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Plastic clog manufacturer Crocs has lost a legal battle to protect its design from being copied. Judges in Luxembourg endorsed a decision of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) made in 2016 to cancel legal protections enjoyed by the company.

EU judges have ruled that a restaurant chain cannot trademark a name containing the word "mafia" because it trivialises organised crime. The Italian government first objected in 2005 to the use of the trademark by La Mafia Se Sienta a la Mesa, a restaurant chain in Spain, and owners La Mafia Franchi

The High Court has referred two questions for determination to the CJEU, based on the finding that there has been a systemic breach to the rule of law in Poland. Stating that the recent legislative changes in Poland had an impact on fair trial rights, and were in breach of Article 2 of the Treaty on

The Association of Judges in Ireland (AJI) has condemned sections of the Polish media for aiming "personalised attacks and invective" at Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly. Ms Justice Donnelly recently ruled in the High Court that a case in which a man facing extradition to Poland objected on the basis that

Michael Burd International law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has today announced its expansion into Ireland with the establishment of a new office in Dublin.

A judge in the High Court in Belfast has mounted a strong defence of the rule of law as he criticised an alleged vigilante who terrorised a woman who he accused of being a paedophile. Sir Richard McLaughlin said the courts were the only place for the law to be administered, The Irish News reports.

A student from Belfast is seeking permission from the High Court in Dublin to challenge the State’s failure to allow citizens living in Northern Ireland to vote in the abortion referendum. The matter came before Mr Justice Charles Meenan in the judicial review list this week, who adjourned the ap

David Gauke David Gauke, the first solicitor to hold the post of Lord Chancellor, has called on more solicitors to consider a career as a judge, The Brief reports.

Neasa Quigley Carson McDowell has acted as lead legal advisers to the shareholders of Lowe Rental in relation to "one of the largest ever private equity deals in Northern Ireland".

Dentons, the world's largest law firm, has announced combinations with seven other law firms. It will combine with Hamilton, Harrison & Mathews in Kenya; Mardemootoo Solicitors and Balgobin Chambers in Mauritius; Dinner Martin in the Cayman Islands and Delany Law in the Eastern Caribbean, Hanafi

The law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers leak is to close down. Mossack Fonseca, 11.5 million of whose files were leaked during the investigation into offshore finances, will close its remaining offices by the end of this month, according to a statement obtained by the the International Conso

Facebook has been blocked from using British citizens’ WhatsApp data outwith the app itself. The tech giant announced in 2016 that it planned to use data from the chat app to show more relevant adverts and provide better friend suggestions to users within Facebook.

Russian authorities are systematically violating the rights of political activists through arbitrary arrests and detentions in a fierce crackdown ahead of the presidential elections on Sunday, Amnesty International said today. Using a law on public assemblies, authorities have deliberately targeted

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan The third annual report of the Independent Oversight Authority for the Garda Fixed Charge Processing System (FCPS) Cancellation Policy has been published.

A man who lodged a cheque to Danske Bank, which was dishonoured after he obtained a draft of €63,000 from the account in which he had lodged it, has lost an appeal against an order permitting the planitiff to amend their statement of claim to include an affidavit supporting damages for unjust enri