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1 February 2008

FRKelly elects new Managing Partner

FRKelly is pleased to announce that Shane Smyth has been elected Managing Partner with effect from February 1, 2008.

Shane has a special interest in licensing and assignment of Intellectual Property. He also advises clients on Design and Copyright matters. Shane's client base is both international and local but with an emphasis on international Intellectual Property protection for indigenous Irish companies.

He has been a Partner in FRKelly since 1989. He is the current Chairman of the Designs Committee with The Irish Association of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys and was Chairman of the Trade Marks Committee during the passage of the Trade Marks Act, 1996.

Shane is co-author of Intellectual Property Law in Ireland, published by Tottel. This is the leading Irish legal textbook on Irish Intellectual Property Law utilised by professionals and students. He has Degrees from both Trinity College (BSc Computer Science) and University College Dublin (BCL) and has lectured in both Universities on Computer Law and Intellectual Property.

Shane is a member of The Scientific Committee advising the EU Commission in relation to the registration of geographical indications of origin. He is a Council Member of AIPPI (Irish Group), MARQUES (The Association of European Trade Mark Owners) and a Committee Member of ECTA (European Communities Trade Mark Association).