The it@cork European Technology Summit will be held at City Hall on 13 May 2014 between 8am and 4.30pm - the Summit will show some of the best businesses in the Irish and European Tech sector and will be an…
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Reilly & Co, Solicitors has been shortlisted for the Irish Law Awards 2014 in the Innovation Category - this is a real honour as the lists of law firms being shortlisted…
In SAS Institute Inc. v World Programming Limited [2013] EWCA the Court of Appeal decided the status of copyright in computer functionality. SAS is the developer and owner of software programs (“SAS Software”) and it sold software to WPL which…
The European Commission has now put in place its proposals on overhauling the law relating to trade secrets across the whole of the EU – not a small task by any means, but, the purpose of it (as with much…
The European Court of Human Rights in the case known as Delfi v Estonia has found against an internet news portal on the question of comments that were regarded as being defamatory, even though they did remove them when advised.…
Well it is drumbeats at dawn between Ministry of Sound (“MOS”) and the music streaming application know as Spotify - just to mention, Spotify themselves are an interesting business model in that the music is free to listen to if you…
We are very pleased to say that we have again acted as legal counsel to one of the successful participants of Dragons' Den - last night saw David Monson of Monson Jewellery put in a great pitch to the Dragons and then…
The it@cork Leaders Awards was a great evening enjoyed by all and it recognised just some of the great talent that lies out there within the Cork IT community. As a serving Director of it@cork I was honoured to present…
I recently spent a day lecturing at the University of Tralee on Intellectual Property law and in particular the challenges facing businesses in protecting and exploiting their IP. My goal was to ensure that every attendee left with a working knowledge…
As a serving Director on the Board of Directors of it@cork I am truly looking forward to tomorrow evening when the 2012 Leaders Awards will be held at the Maryborough Hotel in Cork - the event will recognise and reward the Leaders in…
