John Milligan

• Food, Agriculture & Beverage

• Trade marks and portfolio management
• Brand protection and enforcement
• Intellectual property issues in commercial transactions
• Intellectual property licensing and assignments
• Intellectual property litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Technology Law

Education

• Trinity College Dublin, Bachelor of Laws, LLB
• London School of Economics and Political Science, Master of Laws, LLM

Professional Memberships

• Member of the European Communities Trade Marks Association (ECTA)
• Law Society of Ireland

• Advising a global energy drink company on the management of its global trade mark portfolio including brand enforcement, opposition procedures and overseas litigation.

• Advising a well known Irish FMCG manufacturer and food producer on the maintenance, management and streamlining of its global trade mark portfolio.

• Advising a home-grown Irish vegetable and convenience foods producer on various trade mark issues such as new applications in various territories including in China, Canada and Singapore, and various trade mark opposition proceedings in the UK.

• Advising a national governing sports body on a major rebrand, including new trade mark filings and a trade mark infringement and passing off action against a third party.

• Acting for a television, data production and broadcast products and services provider in ongoing Irish Commercial Court proceedings for copyright infringement.

• Acting for a well known multi-jurisdictional financial services company in a number of opposition proceedings before the EUIPO.

• Advising and representing a well-known international retailer of athletic wear, lifestyle apparel, accessories, and personal care products in UDRP proceedings which led to the successful retrieval of a domain name.

• Working with a biotech company that develops therapies and products to modify aging and help people live longer in a complex transaction ultimately enabling the on-shoring of its valuable intellectual property assets into Ireland.