A&L Goodbody is consistently ranked as the leading Intellectual Property (IP) law firm in Ireland. We advise on all aspects of creating, exploiting, protecting and enforcing IP. Our areas of expertise include patents, trade marks, copyright, designs, passing off, confidentiality, trade secrets, database rights and contractual rights.
Our clients are the world's leading technology companies, pharma companies, financial institutions and telecoms operators. Our team has broad experience on contentious IP matters and our team regularly litigates IP matters before the Irish and European courts.
Our strategic and pragmatic advice is aimed at helping clients maximise and protect their brands, ideas and technologies. Our team is made up of lawyers who have international IP experience, allowing us to advise on complex IP strategy and litigation including:
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Pinsent Masons' international IP team comprises over 80 IP specialists globally, delivering award-winning, multi-disciplinary expertise through a range of technical backgrounds (some to PhD) and experience drawn from industry.
At the heart of our practice are long term relationships with many world leading businesses across a range of industry sectors, including: life sciences, technology, energy, financial services, sport, retail and leisure. With a shared passion for innovation, and belief that diversity of thought results in better solutions for business, together we harness IP law to drive positive change, access new markets and disrupt the status quo.
Our IP advisory team advises on rights and commercialisation strategies, cutting edge collaborations and IP rich cross-border transactions that redefine the commercial landscape. More than just applying lawyers to solve legal problems, we deploy a range of professional disciplines, enabled by process and technology and informed by data. Not only does this empower us to develop solutions and ensure successful outcomes for our clients, it enables us to do so more efficiently and cost effectively.
Our peerless IP disputes team deploys litigation as a strategic tool to help businesses achieve their business goals, rather than simply navigating risk. Working as a seamless extension of in-house legal and management teams, we're focussed on positive outcomes, whether that is achieving market access for a new product or service, or retaining competitive advantage against those ready to challenge them.
We have a reputation for taking on the most difficult cases and winning them, often making new law in the process. We regularly act in the highest profile IP litigations before the EPO and EUIPO as well as the national courts and registries. Our success rate is second to none.
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Murgitroyd is a rapidly growing firm with innovation at its heart.
For nearly 50 years we’ve built a reputation as one of the world’s leading strategic IP firms. Trusted by global innovators and businesses to realise and protect the true value of their intellectual assets. History we may have, but we instead face forward. Our success lies in the positive relationships we build and our unrivalled breadth of expertise – from an unmatched technical knowledge to a proven commercial awareness.
We’re more than legal experts – we’re a strategic IP solutions firm with an unrivalled breadth of expertise. Our UK and European patent, trade mark and design attorneys bring together solid legal foundations, unmatched technical knowledge, and a commercial awareness that can drive growth and accelerate success.
We build relationships – globally. Our job is to protect and unlock the full potential of your innovations and ideas – not just in your country, but around the world. Our global team of specialists have an unrivalled knowledge in local laws and practices that provide a benchmark for advice and expertise wherever it’s needed to help you grow your business in markets you never thought possible, in ways you never imagined.
Our global office network spans Europe, North America and Asia. With over 440 employees (including over 120 attorneys) worldwide, our people have leading IP expertise across many industries including automotive, engineering & energy; consumer brands & services; chemistry & materials; life sciences & healthcare; and technology, media & telecoms.
At Browne Jacobson LLP, our distinguished team of trademark lawyers helps to protect, enforce and commercialise some of the world's leading brands. We serve a diverse clientele, from owners of extensive international portfolios across the UK, Europe, and other jurisdictions to smaller enterprises whose reputation depends on a single brand. Our multi-sector legal advice ensures that clients across various industries receive solutions tailored to their specific needs. We are committed to building long-lasting relationships based on trust, delivering clear commercial guidance, and providing exceptional client service.
Co-founded by Ciaran Markey, Jeanne Kelly and Declan Cushley our Ireland practice provides a full-service IP offering across both contentious and non-contentious matters. With our team recognised by Chambers as 'a go-to firm for heavyweight IP matters' and acknowledged by leading legal directories including Chambers and Partners, World Trademark Review, Managing Intellectual Property, IAM Patent 1000 and Legal 500, our IP lawyers across Ireland and the UK serve as trusted advisers on the complex IP challenges facing businesses today.
Browne Jacobson LLP has been at the forefront of shaping IP law in the UK and Europe, engaging in several leading cases, including successfully assisting Match and Tinder to win at trial in their trade mark infringement proceedings against Muzmatch, and advising Yoplait in high-profile passing-off litigation concerning product packaging. As co-founders of Pangea Net, an international network of independent law firms, active across 25 countries - our reach extends globally. Our international network enables us to seamlessly coordinate IP protection and enforcement across key commercial hubs, from Dublin to New York, London to Asia-Pacific, ensuring our clients receive consistent, high-quality advice wherever their business takes them. Over the past year, we have managed legal advice from approximately 60 jurisdictions, ensuring comprehensive support for our clients. Recognised for its quality, Browne Jacobson is committed to the highest legal practice management standards with both the Law Society Lexcel and ISO27001:2013 accreditations to its name.
Ranked 1st in 25 specialist law areas by Legal 500, our services cover all intellectual property rights, including patents, confidential information, designs, trademarks, and copyright. Known for our success in high-stakes disputes, major litigation, and negotiating significant R&D and complex licensing agreements, we are trusted to protect leading global brands.
A&L Goodbody is recommended for IP disputes and transactions work.
Notable practitioners: John Whelan and John Cahir.
International law firm Bird & Bird is revered for IT/IP and data protection capabilities. Its Dublin office in June 2022. Life sciences, technology, communications, and the consumer industries are cornerstones of the Irish practice. Their contentious practice represents global companies in disputes before the Irish courts. Infringement and revocation proceedings are core attributes.
Notable patent practitioners: Michael Finn, Ann Henry.
Notable practitioners: Deirdre Kilroy, Erika O’Donnell.
FRKelly is one of the leading IP firms in Ireland. EU trade mark attorney Gavan Ferguson serves as managing partner. The firm has experienced trade mark and patent attorneys for European and Irish IP protection and portfolio management. The firm can also advise on IP disputes.
Notable patent practitioners: David Brophy, Donal Kelly, and Paul Keane.
Notable trademark practitioners: Mary Bleahene and Carol Gormley.
Notable lawyers: Shane Smyth.
HGF maintains its position in the Irish market as one of the leading firms for IP protection and portfolio management. The firm continues to expand in Europe: it opened new offices in Ireland and France and merged with Patronus IP in 2019.
Notable patent practitioners: Craig Thomson and Marie Walsh.
Notable trademark practitioner: Sean McDonagh.
Murgitroyd is recommended for IP protection and portfolio management work in Ireland. The firm established a strong footing in the Irish market in 2021 when it acquired Hanna Moore + Curley.
Notable patent practitioners: Barry Moore, Mark Earnshaw (Belfast), Anna Hally and Catherine Hanratty.
Notable trademark practitioner: Christian Finn.
Pinsent Masons Ireland has cultivated an esteemed reputation for IP litigation on the domestic market. The practice has contentious repute before the Irish Courts in disputes. Dispute resolution complements the firm’s European profile. Specialist industries include pharmaceuticals and energy providers.
Notable patent practitioners: Karen Gallagher and Maureen Daly.
Taylor Wessing in Ireland is recommended for IP disputes, particularly patent disputes.