Intellectual Property
Our specialist team advises on intellectual property matters across a variety of sectors, including retail, consumer, media and advertising.
We have particular expertise in advising clients in media and advertising agency sectors on copyright, trademarks, designs and licensing. We act for a number of media publishers, and for six of the top 10 advertising agencies in Ireland (as recognised by the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland ADFX Awards).
We advise high profile sports and entertainment personalities on image rights.
We have considerable experience in advising on brand reputation and defamation, having represented newspapers, fashion designers, high street retailers and various high profile personalities for many years.
We work closely with clients on the optimum protection of their brands, products and innovations. This comes from a close knowledge of our clients commercial activities, as well as a depth knowledge of domestic and international intellectual property law.
We regularly advise domestic and international clients on registration and protection of trademarks, and related rights in Ireland and Europe. We advise extensively on trademark disputes before the Irish Courts, and before the Irish and EU trade mark authorities. We also advise on contentious matters concerning industrial designs, information technology and data protection.
Services
Our services cover:
- Copyright
- Protection of brands, products and innovations
- Registration and protection of trade marks
- Trade mark disputes
- Image rights and licensing
- Information technology and data protection
- Brand reputation and Defamation
- Negotiation of agreements on intellectual property rights
- Content supply arrangements
What clients say: Intellectual Property
‘David Phelan is very commercial in his advice.’
‘Joe O’Malley is brilliant – very clever but also commercial and brilliant to deal with. Robbie Slattery is also a very good member of the team.’
'Joseph O’Malley is highly-intelligent, excellent with clients and extremely hard working – the complete package.'
‘Hayes Solicitors is world class. They are capable of handling complex, cross border litigation matters and are tireless and persuasive litigators. I trust partner Joe O’Malley with large and complex litigation matters.’
‘Jeremy Erwin and Joe O’Malley. Very high-quality solicitors.’
'Subject matter expertise. Availability and response times. Commercial and pragmatic. Skilled practitioners with ability to communicate with lay persons to ensure complex matters understood. Ease of access with speedy responses. In particular, Jeremy Erwin and Michael Kelly have proved to be valuable partners on difficult cases and, in addition, proactively volunteered to present to wider team on an interesting and complex topic. ’
'Jeremy is very practical and thorough, with quick turnaround times and high quality'
'David Phelan is very good with clients and does a lot of interesting media work'