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…
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…
One of the main problems was that the multinational in question were using a standard agreement that was not suited to the particular task at hand, not least because it was the size of a Russian telephone directory ! I managed to have the original…
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…
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…
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…
A former Sky employee who took Sky customers' information from its databases and passed it on for use by others was recently guilty in the High Court of: - misusing the company's confidential information; - infringing the firms' database rights;…
