s 10 year strategy for the Irish Agri Food Sector afforded special interest to Ireland’s growing whiskey and craft beer sector. This is no surprise when In 2014 exports of Irish beverages increased in value to €1.2 billion.…
Read more »The ECB has reported recently that it is looking towards new innovations such as Blockchain (also known as distributed ledger) technology to help run payment and settlement systems saying; “As part of its vision, the Eurosystem intends to assess their…
Read more »Hotels in Dublin It is clear that Dublin is currently facing a shortage in hotel accommodation, both in the city centre and in its outlying areas. This is most easily identified by the cost of hotel rooms in the capital…
Read more »The Central Bank of Ireland recently published feedback from its consultation paper on the planned introduction of a Centralised Credit Register (CCR). This proposed register will contain details of all loans over €500, issued by all major lending institutions in…
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