Intellectual Property
Europe Guide 2024 : Ireland
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Our IP & Technology team is the market leading and largest group of its kind in Ireland. The Firm's IP team has an excellent reputation in the marketplace and has been recognised as "Ireland's Intellectual Property (IP) Law Firm of the Year 2016, 2014 and 2013", by the leading international IP publication Managing Intellectual Property (MIP).
Members of the team are regularly at the forefront of industry developments and are frequent contributors to debate and policy formulation in this important and evolving sector. Team members have significant international experience having worked in multiple jurisdictions including the UK, USA and Asia Pacific.
Uniquely for the Irish market, our lawyers act on both contentious and commercial matters for clients in the IP, technology, telecoms and media sectors. Our clients include leading domestic and international companies and we strive to provide them with a complete legal service for their IP & technology law needs.
We have represented clients in most of the recent leading IP and technology cases to come before the Irish courts. In particular, we have acted in approximately 80% of all patent disputes litigated in Ireland over the past 10 years – more than any other Irish law firm. We have also advised clients on the highest value IT outsourcings and transactions to have taken place in Ireland in recent times.
The IP and Technology team regularly update the www.irelandip.com – Ireland’s first dedicated law firm blog.
Chambers Review
A&L Goodbody possesses a solid department that frequently represents clients from the pharmaceutical sector in patent litigation and preliminary injunction proceedings. The team's disputes expertise also extends to trade mark and copyright issues. The law firm further advises international brand owners and blue-chip companies on trade mark protection, licensing and infringement mandates.
Work Highlights
- A&L Goodbody acted for Diesel on a trade mark dispute with Montex before the Irish Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.
Notable Practitioners
John Whelan is recognised for his expertise in contentious IP proceedings, with particular strength in trade mark, copyright and patent litigation. He has an enviable client list mostly comprising pharmaceutical companies.
John Cahir is a well-regarded IP practitioner who has notable experience in trade mark licence agreements and infringement cases.
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