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Legal IT Consulting
We offer comprehensive IT consulting services, minimizing risks in software development and licensing, increasing the investment attractiveness of IT products, and expertly crafting business models for websites, marketplaces, financial platforms, and any other software.
Background:
Lack of licensing agreements and intellectual property rights for software or IT products.
The need for a well-crafted business model for software products to conduct further commercial activities.
Issues and difficulties related to the registration of copyright and other intellectual property rights for IT specialists' work results.
Lack of understanding of legitimate ways to sell software products through various platforms and under the legal regulations of a particular country.
Conflict situations with contractors or customers during IT development, doubts about the terms and compliance of contractual relations between companies.
Participation in state contracts and tenders conducted by companies with state participation.
The need for legal and financial structures for conducting venture investment activities.
Development of specialized IT products for specific industries, managed by local and international industry regulators.
Background:
Lack of licensing agreements and intellectual property rights for software or IT products.
The need for a well-crafted business model for software products to conduct further commercial activities.
Issues and difficulties related to the registration of copyright and other intellectual property rights for IT specialists' work results.
Lack of understanding of legitimate ways to sell software products through various platforms and under the legal regulations of a particular country.
Conflict situations with contractors or customers during IT development, doubts about the terms and compliance of contractual relations between companies.
Participation in state contracts and tenders conducted by companies with state participation.
The need for legal and financial structures for conducting venture investment activities.
Development of specialized IT products for specific industries, managed by local and international industry regulators.
At our company, we provide expert legal IT consulting services to help you navigate these challenges and ensure the success of your IT projects. With our experience and expertise, you can rest assured that your IT products will be legally protected and commercially viable.
Our legal department provides full support for every Digex Co. project and regularly handles client tasks. Benefit from the expertise of professional lawyers with over 15 years of successful experience in the field of information technology and intellectual property.
Examples of Legal Services in IT
We offer intellectual property registration services. Our experts will conduct a comprehensive preparation of all necessary documents for the registration process of your software. Based on years of experience in intellectual property, Digex Co.'s legal department will ensure your software product has a long and risk-free legal life.
Our services include:
Outcome
A package of documents and a project application for the registration of intellectual property rights.
Our services include:
- Preparation of a software description report for registration.
- Analysis of software and the rights holder to ensure compliance with criteria and requirements for software to be included in the registry.
- Determination of the information about software required for inclusion in the application.
- Formation of a project application for the inclusion of software in the registry
- Legal support and assistance in the process of submitting the application by the rights holder and software registration, preparation of responses to the client and consultations.
Outcome
A package of documents and a project application for the registration of intellectual property rights.
Intellectual Property Registration
At Digex Co., we offer customized development of license or sublicense agreements tailored to your specific business project. Our legal experts will prepare the necessary documents and help you negotiate all the details with your partners. We will also handle the transfer and registration of rights.
The result will be an exclusive or non-exclusive license agreement that provides both parties with the right to:
Legally use the results of someone else’s intellectual work;
Receive income from the exercise of right;
Dispose of the object, including the possibility of transferring rights under a sublicense or other agreement.
An important detail is that we will select the most optimal contract form that will precisely meet the client’s objectives, ensure a comfortable deal margin, consider risks, and balance responsibilities.
The result will be an exclusive or non-exclusive license agreement that provides both parties with the right to:
Legally use the results of someone else’s intellectual work;
Receive income from the exercise of right;
Dispose of the object, including the possibility of transferring rights under a sublicense or other agreement.
An important detail is that we will select the most optimal contract form that will precisely meet the client’s objectives, ensure a comfortable deal margin, consider risks, and balance responsibilities.
Development of a license agreement
We also handle the transfer of exclusive rights to software products from employees, freelancers, or contractors. Our lawyers will determine the legal nature of the relationship and structure business processes accordingly.
The same process applies when developing software in cooperation with various partners. In this case, we will develop a transfer of exclusive rights agreement specifically for IT products (possibly granting rights), help you negotiate with partners, prepare the necessary documents, and register the rights with Rospatent.
The transfer of rights to software involves:
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Outcome
A legally registered agreement for the transfer of exclusive rights will provide the rights holder with the right to:
Important detail
At the same time, it is possible to implement the transfer of a limited volume of rights with limited liability and risks for the rights holder.
The same process applies when developing software in cooperation with various partners. In this case, we will develop a transfer of exclusive rights agreement specifically for IT products (possibly granting rights), help you negotiate with partners, prepare the necessary documents, and register the rights with Rospatent.
The transfer of rights to software involves:
- Structuring and systematizing business processes;
- Establishing labor and/or civil law relationships with employees who create intellectual property objects;
- Ensuring the security of intellectual property;
- Minimizing the risk of legal claims.
Choose Digex Co. for reliable and effective legal support for your business needs.
Outcome
A legally registered agreement for the transfer of exclusive rights will provide the rights holder with the right to:
- Own the intellectual property result;
- Receive income from its implementation;
- Dispose of the object with the possibility of transferring rights under a license or other agreement.
Important detail
At the same time, it is possible to implement the transfer of a limited volume of rights with limited liability and risks for the rights holder.
Acquisition and transfer of software rights
Research of the client’s current business model, identification of possible risks associated with justifying the business model of a website, marketplace, platform, or other software product. The Digex Co. team offers proposals for ways to minimize risks or completely eliminate risky circumstances.
Preparation of legal documentation related to the operation of the software product, website, user registration, and project implementation:
Outcome
A complete set of documents is prepared, representing a comprehensive framework for the business model of a website, marketplace, platform, or other software product. The documentation includes consultations on taxes and other reports depending on the type of IT product. For example, payment reports when implementing marketplace functionality, a certificate of the legitimacy of product functionality implementation, a certificate of methods for obtaining approvals and consents from users signed by a certified specialist.
The final summary on the business model contains a detailed description of: regulatory documents, basic concepts, the process of creating an IT product or platform, the process of user registration, the process of interaction between participants in legal relations, possible risks of liability and ways to prevent them, judicial practice on similar topics, analytics, etc.
Preparation of legal documentation related to the operation of the software product, website, user registration, and project implementation:
- User agreement;
- Privacy policy;
- Rules for working with personal data;
- Consent to the processing of personal data;
- Rules for the implementation of goods or services using software or on a website (platform);
- Template contract between supplier and client;
- Template contract for paid services (if necessary);
- Template contract (for example, agency, commission) for the provision of services for placing goods on the platform, providing access to the platform;
- Other documents and contracts, depending on the business project implementation model chosen by the client;
- Legal consulting in choosing the appropriate tax regime, taking into account the conditions of project implementation;
- Assistance in choosing the most suitable payment structure for the project, legal registration of the payment system.
Outcome
A complete set of documents is prepared, representing a comprehensive framework for the business model of a website, marketplace, platform, or other software product. The documentation includes consultations on taxes and other reports depending on the type of IT product. For example, payment reports when implementing marketplace functionality, a certificate of the legitimacy of product functionality implementation, a certificate of methods for obtaining approvals and consents from users signed by a certified specialist.
The final summary on the business model contains a detailed description of: regulatory documents, basic concepts, the process of creating an IT product or platform, the process of user registration, the process of interaction between participants in legal relations, possible risks of liability and ways to prevent them, judicial practice on similar topics, analytics, etc.
Legal framework of the product and business model development
The legal department of Digex Co. can take on any IT product development and implementation project "turnkey". We will create an optimal document flow scheme for the implementation process, prepare contract templates and a list of "closing" documents between business participants. We also provide consulting on document flow requirements to obtain benefits, company accreditation and/or minimize tax risks.
The "turnkey" IT project support includes:
Outcome
Significantly reduced or excluded risks during the implementation of your IT project, including possible identification of law violations during the project implementation in case of disputes with clients, partners, employees, etc.
The "turnkey" IT project support includes:
- Auditing existing project documents, risk analysis, proposals for optimizing document flow, document forms, business and its structural elements;
- Development of contracts and other documents for internal company work and external partners;
- Legal registration of any product, such as a user agreement and/or offer for providing services to clients, electronic signature usage agreement, privacy policy, and personal data processing rules, consent to personal data processing, etc.
Outcome
Significantly reduced or excluded risks during the implementation of your IT project, including possible identification of law violations during the project implementation in case of disputes with clients, partners, employees, etc.
Legal Support for IT Projects
We determine the know-how information and establish legal protection. Digex Co. lawyers will help organize the introduction of confidentiality and trade secret regime in the organization by developing a complete set of documents for a specific business. This includes provisions, orders, a list of confidential information, etc. These measures will help the client protect their trade secrets, confidential information, rights to know-how, and legitimize documents for introducing a trade secret regime in the company (with or without an NDA).
Documents for registering know-how:
Important detail
Unlike a patent, this intellectual property does not require mandatory registration for protection. The owner has rights to know-how until the confidentiality of the information is maintained.
Documents for registering know-how:
- Regulation on trade secrets and confidential information;
- List of information constituting a trade secret and other confidential information;
- Instructions for introducing a trade secret regime;
- Order on the approval of the Regulation on trade secrets and confidential information;
- Nondisclosure agreement for employees;
- Register of persons authorized to work with documents (information) containing trade secrets;
- Nondisclosure and confidential information protection agreement with contractors/clients.
Important detail
Unlike a patent, this intellectual property does not require mandatory registration for protection. The owner has rights to know-how until the confidentiality of the information is maintained.
Registration of know-how and transfer of rights
Digex Co. has many projects in narrowly specialized industries that are subject to specific types of legal regulation, such as medicine and pharmaceuticals, banking and fintech. We take a particularly careful approach to legal consulting in spheres that are influenced by specialized industry regulators. Our team of legal experts will work closely with you to ensure that your project is fully compliant with all relevant regulations and laws, helping you to navigate complex legal landscapes and minimize risk. With Digex Co. by your side, you can be sure that your industrial software products will be fully legitimized and ready to take on the world.
We develop user agreements, privacy policies, personal data processing rules, consent to personal data processing, regulations, instructions, rules, etc. Legal consulting for IT products includes an analysis of the possibility of applying tax benefits provided by government’s law and other jurisdictions, an audit of existing document forms, risk analysis, and proposals for optimizing the business as a whole or its individual elements.
Outcome
The client receives a legal opinion with a complete analysis of business processes, proposals for their structuring and systematization, a package of documents for the legitimate operation of the project, assistance in choosing optimal legal structures and algorithms for interaction.
We develop user agreements, privacy policies, personal data processing rules, consent to personal data processing, regulations, instructions, rules, etc. Legal consulting for IT products includes an analysis of the possibility of applying tax benefits provided by government’s law and other jurisdictions, an audit of existing document forms, risk analysis, and proposals for optimizing the business as a whole or its individual elements.
Outcome
The client receives a legal opinion with a complete analysis of business processes, proposals for their structuring and systematization, a package of documents for the legitimate operation of the project, assistance in choosing optimal legal structures and algorithms for interaction.
Legitimization of Specialized IT Products
Audit of Corporate Structure
Determining the legitimacy of creating and operating a company, the legitimacy of management decisions regarding transactions, also involves an analysis of the legitimacy of the adoption and execution of constituent documents, the formation of management bodies, charter capital (including analysis for pledges, etc.).
Audit of Reporting (accounting, financial and/or tax)
Determining the legality of conducting ordinary business activities and the stability of the counterparty's position in the market.
Audit of Contractual Work
Comprehensive study of contracts, including general issues of their legitimacy, e.g identifying signs of invalid, void, or simulated contracts, indicating possible legal consequences of executing transactions, risks, etc.
Audit of Intellectual Property
Investigation of the legitimacy of a trademark existence (brand, logo, trade mark, if any), conditions for concluding a license and/or concession agreement, etc.
Analysis of Reputation Risks
Studying issues such as the "legal purity" of the counterparty's company, management, founders, connections, as well as transactions concluded by the counterparty (obtaining loans, participation in government procurement, presence of assets and their provision as collateral for transactions, inspections by supervisory authorities).
Audit of Assets: Property and Non-Property
Analysis of data about property, its efficiency and effectiveness of use, commercial potential, risks, arrests, pledges, etc.
Judicial Audit
Audit of the company's interaction with courts, controlling and/or supervisory authorities. Minimizing risks when interacting with regulators and government agencies.
Determining the legitimacy of creating and operating a company, the legitimacy of management decisions regarding transactions, also involves an analysis of the legitimacy of the adoption and execution of constituent documents, the formation of management bodies, charter capital (including analysis for pledges, etc.).
Audit of Reporting (accounting, financial and/or tax)
Determining the legality of conducting ordinary business activities and the stability of the counterparty's position in the market.
Audit of Contractual Work
Comprehensive study of contracts, including general issues of their legitimacy, e.g identifying signs of invalid, void, or simulated contracts, indicating possible legal consequences of executing transactions, risks, etc.
Audit of Intellectual Property
Investigation of the legitimacy of a trademark existence (brand, logo, trade mark, if any), conditions for concluding a license and/or concession agreement, etc.
Analysis of Reputation Risks
Studying issues such as the "legal purity" of the counterparty's company, management, founders, connections, as well as transactions concluded by the counterparty (obtaining loans, participation in government procurement, presence of assets and their provision as collateral for transactions, inspections by supervisory authorities).
Audit of Assets: Property and Non-Property
Analysis of data about property, its efficiency and effectiveness of use, commercial potential, risks, arrests, pledges, etc.
Judicial Audit
Audit of the company's interaction with courts, controlling and/or supervisory authorities. Minimizing risks when interacting with regulators and government agencies.
Audit of Intangible Assets
Protecting your software’s intellectual property is essential for the success of your business. At Digex Co., we understand the importance of safeguarding your software from infringement and piracy. That’s why we offer comprehensive legal support to our clients, helping them to protect their rights both in Russia and around the world.
Our team of legal experts will work closely with you to develop robust licensing agreements and legal documents that protect your software from any potential infringement. We’ll also provide you with valuable insights into market trends and help you to identify opportunities for growth and expansion.
Our protection of rights includes:
Outcome:
At Digex Co., we’re committed to providing our clients with the best possible legal support. Our team of legal experts has extensive experience in the field of intellectual property law, and we’re passionate about helping our clients to succeed. We’ll go above and beyond to ensure that your position is defended at all costs and within the legal framework.
Our team of legal experts will work closely with you to develop robust licensing agreements and legal documents that protect your software from any potential infringement. We’ll also provide you with valuable insights into market trends and help you to identify opportunities for growth and expansion.
Our protection of rights includes:
- Preparation of contracts and licensing agreements for the registration of software rights of any complexity, technical specifications, and acts of transfer of rights;
- Assistance in drafting claims and lawsuits;
- Pre-trial settlement of disputes;
- Representation of the client’s interests in courts, the Federal Antimonopoly Service, and other authorities.
Outcome:
At Digex Co., we’re committed to providing our clients with the best possible legal support. Our team of legal experts has extensive experience in the field of intellectual property law, and we’re passionate about helping our clients to succeed. We’ll go above and beyond to ensure that your position is defended at all costs and within the legal framework.
Software intellectual property rights protection
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