Intellectual property law, IT law

Q: What types of intellectual property are there?

Copyright – protects literary, artistic and scientific works (eg books, music, software). Patents – protects technical innovations and inventions. Trademarks – protects names, logos or symbols that identify products or services. Industrial pattern (design) – protects the aesthetic appearance of the products, consisting mainly of the lines, contours, colors, shape, structure or materials of the product itself, or its decorations9. Business secret – protects non-public, valuable business information.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW:

Copyright

We advise authors on the protection of rights to their works (books, music, software, films, photographs and other creative outputs). We strive to ensure that copyrights are protected and not misused.
We prepare for author clients license agreements, we help them with the enforcement of copyrights and also provide advice regarding modification of commissioned works, employee works and commercial use of the work.

Trademarks

We help clients with the registration of trademarks in the Czech Republic and abroad, including preparation and filing of trademark applications and legal analyzes of trademark availability, to ensure their exclusive right to use name, logo or other identifiers.
If necessary, we ensure the enforcement of trademark infringement rights.

Patent protection, protective utility models, industrial designs

We provide or advise clients on the process patenting of inventions and technical solutions, to ensure the protection of new technologies and procedures from unauthorized use.
We prepare and serve patent applications, we prepare legal analysis of novelty and industrial applicability of inventions, we represent clients in patent disputes.

Representation in proceedings before the Industrial Property Office

IT LAW:

Software and information technology law

We provide complete legal advice regarding software and IT, including licensing.
We prepare and revise in particular digital content agreements, SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and license agreements.

Electronic certificates and signatures, e-sustainability documents

We perform legal analyzes regarding usage electronic certificates, their validity and compliance with legal regulations.
We provide legal advice regarding use of electronic signatures in accordance with legislation, in particular eIDAS 2.0 regulation (Regulation on Electronic Identification and Trust Services for Electronic Transactions). We advise on the types of electronic signatures (guaranteed, qualified electronic signature) and their legal binding, and we also help with by setting up internal processes with electronic signatures.

Cyber security and data protection, compliance and regulation in the field of IT

We do legal analysis of cyber security according to legislation (e.g. NIS2 guidelines), we evaluate the risks a we implement technical and especially legal measures to protect against cyber attacks.
Upcoming internal rules and policies for data protection and cyber security.

Legal regulation of cloud services

Upcoming contracts for the provision of cloud services and we provide advice on moving data to the cloud, and we also deal with issues of international data transfers.
We also help clients with enrollment in catalog of Cloud Computing (a database of secure cloud service providers maintained by the Digital Information Agency).

Representation in IT disputes and arbitrations

Mgr. Vladimír Nováček

Attorney

What is intellectual property?

Intellectual Property (IP) includes rights to the results of creative and innovative activity, such as copyrights, patents, trademarks, designs and trade secrets.

What types of intellectual property are there?

Copyright – protects literary, artistic and scientific works (eg books, music, software).
Patents – protects technical innovations and inventions.
Trademarks – protects names, logos or symbols that identify products or services.
Industrial pattern (design) – protects the aesthetic appearance of the products, consisting mainly of the lines, contours, colors, shape, structure or materials of the product itself, or its decorations9.
Business secret – protects non-public, valuable business information.

What does IT law include?

IT law deals with legal issues related to information technology, including software law, electronic signatures, data protection, cyber security and e-commerce.

What are the legal obligations for companies in the field of cyber security?

Companies must ensure the protection of sensitive data and the security of information systems, including compliance with obligations according to directives and legislation (e.g. NIS2 directive). Companies have an obligation to report cyber attacks and incidents.