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11 March 2010

WARNING: Unsolicited Mail About Unofficial Registration and Renewal Services

We want to warn clients against responding to unsolicited mail inviting or requiring you to pay registration or renewal fees for your trade marks, patents or...

9 March 2010

Shane Smyth to Speak at ECTA 2010

Shane Smyth, Managing Partner at FRKelly, will be attending and speaking at the 29th Annual ECTA Conference in Barcelona from June 15 to 19 2010.The title of...

22 February 2010

Dosage regimes and Swiss-type claims: Enlarged Board decision

The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO has decided, in Decision G 2/08, that there is no exclusion against obtaining a patent for the use of...

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26 February 2010

Ireland’s IP-friendly Tax Regime Expanded

The Finance Bill 2010, which was published on February 4 2010, proposes a broadening of the tax relief available for IP income and expenditure.A wide-ranging scheme of...

11 January 2010

Glaxo's Seretide® patent revoked by Irish High Court

By Tara Jennings, FRKellyPublished in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice.Original article can be accessed ...

24 November 2009

CFI decision leaves 4 OUT LIVING on edge

In Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co OHG v Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) (Case T-307/08, October 20 2009),...

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23 March 2009

PTMG Spring 2009

Venue:Geneva
Date:23 March 2009

Attending from FRKelly: Gavan Ferguson.Website: ...

23 March 2009

EPI PQC Meeting

Venue:Munich
Date:23 March 2009

Attending from FRKelly: Lindsay J. Casey, ...

25 March 2009

ITMA

Venue:London
Date:25 March 2009

Attending from FRKelly: Bronwyn O'Hagan.Website: ...