PRACTICE AREA
Intellectual Property
In the constantly evolving world of technology and cross-border business transactions, safeguarding intellectual property (IP) is becoming increasingly important. We closely follow all legal and technological developments in this area and provide legal services in every aspect of IP law, including the following:
- IP and portfolio management, including research, applications, oppositions, representation before patent and trademark offices in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
- IP enforcement, including border measures and seizure proceedings in domestic markets
- Online IP protection, including protection of online content and streaming services
- Creating and implementing IP strategies for a wide range of companies, from startups to multinationals
- Licensing, franchising and sponsorship
- IP disputes
- Domain names (registration, monitoring, enforcement)
- Unfair competition
What clients told The Legal 500 about us
In the IP area we work primarily with Michal Matejka who is our single point of contact for these matters. We praise him for being able to provide quick, well thought-out and commercially sound advice even in the most complex legal matters.
A strong legal team on your side
References
Czech and Slovak legal advisory to XXXLutz Deutschland group in the acquisition of the Porta group. XXXLutz is the second largest furniture retailer in Germany and through the transaction acquired an additional 140 furniture stores in Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Leading and implementing the project titled E-Justice Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Scheme, which was selected among projects funded by the European Commission. The project's objective is to launch an open digital model of future standard e-justice/ODR processes, verify what is possible, feasible and sustainable against existing projects, and identify new services related to future approaches to e-justice/ODR and their new management. This is a groundbreaking project that represents the first step towards creating an open environment for online dispute resolution processes that could be used in all EU member states and possibly worldwide. The project has a fundamental intellectual property aspect, as new governance rules are being created for access to the ODR system, its maintenance and modifications, including intellectual property management, open licenses and a code of conduct for intellectual property for ODR platforms that use the system.
We advised a leading CEE TV broadcaster on various aspects of IP law, in particular copyright, personal rights, trademarks and related rights.
We provide ongoing legal support for a leading Swiss watch manufacturer, protecting its IP rights and representing it before relevant bodies in the Czech and Slovak Republic. In particular, we supported the company in a court dispute and in administrative proceedings to protect its trademark rights.
We advised the Czech Press Agency on the use of its news materials by other players on the market, and also on copyright protection.
