Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property

Partner, Head of Intellectual Property

Gerard is head of the Intellectual Property team at Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. He has been involved in many of the most high profile and complex IP court cases in Ireland in recent years.

He advises clients on IP matters and disputes, including substantial patent, passing off, trade mark, copyright and design litigation.

Gerard is also a registered Irish and European trade mark agent. He has a particular expertise in the protection and licensing strategies for IP rights.

A hall mark of his practice is the ability to distil the core issues and take a holistic and strategic approach to resolving issues for clients.

Law Society of Ireland; Law Society of England and Wales; Law Society of Northern Ireland; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Irish Taxation Institute; Association for the Protection on Industrial Property (AIPPI); International Trademark Association (INTA); European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA).

University of Limerick, BA Law and Accounting; University College Dublin, Diploma, Arbitration; University College Dublin, LLM, Commercial Law; Law Society of Ireland, Diploma, E-Commerce; Irish Taxation Institute, AITI; King’s College London, University of London, Postgraduate Diploma, UK, European and US Law of Copyright and Related Rights; Law Society of Ireland, Diploma, Commercial Litigation; University of London, LLM, International Intellectual Property Law.