About Niall Tierney

Níall is a registered, regulated and fully insured Intellectual Property attorney with over 25 years of experience gained while working for top law firms and industry in Ireland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Níall’s reputation is for providing commercially orientated Intellectual Property advice and assistance to clients in a timely manner.

Níall combines his knowledge of Intellectual Property law with years of experience and a ‘no-nonsense’ approach to provide clients with strategic focused advice about  the use and ownership of Intellectual Property rights.

Níall also guides and advises clients in achieving maximum value for key intellectual property assets, namely brands; product designs; packaging/get up; designs; copyright and related rights; image rights; trade marks and trade secrets.

Niall practices as an Intellectual Property Attorney in both the European Union and the United Kingdom.

For further details  of Níall’s qualifications and experience, please click on the ‘About’ drop down menu above.

What Niall can do for you?

As an attorney specialising in Intellectual Property law, Niall provides advice and assistance to businesses in relation to the clearance, enforcement, licensing, management, protection and securitisation of brands; trade marks; designs; image rights; logos; literary, musical and artistic works within Ireland and throughout the European Union.

For full details of the services Niall provides, please click on ‘Services’ drop down menu above.

While Niall does not provide Patent prosecution and renewal services, he has a collaborative working relationship with an established firm of Chartered and European Patent Attorneys in Ireland. Niall would be happy to refer on your behalf.

Why choose Niall?

Níall Tierney has over 25 years experience as a leading Intellectual Property attorney.

Throughout his career, Níall’s expertise and acumen has been frequently recognised in top independent legal directories such as “The Legal 500®” and “WTR 1000®”. 

In WTR 1000® 2021 & 2022, Niall was ranked in the top ‘Gold Tier’ for Trademark Prosecution and Strategy in Ireland.

As one of the most highly rated Intellectual Property attorneys in Ireland, Níall was listed in the prestigious “WTR Global Leaders” directory for both 2020 and 2021.  

Níall has both private practice and  in-house experience gained during his time working in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.   

Níall has been a European Union Intellectual Property Office Professional Representative since 2 February 1996.  

Níall has been authorised to practice before the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland as a European Economic Area Attorney since September 1994.

Níall is a Registered Trade Mark Attorney of the United Kingdom and authorised to practice before the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office.

Níall is also authorised before the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Niall’s Expertise

  • Anti Counterfeiting Law
  • Competition Law, insofar as it applies to Intellectual Property
  • Comparative Advertising Law
  • Copyright Law
  • Domain Name Enforcement Law
  • Exhaustion of Rights Law
  • Geographical Indications & Appellations of Origin Law
  • Injurious Falsehood Law
  • Industrial Designs Law
  • Passing off Law
  • Privacy Law
  • Right of Publicity/Image Rights Law
  • Trade Libel Law
  • Trade Mark Law
  • Trade Name Disputes Law
  • Trade Secrets Law
  • Unfair Competition Law