Intellectual property (IP) protection gives legal rights to the developers of new technologies and industrially related designs. It can also be important to companies through trade marks in marketing products and services.It is thus of growing importance in the global economy. It is essential to protect IP generated in Ireland to ensure that research outputs from companies and higher education institutes can be converted into new products, processes and services that have export potential.

Enterprise Ireland supports both researchers in Higher Education Institutes and companies in Ireland to protect their intellectual property rights.

Click here for details on the Patent Fund for researchers in Irish Higher Education Institutes.

Click here for details on Intellectual Property protection support for companies in Ireland.