Before you sign a contract with a French company, it is worth making sure that the person signing the contract on the other side is someone who can actually bind the company. With a Polish counterparty, a quick look at the KRS is usually enough. With a French counterparty, the matter tends to be less obvious. The scope of information shown in the Kbis, the French equivalent of our KRS, is narrower than in the Polish register.
read moreIn recent years, artificial intelligence has found ever wider application across many areas of business. This also applies to advertising agencies – AI tools now assist in generating graphics, music, and even entire advertisements and campaign scripts. This speeds up work and cuts costs, but it also raises several legal issues worth considering before a finished ad reaches the client and the market.
read moreToday, almost every business entity has a website, and many also have their own application or online system. As a result, UX (user experience) and UI (user interface) are playing an increasingly important role, as they concern the design of user experiences and the appearance of interfaces (for example, the ease of navigating a website or the logic behind an application’s functionality). Therefore, when entering into a contract with a UX or UI designer, it is worth paying attention to several details that can significantly improve the efficiency of the cooperation.
read moreThe most common associations with the term “commission-based remuneration” are “agent” or “agency agreement.” Of course, these associations are accurate and point to one type of contract in which commission-based pay is used. However, today commission-based remuneration does not have to be so closely linked to an agency agreement. Very often it also appears, for example, in B2B contracts concluded with sales representatives or in distribution agreements.
read moreIn business transactions, it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that a signed contract or issued invoice fully secures your interests. In reality, civil law works differently – most claims have their own “expiry date.” The limitation period is one of those legal concepts that seems straightforward at first glance, yet in practice raises many doubts. This leads to questions such as: does every invoice really have a lifespan of 3 or 6 years? When does the limitation period begin? Can its running be interrupted? And why can a simple request to pay in instalments sometimes reset the entire process?
read moreDo you design logos, create websites, or write computer programs? Do you spend at least a dozen hours on a project, send the finished design along with an invoice, and not get paid? What legal mechanisms included in the contract can increase your chances of getting paid for your work? And do all the ways of securing payment actually stem directly from the regulations?
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