On completion of this Certificate in Trademark Law training programme, participants will have:
- An in-depth understanding of the legal issues pertaining to trademark law;
- An ability to apply for registration of trademarks at the Irish Patents Office, EUIPO and WIPO;
- A detailed knowledge of examination, publication, oppositions procedures;
- The skills to manage a trademark portfolio in practice;
- The ability to take an action for infringement of a registered/unregistered trademark;
- A very sound basis for preparing for the registered trademark agent exam offered by the Irish Patents Office.
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Certificate in Trade Mark Law at Law Society of Ireland – Diploma Centre
Modules
The programme is based on the following module scheme and covers key themes as listed below:
Module 1: Introduction to trademarks
- The concept of a trademark,
- Benefits of registration,
- Types of trademarks,
- PGIs, collective, certification, non-conventional,
- Filing systems.
Module 2: Community Trademark Regulation
- Regulation 2015/2424 (23 March 2016),
- Main changes,
- Practical impact.
Module 3: Registering trademarks
- Pre-filing considerations, searches and parameters,
- Classification of trademarks (Nice, Vienna),
- Application to Irish Patents Office,
- Application to EUIPO,
- Application to WIPO,
- Formality and maintenance procedures.
Module 4: Trademark registrability
- Refusal on absolute grounds,
- Acquired distinctiveness,
- Refusal on relative grounds,
- Official objections,
- Overcoming objections and refusals.
Module 5: Publication and oppositions
- Publication and its significance,
- Observations, differences at IPO, EUIPO, WIPO,
- Oppositions practice and procedure,
- Irish v EUIPO approach to oppositions,
- Appeals,
- Registration.
Module 6: Revocation and invalidity
- Trademark use, including genuine use,
- Revocation, applicable grounds,
- Acquiescence and coexistence,
- Invalidity practice and procedure,
- Appeals.
Module 7: Infringement of trademarks
- Types of infringement,
- Defences,
- Remedies,
- Passing-off,
- Litigation.
Module 8: Registrable transactions
- Assignments,
- Licences,
- Security interests,
- Agreements, recording transactions.
Module 9: Advanced trademarks
- Comparative advertising,
- Exhaustion of rights/parallel imports,
- Anti-counterfeiting,
- Online infringement/web-blocking orders,
- Domain name infringement, UDPR,
- Plain packaging legislation.
Module 10: Design Law
- An introduction to design law in Ireland and the EU,
- Unregistered and registered designs,
- Infringement and remedies.
Workshops
Workshops are interactive and focus on analysing selected case studies to consolidate the student’s knowledge. There is a key emphasis on a practical approach to the case studies. The final workshop will act as a revision of the core issues and as preparation for the Irish trademark agent exam.
Workshops take place on three Saturdays throughout the course.
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