I really enjoyed teaching the New Frontiers Programme on Intellectual Property Law last week. We hit areas such as Trademarking and the ownership of Intellectual Property (mainly software in this case) particularly hard. "Pre" due diligence is another area that…
Here, the topic being debated was whether a 12 month restrictive covenant was enforceable against an employee by an employer – such covenants normally have to show/prove that the covenant was “reasonable” in order to protect the employers “legitimate business…
There were the usual problems surrounding insurance types and levels, warranties and indemnities, exclusions and limitations of liability (to include the now commonly negotiated "unlimited liability" aspects) as well as other contractual and some commercial issues but the interesting point…
One of the main issues that I see coming up time and time again in my Practice concerns the naming of a business, either in a start up business or in an already established business. In a start-up business, the…
Outsourcing is a key strategic decision for businesses which allows the principal business to focus on its core business activities while benefitting from the cost efficiencies of the outsourcer. Here at Reilly & Co, Solicitors we have dealt with many…
A former Sky employee who took Sky customers' information from its databases and passed it on for use by others was found guilty in the High Court of: - misusing the company's confidential information; - infringing the firms' database rights;…
This was an interesting case involving hidden treasure and “memorandums of understanding” or “letters of intent” or “heads of agreement” or “heads of terms” (as they are all sometimes confusingly called) and confidential information ! The "treasure" in this case…
I am genuinely delighted to have been chosen to be a finalist in the Sole Practitioner of the Year AIB Law Awards 2015. This particular category is a hotly contested one because the majority of Solicitors in Ireland are Sole…
The “Right to be Forgotten” has come up a few times in this practice and it is worthwhile examining it so that people understand what exactly it is capable of achieving, and, importantly, what it is not capable of achieving.…
The office of the Data Protection Commissioner (“DPC”) has published new guidance on its powers to audit businesses data protection compliance. The purpose of such an audit is to track down how a business deals with personal data with the…
