WKB advises some of Poland’s largest media companies, publishers and performers to protect their valuable copyrights on a daily basis.
WKB drafts and negotiates:
- Copyright, trademarks, patent, software and industrial design agreements;
- Production and distribution agreements;
- Agency, franchise and outsourcing agreements;
- Merchandising and sponsoring agreements;
- Advertising agreements.
We support and represent clients in:
- Protection of trademark, patent and industrial design rights, including procedural assistance at the Polish Patent Office;
- Civil and criminal trademark infringement proceedings;
- Data protection, trade secret and know-how protection, including drafting and negotiating confidentiality agreements, proprietary information and know-how licenses, representation in trade secret disputes;
- Proceedings and consultations with the Polish Media Council (KRRiT), the Ministry of Culture, and other regulatory bodies.
WKB advises clients on sensitive products marketing, satellite transmissions, broadcasting rights contracts, contracts with cable operators, gambling, and contest issues. We specialize in media industry M&A with a focus on high-value, IP assets. Moreover, we represent our clients in intellectual property litigation and arbitration.
Our practice provides comprehensive legal advice on telecommunications and postal law, with extensive expertise in:
- Telecommunications corporate registration;
- Representation before regulatory bodies, administrative courts and the Anti-monopoly Court;
- Drafting and negotiating interoperator cooperation contracts, such as interconnection agreements, leased-line service agreement, infrastructure leases, satellite channel leases, pre-selection agreements and co-location agreements;
- Internet access and data transmission agreements;
- Drafting telecommunication services agreements and standard terms and conditions of telecommunication service provisioning;
- Advice on subscribers’ and operators’ rights and obligations.
WKB also represents clients in proceedings before the regulatory authorities (the Office of Electronic Communications).
Clients say: "The lawyers are pragmatic, accessible and offer very good solutions. The work is done quickly and with a businesslike approach".
Chambers Europe 2008
