IP / tech

Intellectual property and tech commercial counsel

We protect software, brands, and data arrangements through licensing, NDAs, and commercial technology agreements.

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About Knowledge Counsel

IP and technology commercial law

Knowledge Counsel is a Warsaw IP and technology commercial practice helping software, brand, and data-driven businesses protect and monetise what they build. We draft licences, NDAs, SaaS terms, and development agreements that match how product and engineering teams actually ship.

Technology companies often grow faster than their paperwork. Knowledge Counsel catches up ownership of code and content, cleans contractor IP assignments, and builds customer contract suites that sales can use without inventing legal terms on every call.

Brand protection and soft-IP strategy sit beside commercial work: trademark filing coordination, coexistence reviews, and takedown support within agreed scopes. We explain Polish and EU frameworks in plain English without claiming worldwide coverage we do not have.

We do not sell patent prosecution as a commodity mill or promise that every idea is protectable. We provide candid assessments and commercial contracts that reflect real enforceability.

Clients working with our team receive written scoping before substantive work begins, including assumptions about counterparties, timelines, and documents you will provide. That habit keeps budgets predictable and reduces misunderstandings when third parties move slower than planned. We revisit scope if the matter expands, rather than silently absorbing unbounded work.

We invest in orderly files: chronological correspondence indexes, decision logs for board matters, and closing sets that a future counsel or auditor can follow without oral history. Good hygiene lowers cost on the next transaction and reduces the chance that an important condition or covenant is overlooked under time pressure.

Throughout each engagement we keep a short written status note of open points, owners, and dates, so management can see progress without deciphering email chains. That habit also helps when a colleague joins mid-matter or when an insurer later asks how decisions were documented.

Knowledge Counsel cleans contractor IP assignments before financing data rooms open, so ownership questions do not slow diligence.

Sales-ready SaaS terms are staged to company maturity: early MSAs stay usable without pretending to be Fortune 500 paper.

Every matter file includes a short open-points list with owners and dates so progress remains visible when counterparties move slowly or when a colleague joins mid-engagement. Advisors remain reachable during agreed business hours for clarifying questions on open drafts, so commercial teams are not left waiting while counterparties press for signatures. Written summaries after key calls keep stakeholders aligned without relying on memory alone.

Clear engagement letters state assumptions, exclusions, and reporting cadence up front. Clients receive concise status notes after material milestones so boards and managers can decide without decoding long email threads. Where tax, technical, or foreign-law input is required, we coordinate with your chosen specialists rather than overstating our remit.

Information on this website is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Contact a qualified lawyer for advice specific to your circumstances. Nothing on this site creates an attorney-client relationship.

Product workshop shaping licensing strategy

What we value

Product realism

Contracts mirror release cycles and support realities.

Ownership hygiene

Title to IP should be boringly clear.

Stage-appropriate terms

Seed-stage MSAs should not pretend to be Fortune 500 paper.

Candid protectability

We say when something is hard to protect or enforce.

Services

Focused legal support related to IP / tech, delivered with transparent scope and timelines.

Notes outlining trademark and copyright steps

Software and SaaS contracting

Customer MSAs, order forms, SLAs, and data processing agreements aligned with how the product is delivered and supported.

IP ownership clean-up

Contractor and employee assignment deeds, open-source compliance policies, and contribution agreements for product codebases.

Technology licensing and partnerships

Inbound and outbound licences, OEM deals, and revenue-share arrangements with audit and termination rights that work in practice.

Brand and trademark coordination

Filing strategies with agents, watching programmes scoping, and commercial coexistence agreements.

NDAs and confidential information

Mutual and one-way NDAs tuned to fundraising, vendor, and M&A contexts without pointless overreach.

Dispute-ready evidence packs

When infringement or misuse appears, we help assemble contracts, deposits, and timelines before escalation.

Information on this website is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Contact a qualified lawyer for advice specific to your circumstances. Nothing on this site creates an attorney-client relationship.

Who we help

SaaS founders, product companies with mixed employee and contractor teams, and corporates licensing technology into Poland instruct Knowledge Counsel.

If you are preparing a financing data room and IP ownership is uneven, or if enterprise customers demand heavier liability terms than your startup MSA allows, our lawyers focus on those commercial-IP intersections.

Creative and content businesses also engage us for copyright licensing and brand guidelines that vendors must follow.

Organisations that value clear English communication, Polish procedural accuracy, and documented next steps—without exaggerated claims about results—tend to be the best fit for a sustained working relationship with our lawyers.

Organisations that prefer candid timelines, written scope, and English communication paired with accurate Polish filings tend to work with us on a repeating basis rather than one-off fire drills.

How we work

A predictable process from first contact to closing documentation.

Inventory what you have

Code, brands, content, and data flows are mapped to existing contracts.

Close ownership gaps

Assignments and policies are executed so future diligence is boring in a good way.

Ship sales-ready terms

Customer and partner templates match market expectations for your stage.

Monitor and enforce selectively

Watching and enforcement steps are prioritised by business impact.

Frequently asked questions

Patent prosecution is coordinated with patent attorneys; we handle commercial and ownership layers.

We draft DPAs and commercial data clauses; full privacy programmes may involve specialist privacy counsel.

No. Offices decide; we prepare coherent strategies and filings with agents.

We help set policy and contract gates; deep code scans may involve technical partners.

Selected mandates yes; many matters resolve through negotiated undertakings.

No. General information only.

Cap table context, contractor list, current customer terms, and brand list.

Yes. English is a working language; Polish filings are prepared when required.

Contact

Protect your IP with Knowledge Counsel in Warsaw. Call or email to outline your product, brands, and contracting priorities; we reply within one business day.

Knowledge Counsel
ul. Prosta 20, 00-850 Warsaw, Poland

Email: info@nakedknowledge.net
Phone: +48 22 370 5515

Hours: Mon–Fri 9:00–18:00 CET

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Information on this website is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Contact a qualified lawyer for advice specific to your circumstances. Nothing on this site creates an attorney-client relationship.