Robin Hayes

Robin practices in commercial litigation with particular emphasis on intellectual property matters.  He is heavily involved in contentious patent litigation involving claims of infringement and revocation of patents which protect medical devices, pharmaceuticals and electronic point of sale and vending machine apparatuses. He has acted on behalf of a plaintiff client in, what is believed to be, the State’s first groundless threats of infringement proceedings.

Robin is also experienced in trade mark law and the law of passing-off, acting, amongst others, on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants involved in the ophthalmic, grocery and music retail industries in High Court proceedings. 

He has also advised clients in relation to the registration of their IP rights with Irish customs in order to prevent entry into the State of goods which infringe clients’ IP rights.

Robin joined WhitneyMoore in 2004 having obtained a Business & Economics degree from Trinity College Dublin and a Diploma in Legal Studies from Dublin Institute of Technology.