• Life Sciences
• Financial Services AI

• Patent Litigation
• Trademark Litigation
• Copyright Litigation
• Intellectual Property Law and Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Technology Law

Authorships

• Author of "Primary injunctions in Ireland" in Intellectual Property Magazine, September 2018
• Author of "Uncertain impact on IP rights after Brexit", www.bizplus.ie, June 2018

Engagements

Gerard is a lecturer, tutor and examiner on the Law Society of Ireland’s professional training courses for solicitors in the areas of copyright, designs and patents.

Education

• University of Limerick, BA Law and Accounting
• University College Dublin, Diploma, Arbitration
• University College Dublin, LLM, Commercial Law
• Law Society of Ireland, Diploma, E-Commerce
• Irish Taxation Institute, AITI
• King’s College London, University of London, Postgraduate Diploma, UK, European and US Law of Copyright and Related Rights,
• Law Society of Ireland, Diploma, Commercial Litigation
• University of London, LLM, International Intellectual Property Law

Professional Memberships

• Law Society of Ireland
• Law Society of England and Wales
• Law Society of Northern Ireland
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• Irish Taxation Institute
• European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW)
• Association for the Protection on Industrial Property (AIPPI)
• International Trademark Association (INTA)
• European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA)

• • Acted for Novartis Pharma AG in dealing with High Court litigation against Eli Lilly and Company, Eli Lilly Nederland B.V. and Eli Lilly Kinsale Limited. Eli Lilly claimed that a European Patent, which is owned by Novartis should be revoked, it initiated High Court proceedings on 13 April 2021.
  • Advised NYSE listed Biohaven Pharmaceuticals on the Irish, IP and tax law aspects of the sale of the Biohaven group companies that own and commercialise its Nurtec and Vysera products to Pfizer for more than $11.8bn.
  • Acting for a multinational biosimilar company in infringement and invalidity proceedings concerning a number of patents related to a treatment for arthritis
  • Acting for a multinational pharmaceutical company in the successful defence of a preliminary injunction application related to a combination treatment for HIV
  • Acting for a multinational pharmaceutical company in patent revocation/ infringement proceedings before the Commercial Court regarding the asthma treatment combination Budesonide/ Formoterol
  • Acting for a multinational pharmaceutical company in separate SPC and patent revocation proceedings before the Commercial Court regarding the product Tiotropium Bromide Monohydrate
  • Acting for a number of Internet service providers in respect of web-blocking applications taken by the Motion Picture Association before the Commercial Court.
  • Acting for a large mobile telephone company on trade mark infringement proceedings concerning a national comparative advertising campaign by a competitor
  • Acting for a leading provider of nutritional products in Community trade mark infringement proceedings before the Commercial Court