IT law and TMT law

Software development agreement. Licensing terms. Source code. Website and application design manual. Software development. Software servicing. Software maintenance. Personal data protection and GDPR. Data processing. E-commerce systems. Payment gateways and data. Information technology. AI.

The above phrases define the legal framework for information technology, the cyber age in which we live, and the world of AI that is currently taking shape. Among our core areas of expertise is intellectual property law, which for a long time also included the area of IT law IT and TMT, which have now successfully developed into a separate segment, and together with cybersecurity law, AI law, information technology law, personal data protection and e-commerce law, form a separate, comprehensive concept.

At SKYLEX law firm, in the area of IT law, we combine our knowledge of intellectual property law (particularly in the area of copyright and licensing) with transactional legal advice (M&A) and the drafting of contracts and legal documentation, enabling us to effectively cover the information technology advisory segment for our clients.

The area of advice intellectual property law, which we provide at SKYLEX, covers a broad range of matters that we have defined into five main categories, which we help you protect:

intellectual property law, covering IP law, advertising, media, economic copyrights and licenses, moral rights, intellectual property due diligence—legal reviews to determine the status of IP rights and the actual owners of those rights, particularly to identify the target asset and the rights attached to it when an investor enters a company or when a company is sold or purchased
Contracts for social networks, marketing agencies, creators and producers of audiovisual works, such as agreements with marketing agencies and e-commerce boosters, agreements with the influencer industry, agreements for the creation and design of websites, agreements for SEO optimization and social media management, including Google Ads and FCB ads
The aforementioned information technology law (IT law)—contracts for software development, agreements for software maintenance
Trademark matters and registration (national trademark registrations, EU TMs before EUIPO, international trademarks before WIPO, expansion of registered trademarks in terms of the scope of goods and services or territory) and monitoring, as well as design and patent law
Domains and disputes arising from them, infringement and endangerment of rights in trademarks and other elements of intellectual property (registered and unregistered), as well as parasitic practices, misleading advertising, harming businesses through comparative advertising, placing competitors’ marks on websites and subpages, and the like

How can we help you?

In providing legal advice in the area of information technology law, software development, maintenance and licensing, our clients are primarily software developers who need to establish contracts with end clients, whether one-off or framework agreements, as well as end clients, private individuals and investors in IT projects.

As part of due diligence, we help identify the scope of rights to information technology, prepare and negotiate software development agreements, prepare and negotiate software maintenance agreement terms, assess the rights and obligations under concluded software and development agreements and options for terminating them, including penalty and liability relationships.

Our clients include, in particular, IT software companies and software developers.

In IT law, personal data protection, TMT law and e-commerce, we focus primarily on:

preparation of software development agreements, negotiation of terms
preparation of software maintenance agreements and negotiation of contractual terms
analysis of liability factors and termination of software development and software maintenance agreements
personal data protection and personal data processing matters (GDPR), implementation and regulation in the area of GDPR
drafting contracts and legal documents for IT companies, companies operating in the e-commerce sector and developers
regulatory matters

What our clients say

I warmly recommend Zuzana based on our collaboration. She excels in professional expertise, a high level of professionalism and excellent communication. If you are looking for a reliable and competent lawyer, Zuzana is definitely the right choice.

Thank you very much for the work contract and licence agreement. I was pleasantly surprised by your approach and patience with me, as it is all Greek to me. I have been using the agreement for a long time and must admit that you have not missed a single detail that I have encountered during that time!

Selected reference transactions

comprehensive legal advice on drafting software development agreements for a large Slovak information technology company and on drafting a software maintenance agreement—repeatedly
legal advice for a company (web designers and IT specialists) on drafting contracts and negotiating contractual terms with the company’s clients in relation to the creation of websites, apps and software solutions
legal advice for a company operating in the medical e-commerce education segment on the full range of legal issues
legal advice for IT companies on structuring relationships with freelancers and subcontractors (particularly IT developers)
analysis of copyright and source code handover obligations for a developer of web solutions and applications
drafting multiple service agreements for an investor’s subcontractors in the creation of a unique application for the real estate and rental sector

Online consultation

how to structure a software development agreement
how to structure software maintenance service agreements
how to resolve relationships with freelancers and IT solution subcontractors
how to include confidentiality agreements and non-solicitation clauses in contracts
what are the most important sections, rights and obligations under software development agreements
how to address GDPR for your company and its needs

News

News and articles from the legal field and interesting information from Skylex

How can I legally access money from my company?

20. March 2026

Entrepreneurs often think that the money in the company is “their money” and that they can simply transfer it from the company account to their personal account. Just like that—without anything further. Especially when the managing director and shareholder are the same person. A classic mistake, as they say

CONTRIBUTIONS, GRANTS, REFUNDS – WHAT CAN ACTUALLY BE USED TO REIMBURSE PART OF THE TRADEMARK REGISTRATION FEE IN 2026

3. February 2026

Dear clients and friends, I would like to draw your attention to the opening of the SME Fund refund scheme for 2026. Our focus is on using it to reimburse part of the fee paid for filing an application for trademark registration: https://www.skylex.sk/registracia-ochrannej-znamky/ that is, the so-called Voucher 2 Frequently

Trademark registration – someone has filed an opposition against your trademark, what now?

28. January 2026

Every brand has its value, associated with reputation, customer trust, and recognizability. For its owner to protect it fully, merely using a logo or name is not enough. Formal confirmation of this protection through trademark registration is also important. You can register your trademark

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SKYLEX, s. r. o., advokátska kancelária (Law Firm)

Registered office: Ota Holúska 4, 841 06 Bratislava, Slovakia

ID No. (IČO): 56 300 816
VAT Tax No. (IČ DPH): SK2122268148

Registered in: Commercial register of City Court Bratislava III, Section: Sro, File No.: 178886/B

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