Notice re restructuring of the Law and Practice of

Trade Marks examination paper

According to the Irish Patents Office website, the examination paper has been restructured as follows:

A single paper examination of 3 hours duration. The paper will be divided into 3 Sections, namely:

A. Irish Trade Mark Case Law
B. Trade Mark Practice
C. Community Trade Marks

Each Section will contain 4 questions, all having equal marks
Candidates will be required to answers 2 questions from each Section.

Candidates must obtain a pass mark in each of the three sections in order to gain an overall pass. If a candidate fails any one of these 3 sections they will fail the overall exam.

The paper contains a maximum of 120 marks, i.e. 6 questions at 20 marks each. The overall pass is 50%. (60 marks)

Each section will require candidates to attempt 2 questions at 20 marks each, the maximum obtainable per section thereby being 40 marks.

To pass each section the candidates must obtain 20 marks out of the possible 40 available marks (50%).

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ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL DINNER

The President, Denis McCarthy, with his wife Frances, at the recent Association Annual Dinner at the Aviva Stadium.

Maggie Ramage, President of ITMA, with our Guest Speaker, Michael Fysh, QC

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MARTIN TIERNEY R.I.P.

We regret to hear of the death of a member of the Association, Martin Tierney. He will be greatly missed by all his colleagues and friends in the Association. Martin was a former President of ECTA and the author of Irish Trade Marks Law and Practice.

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