By Colette Brady

A recent decision of the Irish Patents Office has highlighted the importance of ensuring that the correct proprietor of the trade mark is named on the Register.

In Savanagh Securities Limited t/a T­Rex Clothing (the “Applicant) v Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (the “Proprietor”) the Applicant sought to invalidate the GAA word mark (the “Registration”) on the basis that the proprietor lacked the legal entitlement to own property, as it is an unincorporated association…