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About us

♦ Intellectual Property Law (IP)
♦ Information Technology Law (IT) 
♦ Contracts & Dispute Resolution

Our boutique law office specializes in delivering tailored, high-quality legal services at the intersection of intellectual property, technology, and complex commercial law. 

Leadership: The firm was founded by Jiří Čermák, who serves as Managing Partner. Jiří has many years of experience providing legal services to both Czech and international clients.

A Legacy of Expertise: Prior to establishing his own boutique practice, Jiří spent over 21 years at the Prague office of Baker McKenzie. During his tenure as an attorney and Partner, he led the Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group, cementing his reputation as a leading authority in the field.

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Our office operates as a specialised practice within the law firm Jansa Mokrý Otevřel and Partners, while maintaining close cooperation with Petráš Rezek law offices.

This structure allows us to combine the flexibility of a boutique practice with the broader capabilities of established legal teams.

A full professional CV is available here.

Our services

Legal Services

At the core of our practice is a commitment to providing practical, clear, and effective legal solutions to our clients. Our goal is to protect your business interests and minimize exposure through:

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  • Strategic Clarity: Translating complex regulations into actionable business advice.
  • Risk Mitigation: Proactively securing your operations against legal and regulatory volatility.
  • Business-Centric Results: Focusing on outcomes that support your growth and long-term commercial success.

Our Expertise & Values

  • Integrated Knowledge: Our practice is built on a deep understanding of the law and settled case law, seamlessly integrated with a mastery of the business environments and technologies our clients navigate.

  • Proven Results: This dual-expertise approach is consistently recognized by our clients as a key driver of their success (see Representative Matters & Awards).

Consultancy for Legal Professionals

Beyond our direct client services, we provide expert consultations and specialized legal support to other attorneys and law firms. We act as a strategic partner, offering high-level expertise to complement your existing practice.

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Our collaborative services include:

  • Legal Analysis: Preparing in-depth research and expert opinions on complex technical and legal matters.
  • Document Review ("Second Eye"): Providing a rigorous secondary audit and refinement of contractual documentation.
  • Strategic Advisory: Solving high-stakes legal issues within ongoing disputes or large-scale transactions.

Our Commitment to Partnership: We believe in a "neutral partner" approach. When clear protocols are established, this cooperation is mutually beneficial and strictly protects the primary relationship between the lead law firm and its client.

Our Fees

Legal and consulting services are typically billed on an hourly basis or, in the case of ongoing cooperation, on a monthly retainer.

Our current hourly rates reflect the expertise and experience of the Partner, Associate or Paralegal involved and are as follows:       

Partner, Of Counsel:    EUR 250 - 330
Associate:        EUR 150 - 200
Paralegal, Student, Trainee: EUR 100 - 150

Selected services—particularly in the area of intellectual property portfolio management (e.g. trademarks, industrial designs)—are offered on a fixed-fee basis. Full schedule can be downloaded here

Alternative fee arrangements may be agreed upon where appropriate, including:

  • success-based remuneration (in particular for dispute matters),
  • volume-based discounts or other individually tailored pricing terms

Transparency is a fundamental principle of our practice. Clients are therefore provided with a clear cost estimate at the outset, whether for the engagement as a whole or for its individual phases, as is often appropriate in complex transactions, negotiations, or dispute resolution proceedings.

Our specialization

Intellectual Property

Copyright | Trademarks, industrial designs | Patents, utility models | Unfair competition

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Copyright & Media Law

  • Agreements: Comprehensive drafting of all copyright-related contracts.

  • Dispute Resolution: Representation in copyright infringement and ownership disputes.

  • Collective Management: Counsel for right holders, users, as well as collective management organizations.

  • AI & Copyright: Specialized advice on model training, TDM (Text and Data Mining), and the protection of AI-generated outputs.

  • Specialized Rights: Legal support regarding databases, coypright levies, and performing artists' rights.

Trademarks & Designs

  • Portfolio Management: End-to-end services including searches, applications, renewals, and transfers.
  • Contractual Excellence: Drafting and negotiating all IP-related agreements, with a focus on license contracts.
  • Distribution Strategies: Legal structuring of selective and exclusive distribution networks.
  • Market Integrity: Strategic advice on parallel importation and the exhaustion of rights.
  • Anti-Counterfeiting: Implementation of customs measures and aggressive enforcement against counterfeit goods.
  • Right to Information: Legal action to identify infringing parties and secure evidence within the supply chain.

Patents & Utility Models

  • Consultancy: Strategic legal advice and preparation of licensing agreements.
  • Dispute Resolution: Representation and legal support in patent-related disputes.
  • Strategic Partnership: We provide specialized legal counsel and coordinate with a trusted patent attorney office for filings and portfolio management.

Unfair Competition

  • Advisory & Litigation: Strategic legal counsel and representation in disputes regarding unfair commercial practices and market protection.

Information Technology

Software Law | Internet Law | E-commerce & Electronic Signatures | AI | Compliance (DSA, GDPR, DMA) | Cyber ​​Security and Liability

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Software Law

  • Contractual Architecture: Drafting and negotiating SaaS, license, development, and implementation agreements, including specialized SLA/SMA support.
  • Project Delivery: Legal guidance on software development lifecycles using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
  • Enforcement & Disputes: Representation in matters involving authorship claims and the unauthorized use of software.
  • Asset Protection: Securing rights to proprietary data, databases, user interfaces, and technical preparatory materials.
  • Open Source & Infrastructure: Strategic advice on FOSS compliance, licensing, and source code repository management.
  • Advanced Development: Legal expertise in software creation utilizing Generative AI and CASE (Computer-Aided Software Engineering) tools.
  • More information here.

Internet Law

  • Digital Content & Media: Specialized counsel on copyright aspects of streaming, VoD, and P2P services, including the legalities of linking and embedding.
  • Domain Name Disputes: Representation and decision-making in international and domestic domain conflicts (UDRP, .CZ, .SK, and .EU ADR).
  • Intermediary Liability: Advising service providers (ISPs) on liability frameworks, the Digital Services Act (DSA), and platform-specific copyright obligations.
  • Online Marketing: Regulatory compliance for internet advertising, including keyword targeting and the prevention of trademark misuse in digital campaigns.

E-commerce, Electronic Signatures

  • Platform Governance: Design and implementation of Terms & Conditions, consumer protection protocols, and out-of-court dispute resolution.
  • Electronic Signatures: Legal validation of digital acts under the eIDAS Regulation, ensuring compliance with formal requirements for electronic signatures.
  • Digital Legal Acts: Expert assessment of the validity and legal effects of electronic documents and digital identification services.
  • More information here.

Artificial Intelligence

  • Legal & Regulatory Strategy: Expert counsel on AI implementation, including navigating regulatory sandboxes and experimental frameworks.
  • AI Liability: Strategic advice on liability across the full AI lifecycle—from data curation and model training to commercial deployment.
  • AI & Intellectual Property: Solving complex IP challenges in Generative AI, specifically regarding training data, copyrightability of outputs, and data ownership.

Regulatory and Compliance 

  • EU Digital Frameworks: Ensuring full operational compliance with the EU AI Act, the Digital Services Act (DSA), and emerging digital regulations.

  • Risk Mitigation: Implementing governance structures to align digital business models with evolving European legislative standards.

Cyber Security and Liability

Dispute Resolution

Dispute Resolution

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  • Out-of-court dispute resolution: We assist in resolving disputes through expert assessments, ADR mechanisms, mediation, and negotiated settlements, with a focus on efficient and practical outcomes.
  • Court litigation: We provide full representation in proceedings before all levels of Czech courts, including specialised intellectual property panels.
  • Arbitration: We represent clients in domestic and international arbitration proceedings arising from commercial and technology-related relationships.
  • Domain name disputes: We have extensive experience in domain dispute resolution, including UDRP, .CZ ADR, and .EU ADR proceedings.

Other Legal Engagements

Our other professional activities and lectures

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Alternative Dispute Resolution & Arbitration – Expert and panelist in domain disputes according to the rules UDRP, .CZ ADR and .EU ADR, Arbiter under WIPO

Academic Appointments – Regular lectures at the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague and the Faculty of Law of the MU in Brno.

Legal Consultancy & Expert Opinions – We provide comprehensive legal opinions and strategic counsel for complex matters involving:

  • Information Technology Law (software licensing, data protection, and digital infrastructure)

  • Intellectual Property Law (trademarks, copyright, and brand protection)

Representative Matters & Awards

IT and Internet

  • Advised a mobile network operator on a complex SAP implementation, including structuring and negotiating software licence, support, and maintenance agreements.
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  • Advised a Czech mobile network operator on the launch of an IPTV and video-on-demand (VoD) platform, including negotiations with technology vendors and content licensing arrangements.
  • Advised software companies and their customers on software licensing, SaaS structures, service level agreements (SLAs), and software development contracts.
  • Advised online platforms on matters of internet law, including intermediary liability and copyright in the digital environment.
  • Advised providers of artificial intelligence solutions, with a particular focus on intellectual property and the regulatory aspects of generative AI.
  • Advised IT companies on the export and import of software and technology, including compliance with dual-use regulations.

IT in Banking and Financial Services

  • Advised banks on complex IT system procurements and implementations, including drafting and negotiating vendor, licensing, and support agreements.
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  • Advised a foreign bank on credit card processing arrangements and the outsourcing of IT services.
  • Advised a consortium of Czech banks and a mobile network operator on the acquisition of a certification authority, including the negotiation of software, hardware, and source code escrow arrangements.
  • Advised banks on the development and integration of digital solutions for loan origination processes.

Intellectual Property and Media

  • Represented international companies in complex trademark, patent, and copyright enforcement matters.
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  • Represented a video game developer in the protection and enforcement of copyright and trademark rights.
  • Represented a map service provider in disputes concerning database rights.
  • Represented board game publishers and manufacturers in copyright and trademark disputes.
  • Advised clients on intellectual property licensing, including patents, know-how, trademarks, and software.
  • Advised on collective rights management and alternative licensing models.

Dispute Resolution and Enforcement

  • Represented a pharmaceutical company in complex unfair competition litigation.
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  • Acted for an international consulting company in a trademark and trade name dispute.
  • Represented manufacturers of branded goods in disputes concerning counterfeiting, parallel imports, and selective distribution systems.
  • Represented clients in disputes over ownership of rights to computer programs, particularly in relation to software development, employee-created works, and licensing arrangements.
  • Represented clients in domain name disputes, including proceedings under the UDRP, .CZ ADR, and .EU ADR rules.

Startups & Innovation

  • Advised technology startups on the full spectrum of intellectual property and information technology matters.
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  • Advised technology startups on software licensing, SaaS models, and related contractual frameworks.
  • Assisted startups in structuring and protecting intellectual property portfolios, including trademarks and know-how.
  • Provided legal support in negotiating investment and commercial agreements with strategic partners and early-stage investors.

IP Star

Jiří Čermák
Managing IP
Czechia | 2015–2025

Level 1
(Gold)

Jirí Cermák
World Trademark Review
Czechia | 2016-2023

Band 1

Jiří Čermák
Chambers Europe | Intellectual Property
Czech Republic | 2015-2025

Leading Lawyer (Category 1)

Jiří Čermák
Legal 500| Intellectual Property
CR | 2020-2024

Band 1

Jiří Čermák
Chambers Europe | TMT
Czech Republic | 2015-2025

Hall of Fame

Jiří Čermák
Legal 500 | TMT
Czech Republic | 2022-2024

Publications & Articles

We are the authors  (or co-authors) of numerous professional publications, articles, and contributions, with a primary focus on copyright, trademark law, and information technology law. We are dedicated to shaping legal discourse and staying at the forefront of these rapidly evolving fields.

A selection of our articles and insights regarding IT law is available on the portal: Portál právo IT

Cyber Law in the Czech Republic


Kluwer, 2012, 2014

Computer Programs and Copyright Law


Leges, 2025

Internet Law


Computer Press, 2016, 2018

Selected Provisions from the Commentary on the Civil Code


C.H. Beck, 2017, 2019, 2026

Internet and Copyright Law


Linde, 2001, 2003

Iplaw.cz

Contacts

Jiří Čermák

Attorney-at-Law | Czech Bar Association Reg. No. 10737

Registered Office: Královická 65, 100 00, Praha 10
Office Dock in Five, Boudníkova 2538/13, 180 00 Praha 8

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