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MedTech Rising

05 12 2018

Hanna Moore + Curley was proud to be a silver sponsor of the Medtech Rising conference in Cork on 5th and 6th December 2018. Hanna Moore + Curley's Marie Walsh took part in a panel discussion moderated by journalist Anton Savage on the value of intangible assets, knowledge development box,...

Hanna Moore + Curley participate in EUIPO ETMD Education Programme

03 12 2018

Mary White represented Hanna Moore + Curley at the EUIPO this week where the inaugural ETMD Education Programme held its first face-to-face sessions focussed on developing proficient and co-operative trade mark best practice between EU trade mark and design agents and the EUIPO.

Life Sciences Future in Philadelphia

29 10 2018

Anna Hally attended Life Sciences Future in Philadelphia reflecting the rapidly-evolving landscape in life sciences. Our client, Nasal Medical, scooped the award for the Philips Grand Challenge at the event!

Hanna Moore + Curley at the National Ploughing Championships

21 09 2018

Hanna Moore and Curley enjoyed three days at the National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Co. Offaly and launched a new guide to IP in Agritech,

Celebrating the retirement of Peter Hanna

21 04 2018

The firm celebrated the remarkable career of Peter Hanna, founder of Hanna Moore + Curley, this weekend. Peter established a solo practice in the year 2000, and three years later invited Barry Moore and Donnacha Curley to join the firm. During Peter's career, the firm was responsible for over 6000...

GDPR: Important Changes to Data Protection Law

21 03 2018

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on the 25th May 2018, replacing the existing data protection framework under the EU Data Protection Directive. As a regulation, it had ‘direct effect’, addressing any organization involved in data processing of any sort and imposing strict requirements on...

Amendment to Rule 51(1) EPC

08 02 2018

AMENDED RULE ABOUT ADVANCE PAYMENT OF 3RD YEAR RENEWAL FEE TO ENABLE PAYMENT OF 3RD YEAR RENEWAL FEE ON ENTRY TO PCT-EPO REGIONAL PHASE The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation has approved an amendment of Rule 51(1) EPC to allow payment of the third year renewal fee up to...

EPO Official Fee Changes for 2018

06 02 2018

Summary The EPO's Administrative Council has approved various official fee changes (Decision CA/D 16/17 & Decision CA/D 17/17) and these changes will come into force on 1 April 2018. These EPO fee changes go beyond the yearly inflation-based fee adjustments and will impact three general areas: fees for PCT applicants with...

Join our team

05 02 2018

Who are we? We are Ireland’s most successful European patent practitioners. We are a young, vibrant and non-traditional firm, always open to new opportunities and voices. We are renowned for our expertise in ICT, engineering, electronics, software and medical devices and our technical base has grown to encompass...