You have worked tirelessly to create your Intellectual Property, so we will work tirelessly to ensure you have robust safeguards to protect it.

Many of our clients feel uncertain about the potential outcome of registering their Intellectual Property and are frustrated by not being able to proceed with confidence in bringing their idea, design or creation to the market.

If you have invested countless hours and resources in creating a new product or service, you have likely wondered about the best way to protect that investment. Your hard work and dedication should not go to waste.

At MacLachlan IP, we get it.

With over fifty years of experience in safeguarding cherished creations, we have supported thousands of people just like you to protect their hard work and reap the benefits that come with taking it out into the world.

We are committed to helping you protect what is yours so you can be confident that your hard work will not go to waste.

Protecting what is yours is simple.

Our firm is extremely proud of the breadth and high standard of qualifications, experience and dedication of its attorneys and team members and places great emphasis on effective training.

Our Patent Attorneys are European Patent Attorneys, qualified to practice before the European Patent Office and, include full members of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (CIPA), London. Our Trade Mark Attorneys, who include members of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Agents (CITMA), London, are qualified to practice before the Intellectual Property Offices of Ireland, UK and European Union.

A strong management team supports our attorneys to ensure the firm is fully focused on delivering results for our clients.

Our Team

Contact our team today, and you will have taken the first step towards securing and locking down your ownership over your creation.

  • Carla MacLachlan

    Managing Director and Trade Mark Attorney

  • Denis McCarthy

    Director and European Patent and Design Attorney

  • Peter MacLachlan

    Director & Trade Mark Attorney

  • Cherrie Stewart

    Director and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney

  • Norman MacLachlan

    Patent & Trade Mark Attorney

  • James Dalrymple

    European and Chartered Patent & Design Attorney

  • Jamie Doherty

    Trade Mark Attorney

Management Support

  • Robert Hayes

    IT and Records Manager, Trade Mark Portfolio Manager

  • Mary Hunt

    Renewals Manager

  • Margaret Culhane

    Formalities Manager

  • Lorraine Dervan

    IP Assistant -Trade Marks

  • Michelle Everard

    IP Assistant – Patent

  • Sandy Gallagher

    Accounts Manager

  • Pauline Reilly

    IP Assistant – Trade Marks

  • Michelle Weafer

    Formalities Assistant

  • Louise Flynn

    Renewals Assistant

  • Angela Patterson

    Receptionist and Administrative Assistant

  • Rachael Casey

    IP Paralegal – Patents

  • Raquel Fernandes

    Formalities and Renewals Assistant