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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Patents, trade secrets & technology licensing
Secure ownership of IP created by staff and contractors
WONE Global reviews employment and contractor agreements in each country where the work was done and puts compliant assignments and confirmations in place under each local law.
Countries in the typical case Poland · India
The situation
Code, designs or content were made by employees, freelancers or agencies in several countries and the company may not own it.
What is at stake
If ownership is unclear, investors and buyers discount the price, and a former contractor can claim the work.
Who faces this
A scenario
Software start-upFounder-led company · from Estonia · in Ukraine, Poland, India
It is preparing for investment and finds that key code was written by contractors in three countries under informal terms.
Where it ends The company owns its code, on paper.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “IP assignment from freelancers abroad”“Investors asking who owns our IP”“An inventor claims ownership of a company-developed invention”“A university spinout needs invention assignment documentation”
The solution
WONE Global reviews employment and contractor agreements in each country where the work was done and puts compliant assignments and confirmations in place under each local law.
Usually led by Trade marks, patents and brands, with Employment, payroll and immigration, Contracts and commercial law and Buying, selling and investing.
Step by step, in the scenario
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
Outcomes
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Services
One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.
Who handles it
The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.
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Kraków · PolandWONE Global Capability Partner · Poland
Legal Adviser. Co-founder of the Firm. Has been advising parties on technology contracts for more than a dozen years. Specialises in intellectual property law and new technologies. Provides day-to-day legal services to …
Kampala · UgandaWONE Global Capability Partner · Uganda
Tony Kiire is the Founding and Managing Partner of Diamond Advocates, where he leads the Technology, Innovation, and Intellectual Property Law practice. He is also the founder of Lawtech Associates and Consult, the comp…
Buenos Aires · ArgentinaWONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina
He is a lawyer with a degree from the University of Buenos Aires and a degree in Spanish Law. He completed postgraduate studies in Strategic Business Management at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Glocoll at…
Nairobi · KenyaWONE Global Capability Partner · Kenya
Specialties: Commercial Transactions & Litigation
Pretoria · South AfricaWONE Global Capability Partner · South Africa
Zürich · SwitzerlandWONE Global Capability Partner · Switzerland
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Markets in the typical case
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Services and subject
Worked examples
Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.
Patents, trade secrets & technology licensing
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