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Intellectual property law is essential to protecting a food business in a competitive market. A food business should have a clear understanding of the intellectual property rights available to protect its market position.

On 4 June, just one working day before the deadline for transposition of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (EU) 2019/790) (Directive), the Commission released its long-awaited guidance document (Guidance) on the application of Article 17 of the Directive.

In recent weeks, Advocate General Wathelet ("AG") – an independent advisor to the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") – delivered his Opinion in GS Media v Sanoma.

In the third of our series of briefings on the DSM Directive, we examine the new content management and liability regime for online content-sharing service providers.

In November 2025, the English High Court delivered judgment in Getty Images (US) Inc & Others v Stability AI Ltd EWHC 2863 (Ch).

There is no law clarifying the status of interns in Ireland. For IP-rich organisations, this may impact their ability to commercialise the fruits of their labour.

Sunday, 26 April 2015 marks World Intellectual Property Day. The aim of World IP Day is to promote discussion of the role of intellectual property in encouraging innovation and creativity.

The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation ("the Department") has proposed an amendment to the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 ("the Copyright Act"). This comes in the wake of Mr. Justice Charleton’s call in EMI–v- UPC to address the issue of copyright infringement via the internet.

Website owners must often contend with the activities of third party screen scrapers. The website owners are now in a stronger position due to a recent decision by Mr. Justice Michael Hanna in the Irish High Court in the case of "Ryanair Limited v Billigfluege.de GmbH" delivered on 26 February 2010.

'Family Guy' creator Seth MacFarlane's character Ted, the profane, womanising teddy bear, has been the subject of two separate lawsuits...

In the second of our series of briefings on the DSM Directive, we examine the new press publishers' right in Article 15 of the Directive and ask: why is it needed, what are its limits and will it work

In response to the invasion by Russian forces of the Ukraine on 24 February 2022, various countries around the world imposed economic sanctions on Russia. Such sanctions included a US embargo on Russian gas and oil,...

Organisations across the world are recognising that APIs are fuelling e-commerce and becoming the building blocks of the online economy.

Part 1 of our Engaging Interns blog highlighted the absence of law clarifying the status of interns in Ireland.

"Ireland...will become recognised as a place where good ideas can be transformed into excellent businesses and new jobs will be created as international investors and mobile entrepreneurs seek Ireland out as a location of choice. "

The value in companies derived from intangibles and intellectual property has increased substantially in recent years.

Gartner predicts that by the end of this year over 6.4 billion web-enabled devices will be connected as part of the Internet of Things, an increase of 30% on 2015.