Food Safety Authority objects to description of McDonald's new burger as "artisan”

New rules to provide additional protections for trade mark owners

European court backs Finland's Data Protection Ombudsman, finding that data privacy rights can be used to prevent a media company from publishing publicly available tax data.

The High Court of England and Wales has decided that in certain circumstances a party commissioning the design of logos is entitled to an assignment of the legal interest in the copyright.

OECD rules could limit scope of Knowledge Development Box scheme in Ireland

The Data Protection Commissioner (the “DPC”) recently confirmed that she has contacted 40 organisations, across a variety of sectors, to assess compliance with recently enacted legislation on Enforced Subject Access Requests.

The Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”) came into effect on 1 August 2015. The 2015 Act significantly changes the existing industrial relations landscape in Ireland.

From 1 August 2015 employees will accrue statutory annual leave while on certified sick leave (subject to a maximum carry-over of 15 months from the end of the year in which it accrued).

The Workplace Relations Act 2015 (the “Act”) was enacted on 20 May 2015. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation recently confirmed that the Act will be commenced on 1 October. The Act significantly reforms the workplace relations structures in Ireland.