This episode focuses on the importance of intellectual property rights including trademarks, design rights, copyright, patents, and trade secrets legislation.

Employment contracts often include provisions beyond legal requirements for commercial and best practice reasons. This video explores additional contractual terms employers frequently consider...

On 28 November 2013, the European Commission (the "Commission") published proposals for a Directive on Trade Secrets (the "Directive").

A new division of Ireland's Commercial Court dedicated to intellectual property cases and disputes about complex technology has been established under a revised Order 63A of the Rules of the Superior Courts (revised Rules).

The European Commission has been working on a proposal for a directive to protect trade secrets across the EU since 2013.

The Irish legislation, the European Union (Protection of Trade Secrets) Regulations 2018 (Regulations) came into effect in June 2018.

The push to harmonise both the substantive and procedural aspects of European intellectual property laws and to create pan-European rights gathers ever-increasing momentum.

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.

Organisations should take steps now to ensure their valuable know-how and business information can be classed as a ‘trade secret' ...

The Data Act (DA) is a new EU driven legal framework which seeks to make more data available for use in the EU resulting

What is a restrictive covenant and when will it be enforceable? A business can use restrictive covenants to protect its interests by restricting an employee's activities for a period of time after their employment has ended.

When setting up a new company, there are a number of pressing issues to be addressed. First and foremost, there is the critical issue of raising capital.

Ireland is a leading location for the development, exploitation and management of intellectual property ("IP").

On 28 November 2013 the European Commission (the "Commission") published proposals for a Directive on Trade Secrets (the "Directive").

David Moran, Tax Manager with Grant Thornton is joined by Jim Kelly, Tax Director with Grant Thornton.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) published its latest Intellectual Property (IP) SME Scoreboard report.

In Part 1 of our ‘Deep Dive' series, we explored the types of data and entities covered by the Data Act (Act), the new European Union regulation that centres on ‘data' and which comes into effect on 12 September 2025.

Where an employee leaves to compete against the employer there are four possible causes of action the employer could seek to rely upon.

On 19 November 2025, the European Commission published its draft Digital Omnibus Regulations (EU Regulations 2025/0360 and 2025/0359).

The Data Act (Act) is a new European Union (EU) regulation and represents yet another aspect of the EU Digital Reforms package, which regulates the digital world we live and work in.