Jakub Kowal

Jakub Kowal is an attorney-at-law, a counsel in the technology department of Rymarz Zdort Maruta and a member of the Video Games & Entertainment team.

Experience and education:

He specialises in intellectual property law and labour law, especially in the context of the game development sector.

Jakub has advised on numerous projects in connection with labour, new technologies and intellectual property law. Among other things, he has supported one of the leading Polish computer game developers in the process of changing the basis on which it employs individuals and preparing a set of template employment and service contracts that include a revenue sharing element. He also prepared other employment law documents, including with respect to securing intellectual property rights. 

In another project, he supported a computer game developer in connection with a copyright clearance process, in respect of which he conducted an analysis of the effectiveness of the acquisition of copyrights to elements of a computer game from the studio’s collaborators, as well as artistic performance rights, and prepared draft agreements. He also advised on the rebranding of a capital group of one of the leaders in the media industry. 

He has advised on a number of projects in the area of labour law, including the development, review and implementation of labour, remuneration and bonus policies and regulations. He has also drafted and reviewed employment contracts, including those concluded with key management personnel. 

He has also advised on employment law and intellectual property protection in connection with numerous due diligence investigations, transactions (both share deals and asset deals) and transformations of commercial companies.