Ilya Kazeko

About

Ilya focuses on supporting media and IT projects, including providing legal support for the launch of online services and implementing compliance measures. Ilya has extensive experience in advising on software licensing and the legal aspects of implementing open-source software in client products, as well as experience in implementing contractual software distribution models (SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS) into client business processes.

Additionally, Ilya is involved in the registration of intellectual property and represents clients in courts and before state authorities.

Experience

• providing legal support for social networks of the Russian Investment Technology Corporation, including the following projects: programs for monetizing user content, a fintech project for payments to participants of such programs, and also the NFT platform, application testing services, etc.
• providing legal support for a large platform of apps and games
• providing legal support for the launches of user services, including a service for selling electronic tickets for events, a dating application, etc.
• successfully defending the client’s interests in a dispute regarding cybersquatting (illegal registration of a domain name for the purpose of resale) under the UDRP procedure in WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
• supporting the process of purchasing the necessary licenses when modifying / adapting / integrating external software and ensuring compliance with attribution requirements when using open-source software
• extensive experience in drafting contracts, in particular licensing agreements and rights transfer agreements, agreements on the provision of software as a service, as well as agreements for outsourcing software development, pre-installation of applications on smartphones, performing affiliate programs, marketing campaigns, etc.

Ilya's projects include his experience before joining BIRCH LEGAL.

Education

Languages

• English
• Russian

Career