IP
PROTECTION
IP protection
We have extensive experience in legal advice regarding copyright, database, trademark and know-how protection.
We help our Clients secure their rights, both at the stage of creation of intellectual property (including the employer-employee or contracting party-contractor relationship), as well as during corporate transformations and changes (for example, when selling an enterprise, in whole or in part).
We provide support in the process of determining the owners of and transferring the IP rights, as well as assistance in IP infringement proceedings.
We draft and negotiate work purchase agreements, including agreements relating to audio-visual and computer works or multicomponent products.
We help our Clients secure their rights, both at the stage of creation of intellectual property (including the employer-employee or contracting party-contractor relationship), as well as during corporate transformations and changes (for example, when selling an enterprise, in whole or in part).
Selected, Individual Experience in IP protection
- drafting agreements for the purpose of making investments in computer games and feature films
- advising on the possibility of using a work as a part of a feature film in the light of the copyright expiry regulations as amended over time
- conducting arbitration and court proceedings to recover Internet domains
- drafting contracts for transfer of copyright or license agreements for the use of architectural works and technical designs
- negotiating contracts for transfer of copyright to works created by scriptwriters and interior designers
- legal advice on the rights of ghost-writers in relation to their claims to biographical books
- drafting and negotiating contracts for transfer of rights to works created by advertising agencies (movies, advertisements)
- legal support for IT systems implementation (including SaaS, PaaS)
- legal analyses to determine computer software beneficiaries
- legal support regarding the use of celebrities’ avatars in computer games
- legal analysis of the status of intellectual property rights generated in the initial stages of a start-up operation (right to inventions, industrial designs, know-how, copyright)
- legal advice on counterfeit goods and look-alike products, including securing evidence and litigation
- support for business transformation (merger, spin-off) to ensure the possibility of continued use of intellectual property
- drafting license agreements or contracts for transfer of rights to databases