INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND UNFAIR COMPETITION

Havel, Holásek & Partners’ legal services relating to intellectual property cover the following areas:

development and provision of software
copyright
trademarks
patents, designs and other intangible property rights
protection of trade names and know-how

In addition, Havel, Holásek & Partners also provides legal support in proceedings before the Czech Industrial Property Office and the European Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market in relation to the registration of trademarks, designs and other intellectual property rights. Our areas of specialization also include unfair competition law, including protection against the unfair conduct of our clients’ competitors.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Havel, Holásek & Partners’ specialized team for telecommunications, media and information technology, comprising more than 10 lawyers, is one of the largest in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. We offer our clients extensive practical experience and specific knowledge gained over years of advising on major projects in this field of practice. As an added value to our clients, this specialised team closely cooperates with the firm’s top-ranking M&A practice. Havel, Holásek & Partners provides legal advice in the following areas:

regulation of electronic communication
business contracts between telecom operators; business conditions and contracts between operators and customers
software implementation and related comprehensive contractual and public aspects of projects entailing the provision and implementation of software
IT outsourcing
comprehensive advisory to clients in the printed and electronic media sector and related dispute resolution.

For Internet-related work, Havel, Holásek & Partners provides legal advice in the following areas:

domain name protection
on-line contracts and electronic signatures
liability for the contents of documents
payment systems
electronic medical documentation
personal data protection

Our attorneys have participated in the preparation of analyses regarding the European Union’s new regulatory framework for electronic communication and the future legislation to govern digital television broadcasting in the Czech Republic.