Guide to trade mark law and practice in Ireland / Helen Johnson.

1. Intellectual property - what is it?; 2. The law; 3. Trade marks and pre-filling issues; 4. The Irish application; 5. The community trade mark application; 6. The international application; 7. Examination of your trade mark application on absolute grounds; 8. Registering conventional signs and non conventional signs; 9. Relative grounds for refusal; 10. State emblems, protected marks and well-Known marks; 11. Publication; 12. Observations; 13. Opposition proceedings in Ireland; 14. Opposition at the OHIM; 15. Conversion of a community trade mark; 16. The register; 17. Registration and matters affecting trade marks; 18. Renewals and restoration; 19. Assignements, licenses and recordals; 20. Infringement; 21. Passing off; 22. Defences; 23. Enforcement of trademark rights, remedies and jurisdictional forums; 24. Ant-counterfeiting and customs; 25. Revocation; 26. Invalidity; 27. Surrender of a trade mark; 28. The controller; 29. The doctrine of exhaustion and the law of parallel imports; 30. Protected geographical indications and protected designated origins; 31. Trade marks and domain names; 32. Certification and collective trade marks; 33. An overview of the main markets; 34. How to qualify as a trade mark agent.