Monday, April 3, 2017

LEGS8007 Class 10.1 Immoral Trade Marks

Part 22

[contains strong language]


We looked at marks "contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality".  That took longer than I thought so we will continue with this topic in the next class.

COMP6032 Class 10.1

We looked at designing the message and the different uses of images.

Friday, March 31, 2017

COMP8035 Class 09.3

Nobody turned up

COMP6032 Week 09 Lab B

Students worked on the assignments.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

LEGS8007 EUIPO Video








Chapter II: There are only 5 steps to filing






Chapter III: What happens after the application





Wednesday, March 29, 2017

COMP6032 Class 09.2

Only one student turned up (not the same one as last week) so I cancelled the class.

LEGS8007 Class 09.2 & 09.3

Parts 20 & 21



We looked at the Absolute Ground for Refusal

Before class I distributed copies of

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

COMP8035 Class 09.1

Nobody turned up.

COMP6032 Week 09 Lab A

Students worked on the assignments

Monday, March 27, 2017

LEGS8007 Class 09.1

Part 19


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

COMP6032 Class 09.1

We completed our look at Instructional Strategies based on the content.  We discussed Teaching Principles and Rules, Teaching Procedures, Teaching Interpersonal Skills, Prescriptions for Teaching Attitudes.


I talked students through the different ways to add subtitles to YouTube videos.

Friday, March 24, 2017

COMP8035 Class 08.3 Tutorial

Nobody turned up

COMP6032 Week 08 Lab B

Students worked on the assignments

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

COMP6032 Class 08.2

Only one student turned up. I answered some questions about the assessment.

But I wasn't prepared to give a lecture to one studebt, so I cancelled

LEGS8007 Class 08.2 & 08.3

Part 17



We looked at the trademark registration process. We examined the Nice classification for products and services.  We looked at some well know Irish marks and the classes for which they were registered.  Students completed an exercise with random pages from a catalog and we learned that electrical and non-electrical doorbells, for example,  are in different classes.  Sometimes it's necessary to consult the detailed listings.




Part 18




What can be a trademark? We looked at the Sieckmann Criteria and considered smells and single colours.  I explained the concept of acquired distinctiveness through use.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

LEGS8007 Week 08 Tutorial

Nobody turned up

COMP8035 Class 08.1

The task for this week is to write the conclusion for the paper and post it to the blog. This should be 300-500 words.

Students may submit a draft of the paper up to noon on 7 April.  I will try go give feedback on those drafts.  There are no marks for the draft.

The final paper is due at noon on 12 May 2017.


COMP6032 Week 08 Lab A

Students worked on the assignments.

Monday, March 20, 2017

LEGS8007 Class 08.1

Part 16

We watched some videos from the WIPO about how the Madrid System works.



We looked at the harmonisation and internationalisation of trade mark law, with a particular emphasis on Europe.

COMP6032 Class 08.1

We ended up taking about the assignment.

I gave students a walk through of what was required for the Photoshop assignment.

We spend a good bit of time talking about the other two components.