About

Provided by A&L Goodbody

A&L Goodbody’s Commercial Contracts, IP & Technology team are market leaders in the provision of all aspects of IP and technology advice in Northern Ireland. The team specialises in the four key practice areas of intellectual property, technology, commercial law and communications/media.

The firm’s Belfast-based team members have ignificant international experience, having worked in multiple jurisdictions, adding an international depth to the practice. The team has an excellent reputation in the marketplace and are highly regarded in this field, both in non-contentious and contentious matters.

Our areas of expertise include:

  • Commercial contracts

  • Business outsourcing

  • IP protection, enforcement and commercialisation

  • R&D collaboration arrangements

  • Technology transactions, including IT procurement, software development and licensing

  • E-commerce and social media

  • Media and telecoms

  • Data protection, privacy and information governance

















Chambers Review

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Intellectual Property - Northern Ireland

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What the Team is Known For

A&L Goodbody in Belfast has an excellent commercial IP offering noted for handling sophisticated collaboration, licensing and research and development agreements. The team advises national and international leaders in a variety of economic sectors. It also offers representation in IP litigation.

Work Highlights

  • A&L Goodbody defended Huws Gray, a builder's merchant, in trade mark and passing off proceedings involving a specialist sealant product.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Ciaran O'Shiel
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Ciaran O'Shiel
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Ciaran O'Shiel assists companies in Northern Ireland and overseas with contentious matters such as copyright and trade mark infringement and passing-off claims. He also advises on licence agreements.

Ciaran is very knowledgeable and his advice is always very commercial and tailored to what the client needs.

Ciaran is absolutely brilliant. His responsiveness is great and he is very on the ball and flexible in his thinking.

Ronan Marlow
Ronan Marlow
Associates to watch

Ronan Marlow is a senior associate with notable experience supporting companies in Northern Ireland and abroad on contentious IP matters.

Ranked Lawyers at
A&L Goodbody

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Intellectual Property

Ciaran O'Shiel
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Ciaran O'Shiel
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Band 1
Ronan Marlow
Ronan Marlow
Associates to watch

Members

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Brendan Fox

Head of Department

Mark Thompson

Mark Thompson

Head of Department

Clients

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Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

BPerfect Limited

BrainWaveBank

Education Authority

Irish Football Association

Matt D'Arcy Whiskey Distillery

Neurovalens Limited

News Group Newspapers

Rolex SA

Screwfix Direct Limited

Industries

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Commercial & Professional Services

Construction & Materials

Consumer Product Manufacturing

Education

Energy

Financial Services

Government

Health Care

Industrial Engineering

Media

Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

Software & Computer Services

Sports

Technology, Hardware & Electronics

Telecommunications

Transportation

Utilities