Colin Manning Munster Technological University

The exam for the repeat of this module will be on the 24th May at 10 am in Melbourn.

We had a Q& A session. There weren't many questions.  Mostly it was questions about questions.

We had a revision Q&A session We will have another on Wednesday

Monday 01 May was a holiday Part 28 & 29 We looked at Patents. It was a bit rushed but we covered the key points and issues....

Part 26 We looked at the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) Part 27 Each students got a UDRP case to analyse a...

Part 25 We looked at Relative Ground for trademark refusal (EUTMR Article 8) Cases: SuperMacs v McDonalds Case R0484/2016-1

I hope you are enjoying the Easter break.  While you are munching on your chocolates today take some time to consider the Lindt Chocola...

Part 24 & 25 [contains strong language] We continued our look at marks that are refused under Article 7(1)(f). We discussed...

Part 22 [contains strong language] We looked at marks "contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality".  ...

Chapter II: There are only 5 steps to filing Chapter III: What happens after the application

Parts 20 & 21 We looked at the Absolute Ground for Refusal Before class I distributed copies of EUTMR Article 7 & Articl...

Part 19 We looked at colours, sounds, shapes, and 3-d shapes as marks

Part 17 We looked at the trademark registration process. We examined the Nice classification for products and services.  We looked at ...

Part 16 We watched some videos from the WIPO about how the Madrid System works. We looked at the harmonisation and internationalisat...

Part 14 We began out look at Trade Marks.  We looked at the evolution of trade marks from makers' marks that functioned as a liab...

Nobody turned up

It's time to move on from Copyright. There are three areas we didn't get to address in class Creative Commons Orphan Works an...

Part 13 We looked "communication to the public" and the law surrounding hyperlinks to content. I gave out printed copies o...

Part 11 I gave out a copies of Kelly v Morris reproduced from The Law Times and a press release from the ECJ on SABAM v Netlog .  I ...

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