Warsaw Intellectual Property

Focusing on the legal aspects of information technology and intellectual property, our team provides a full range of services tailored to the individual needs of our clients. We advise on transactions involving CRM/ERP-level software development and systems integration arrangements, information technology procurement (e.g., hardware services, software, networks, outsourcing), intellectual property licensing, acquisition and sale (including ASP arrangements and application hosting), patent, trademark and copyright, and telecommunications services arrangements.

Our in-depth knowledge of the latest trends in changes to legislation governing the information-technology sector in both the United States and Europe, combined with our hands-on experience in applying the provisions of Polish law, ensure that we are ideally placed to offer our clients the highest standard of service.

We provide legal services in a wide range of industries and areas, including:

• Internet and e-commerce;
• online information services, including CRM;
• functional area outsourcing and transition services;
• cloud services;
• personal data protection;
• functional area outsourcing and transition services;
• computer software and hardware manufacturing and distribution;
• telecommunications services networks;
• IT consulting and system integration; and
• banking and financial services.

Our lawyers focus primarily on serving companies in the telecommunications, energy, insuranceand banking and financial services sectors. We advise our banking and financial services clients on the acquisition of IT systems to improve the management of their operations.

We draft agreements for the implementation and operation of IT systems (both on a turn-key basis and in circumstances where the client has been the integrator), including banking systems, customer-relationship management, and billing systems (including those using internet applications), as well as other systems supporting operational activities.

We advise on transactions involving the integration of information systems and data migration services, as well as data escrow agreements, archiving services, and other aspects of transactions involving IT systems. We also advise clients on the design of tender processes and the negotiation of technical and pricing terms in relation to these types of agreements.

Our lawyers have resolved pre-arbitration IT- disputes and have successfully appeared in court, arbitration and administrative proceedings involving IT disputes and the defense of intellectual property rights.

We also provide a wide range of corporate services tailored specifically to the needs of the technology sector, including capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, litigation, and taxation.