September 23, 2015

You may not have heard, but there was a big ‘to do’ back in May about a Trade Mark action involving Sky and Skype, where the Courts held that the two could be confused. Previously, Microsoft had to change the name of its ‘SkyDrive’ could storage service to ‘OneDrive’ because of Sky’s Trade Marks in

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September 23, 2015

Three have applied to registered their ‘Three Plus’ Trade Mark and associated Figurative mark in the Irish Patents Office. For what I hear you ask? Solid Question: Class: 35 Loyalty scheme services; organisation, operation, management and supervision of loyalty and rewards programs, including membership schemes; promotional services relating to football, rugby and music events and

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September 22, 2015

So I was off on Friday and out of the office on Monday, which means 1,327 Community Trade Mark filings in the OHIM to catch up on, so let’s dive right in, shall we? Where to begin, where to begin. Oh, I know, with this:   I love that this ‘Sorry Mom’ Trade Mark is

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September 21, 2015

Fierce busy today lads, in the four courts and everything so I was, and in the long vacation and everything. Shocking stuff. Anyway, couldn’t let the day pass without some interesting IP, so here it goes: Lindsey Lohan and her mum lose a Defamation Case – http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/lindsay-dina-lohan-lose-cocaine-6472652 Facebook spying in Belgians? Is that the new

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September 17, 2015

According to Wikipedia, IOT stands for ‘Internet of Things’, like so:   Well electronic manufacturer LG Electronics seems to be gambling big on the Internet of Things being the next big……eh, thing! Yesterday they filed 33 applications based on the phrase IOT. Each application was filed in 4 classes. That’s outlay of €1,050 per application,

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