This distinctive event is an opportunity for US corporates, their advisors or their representatives to explore the many commercial advantages of doing business in, or from, Ireland. Presentations will be given from Irish and US business leaders and service providers. Exhibitors in the fields of Financial Services, Tax, Property, Labor Matters, Technology, Digital Media, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Medical Devices will available throughout the day to provide detailed, operational advice on establishing and operating in Ireland. Tomkins will be there to explain the commercial attractiveness that Ireland offers to patent, trademark and design owners and investors.

We would be delighted to have the opportunity to meet with you either at the Expo or at any stage during the week. Please contact us if you would like to arrange a meeting.

Previously if a company was active in R & D in 2003 they could only claim for spend in later years that was above the 2003 level. Now the first 100,000 Euro spend will be allowed irrespective of the 2003 spend. Great news for everyone who was doing R&D in 2003.

It will be open for a company in receipt of R&D tax credits to use a portion of it to reward employees fundamental to the company’s R&D development. The introduction of this reward scheme could go some way to incentivising key employees in R&D, perhaps negating somewhat the knock on negative effects inventors by the abrupt abolition of the patent tax exemption in November 2010.