Legal Agreements in the Field of Intellectual Property

What documents do we develop?

• License and copyright agreements

IP License Agreement– is an agreement under which one party (licensor) provides the other party (licensee) permission to use an IP object (license) on mutually agreed terms. Such a transaction allows the licensee to receive commercial benefits from the use of the asset, and the licensor to control the scope of the granted rights (Article 1109 of the Civil Code of Ukraine).

Copyright agreements– these are agreements aimed at disposing of property rights (transfer or granting permission to use) of works of literature, art, science, computer programs, etc. The main types include: license agreements (as described above), agreements on the transfer of exclusive property rights, and an author’s order agreement.

• NDAs and confidentiality agreements

Properly composedNDA agreement (Ukraine)– is an effective mechanism for collecting fines for disclosing trade secrets. Information leakage at the development stage can destroy a business. A separate aspect of usingNDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement)is the protection of inventions, utility models and industrial designs. Since one of the main conditions for patentability is the criterion of novelty – any disclosure of information can be considered public (for example, if you present an idea to an investor or transfer drawings to a contractor without a signed NDA).

• “Terms & Conditions”, “Terms of Use” or “Public Offer”

In fact, this is a unilateral transaction, the terms of which you set yourself, and the user accepts them by clicking the “Register”, “Buy” or “Accept”, “Agree” button. Be sure to check your public offer for the presence of a block on intellectual property protection, a block on refunds and limitation of your liability.

• “Privacy Policy” or “Privacy Policy”

If your site collects any data (even just an IP address via cookies), you are required to have a Privacy Policy. TeamIP EYEprepares documents in accordance with current legislative requirements, including the Law of Ukraine “On Personal Data Protection”, GDPR, COPPA, etc.

We specialize in “Privacy Policy” and “Terms of Use” development, adapting documents to the specifics of your market and target audience (especially if the target audience is children).

• Franchise agreement

According to the legislation of Ukraine, the concept of “franchise” is legally formalized ascommercial concession agreement(Chapter 76 of the Civil Code of Ukraine). This document requires careful consideration, as it regulates the transfer of a whole range of rights. If you are planning to scale up, we are ready to help you form a reliable legal foundation for your network.

If a partner or investor has sent you a draft contract, don’t rush to sign it. We conduct a legal review of existing documents to identify “pitfalls” and hidden risks. Our goal is to ensure that you don’t lose control of your assets due to imprecise wording or terms that are unfavorable to you.

Over the years of our practical experience, we have encountered many cases where a contract appears to exist but does not fully protect a person’s rights. In particular, special attention must be paid to provisions regarding the procedure for transferring rights, their scope, duration, and territorial coverage. This is especially true if you are attracting investment for a project—the investor’s legal team will conduct a thorough audit of the chain of rights transfer. Any gap—such as the absence of a signed acceptance and transfer certificate from the freelancer, vaguely defined terms in the copyright agreement, or ambiguous wording in the license—becomes a “red flag” that could derail the deal or significantly lower the valuation of your project.