Ireland: Copyright

When Ubisoft shut down servers for its 2014 racing game The Crew, players lost access to content they had purchased. This sparked a European Citizens' Initiative gathering 1.3 million signatures demanding publishers keep games playable after commercial support ends. The European Commission's response and its implications for digital content sellers across all sectors reveal critical obligations under existing EU consumer protection law.

Coimisiún na Meán has published guidance on the Article 40(4) Digital Services Act process, which enables Ireland's media regulator to request Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines to provide data to vetted researchers. This novel regulatory mechanism involves complex evaluations of confidentiality concerns...

On 16 April 2026, the European Commission adopted a revised Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (the "Revised TTBER") and Guidelines on the application of Article 101 of the Treaty...

As the 2024 Paris Olympic Games come to a close and the excitement builds for the Paralympic Games, light has been shone on the intellectual property issues that surround sports.

Matheson is delighted to be the Contributing Editor of Chamber's "Doing Business in.."...

The European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is poised to become a landmark piece of legislation in AI regulation, with its extraterritorial scope being one of its most...

The Government has signed a statutory instrument transposing the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market into Irish law.

October 2021 was a big month for legal changes in the Intellectual Property arena, with numerous changes to legislation coming into effect.

In October 2020, the report of the Review of the Administration of Civil Justice Group was published. One of Its recommendations was to establish a dedicated list to hear intellectual property ("IP") ...