Construction law – copyright of the construction project
On behalf of a reputable design firm, the law firm undertook representation in a dispute with an investor who, according to the client, had launched a tender for construction work, despite the fact that he had not acquired the economic copyright to the detailed designs (works).
The complexity of the legal issue stems from the inconsistency of the investor’s contracts with the lead designer and the lead designer’s contracts with his subcontractors. To the customer’s
advantage principle expressed in Act 53 of the Law on Copyright and Related Rights, that the transfer of author’s economic rights requires written form under pain of nullity.