Our IP and Technology Group has extensive experience in the area of Information Technology law and advises clients from start-up to established blue chip on the development, acquisition and use of their technologies and services. We advise on commercial agreements such as software development agreements, software licences, maintenance agreements, source code escrow agreements, website hosting and development agreements, network build agreements, confidentiality and consultancy agreements electronic data interchange agreements.
We have the leading Outsourcing Group in Ireland, and are consistently ranked top of the legal league tables. We act for both outsourcing companies and service providers and have broad experience of large and highly complex deals in this area.
We offer advice on all aspects of data protection law, and have the largest Data Protection Group in Ireland. We advise in the areas of data transfer, the export of data outside the EEA, and we also advise businesses in highly regulated sectors such as online banking, online gaming, lotteries and betting, and internet service providers.
We have a strong practice in the continuously evolving area of e-business and advise on diverse matters such as online contracts, electronic signatures, the protection of databases and domain names.
We are members of a variety of professional and industrial associations including various software associations (such as the Irish Software Association, the Irish Internet Association) and IBEC groups (telecoms, software).