Senior Associate
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Irish Trade Mark Agent
BCL Law with Politics, University College Dublin
LLM IP and IT, Trinity College Dublin
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Catherine is a qualified Irish and European Trade Mark Attorney, having obtained her qualification in 2021. She was honoured with the Gearoid O’Sullivan Award by the Irish Association of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys (APTMA) for achieving the highest marks in the 2021 Trade Mark and Design Examination.
Catherine's passion for intellectual property was ignited earlier in her career. In 2018, she was selected by Trinity College Dublin during her LLM program to represent Ireland as a Pan European Seal trainee at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). This opportunity deepened her expertise in IP law and solidified her interest in the field. Catherine then completed her training and went on to work with leading intellectual property firms in Ireland, where she developed her expertise. More recently, in 2024, Catherine had the opportunity to contribute to the CITMA and CIPA European Union Trade Mark Handbook by including EU Certification Marks in the Handbook.
With extensive experience managing the filing, prosecution and maintenance of complex and diverse intellectual property portfolios worldwide, Catherine has a strong track record in both contentious and non-contentious matters. She has worked with clients ranging from multinational corporations to SMEs across various industries, including food and beverage, construction, retail, manufacturing, fashion, and cosmetics.
Catherine is an active member of APTMA and serves on the Association’s social committee.
17.04.2023
Tips for drafting Core-AI European Patent Applications in view of T 0702/20The European Patent Office’s (EPO’s) recent case law on the patentability of Core-AI in T 0702/20 reiterated their established stance that improved Machine Learning model architectures are considered unpatentable subject matter before the EPO. However, the case has more to offer than just that, here are two points that will be influencing our drafting of Core-AI patent applications going forward.
01.02.2023
UKIPO Requires UK Address for Service for International TMs and DesignsFollowing the recent decision of the Appointed Person (AP) in Tradeix Ltd v New Holland Ventures Pty Ltd BL (O/681/22) (Marco Polo Case), the UKIPO will now require a local address in the UK (or in Gibraltar or the Channel Islands) before any formal serving of documents in contentious proceedings relating to UK designations of International trade mark or design registrations. Failure to provide a UK address for service may result in a challenged registration being cancelled or an opposed trade mark being treated as withdrawn.
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