Intellectual property and data protection

ALTERNA helps to protect our clients’ interests in the various fields of intellectual property. We provide legal help in matters related to trade marks, domain names, design, copyrights, related rights, patents, confidential information and unfair competition.

Using professional legal help is useful in all stages: development, protection, registration, purchasing and selling. Our attorneys have developed and composed all kinds of documents related to intellectual rights, including licence and franchise contracts. We have also protected our clients’ rights when preparing labour and service contracts and while concluding confidentiality and sponsorship agreements.

We also advise and represent our clients in matters related to data protection.

In 2015 – 2018 ALTERNA’s intellectual property and data protection area received recognition from the world’s largest legal referral guide Legal500. The head of the team, Annika Vait is praised for her good response times, helpful attitude and informative answers, and Siret Siilbek is considered to always find time for her clients.

ALTERNA advises its clients in the following fields of intellectual property and data protection:

  • trade marks and domain names;
  • patents and design;
  • copyrights and related rights;
  • business secrets, know-how and unfair competition;
  • contracts related to intellectual property (including licences, franchises, confidentiality obligations).

Summary of work done by ALTERNA’s attorneys:

  • Consulting a large IT-company regarding confidential information in a unique project in Estonia;
  • Consulting Äripäev AS, while developing an innovative training solution regarding copyrights, performers’ rights, personal data rights and questions related to audio-visual works;
  • Composing a legal structure for whole services, purchasing and offering, and the copyrights related to it, and the legal structure of confidential data and preparing all documents related to it for an IT-company focused on large projects;
  • Consulting a client in pre-contractual negotiations and concluding a franchise agreement for bringing a new UK clothes brand into Estonia;
  • Consulting one of Estonia’s most well-known advertising companies, Zavod BBDO OÜ, regarding copyrights;
  • Successful counselling and representation of the manufacturer of medicinal products regarding medicinal product article;
  • Counselling training company Ere Koolitused OÜ regarding the legal aspects of e-marketing.