DFMG Solicitors

Building on our extensive experience, at DFMG we excel in understanding your real issues and we love nothing better than to shape viable, legal and commercially sound options, ranging from the obvious to the ingenious.  Then you decide which solution best meets your needs, for today andtomorrow.

Our expertise focuses on the areas of Intellectual Property, Business Law, General Litigation, Employment and Property law. 

The range of our clients’ needs, from individuals and small businesses to large multinationals and semi-state bodies, keeps us on our toes and ensures we keep an eagle-eye on the ever-changing landscape, be it legal, regulatory, technological or economic.

To best service our multi-jurisdictional clients, we think both locally and globally.  We collaborate with law firms in other jurisdictions, enabling us to provide considered options that deliver across several legal systems. 

So, if you are negotiating a property deal, considering a merger, seeking to protect your  intellectual property or need to defend a liability case,  call us now on to discuss how we can help you.

The IP Department handles all aspects of IP, contentious, non-contentious and transactional. Patricia McGovern, head of the IP Department, has a wealth of experience and expertise in all areas of IP.

One of the key distinguishing features of the firm is that the IP Department is essentially a “one-stop shop” and is able to provide quick, thorough and practical advice to clients no matter what IP issue arises, including:

• brand clearance and brand protection
• filing and prosecution of national, International  and EU trade mark and design applications and renewal and assignment of resulting registrations
• dealing with opposition proceedings and infringement proceedings before registries and/or the courts
• other contentious maters such as revocation of patents, declarations of non-infringement and domain name issues
• advising on licensing and exploitation of intellectual property rights
• protection of know-how, confidential information and trade secrets
• dealing with Irish customs and counterfeit goods issues
• advising on media and entertainment agreements and on defamation
• advising on advertising and promotions
• franchising
• advising start-ups on establishing and protecting their brands