Protecting confidential information and IP

The content in this subtopic is intended to provide an overview of the confidential information, intellectual property (IP) and data protection issues as they may arise for dispute resolution lawyers. The content includes:

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Practice Note: Ireland—Remedies for trade mark infringement deals with the civil remedies available in Ireland to the proprietors of Irish and/or EU trade mark registrations on foot of a successful trade mark infringement claim. It examines the statutory basis for and applicable case law on damages, account of profits, erasure, delivery up or destruction of infringing materials, interim remedies and injunctions to restrain further acts of infringement, order for disclosure of information, order for recall, removal or destruction and publication of the judgment
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Practice Note: Ireland—IP and mediation provides an overview of the mediation process and some of the key practical issues that a practitioner needs to consider in IP disputes. It covers an overview of mediation, which

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UK declares that the Hague Judgments Convention shall extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland

On 31 March 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Netherlands announced that further to its declaration of 27 June 2024 extending the Hague Judgments Convention to England and Wales only, the UK has declared, in accordance with Article 25 and 30, that the Convention shall also extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland. In accordance with Article 30, this will take effect on 1 July 2025.

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Ireland—Dispute Resolution analysis: This article, was written by Paul Convery and Adele Hall of William Fry LLP and discusses the Irish Court of Appeal’s decision to allow Google to be added as a defendant in a defamation case involving a YouTube video. The High Court had initially ruled against this, citing the statute of limitations, but the appeal court found that Google’s liability could have arisen later when it failed to remove the video after receiving a complaint.

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