Maureen Daly

Practice Areas

Maureen is partner and head of the IP Team in Dublin. She specialises in all aspects of intellectual property (IP) matters (both contentious and non-contentious) including advising on and maintaining IP portfolios, advising on the clearance, registration, defence, exploitation and enforcement of intellectual property rights as well as devising IP strategies, handling trademark filings and prosecutions as well as advising on IP due diligences and the commercialisation of IP rights by way of licences, assignments, franchising, sponsorship, research and development, collaboration and non-disclosure agreements. Maureen also provides strategic advice to clients in complex IP disputes as well as litigates such disputes before the Courts. Maureen also advises on Artificial Intelligence including compliance with the EU AI Act.

Maureen has extensive experience in advising clients on compliance with data protection and freedom of information law including advising on ongoing compliance with the GDPR, access requests, international transfers of data, appeals/complaints to the relevant authorities and on data breaches.

Areas of expertise include

tellectual property

• Patents

• Healthcare

• Biotechnology

• Life sciences

• Food & beverage

• Fashion & luxury goods

• Pharmaceutical

• AI

Career

2023 to present – Pinsent Masons LLP, Partner and Head of IP

2005 to 2023 – Beauchamps, Partner and Head of IP, Technology, Data Protection and Freedom of Information

2000 to 2005 – A&L Goodbody, Associate

1997 to 2000 – FR Kelly, Solicitor and Trade mark attorney

1993 to 1997 – McCann FitzGerald, trainee/solicitor

Professional Memberships

a) Law Society of Ireland

b) Solicitors Regulation Authority (England)

c) International Trademark Association

d) Marques

e) EU Intellectual Property Office

f) Intellectual Property Office of Ireland

g) Association of Patent and Trademark Attorneys in Ireland

h) Unified Patent Court