We acted for Inish Technology Ventures Limited (known as “InishTech”) a start up company backed by Microsoft's IP Ventures Programme, Enterprise Ireland and entrepreneurs Aidan Gallagher, John O'Sullivan and David Smyth in connection with a funding round and licensing of intellectual property.

InishTech, based in Dublin, has acquired Microsoft's software licensing and protection (SLP) services.

InishTech has assumed full responsibility for the existing customer base and has acquired all rights to SLP services and licensed related intellectual property from Microsoft. Microsoft will have an ongoing minority interest in the firm.

The services offered by InishTech will allow software publishers to license products that support and enable new business models and protect their software through code transformation and license compliance.

The team was led by Partner Emmet Scully of the Business Department.

June 2009.