IT / IoT
In modern society, internet has become common sense and there are countless internet-related businesses. As a result, internet users have increased and various problems and legal issues regarding the internet have surfaced. In order to prevent these issues and enable the growth of internet-related businesses, it is important to have a deep understanding of IT-specific legal and regulatory issues.
By employing attorneys that were previously software engineers, ZeLo has a wealth of knowledge and know-how regarding IT and IOT businesses, including the ability to respond to user claims on legal and technical levels, negotiate system development issues and provide strategic and comprehensive legal services utilizing the knowledge developed from various negotiations and dispute resolution processes that the lawyers have experienced.
Services
- Legal review of IT and IoT business models
- Disputes related to Demands for Disclosure of Identification Information of Senders and Take-Down Requests
- Defamation on the internet, violation of privacy rights, disputes relating to intellectual technology
- Drafting and reviewing Terms of Use and technology transaction agreements
- Drafting and reviewing system development agreements and assisting with dispute resolution
Accomplishments
- Represented content providers in disputes regarding the deletion standards of articles and search results on the internet and structured auditing standards within Japan. Became involved with the Supreme Court case with regard to the “right to be forgotten.”
- Represented various domestic and foreign content providers in disputes regarding Demands for Disclosure of Identification Information of Senders as well as Take Down Notices
- Represented a domestic private-held company in a dispute of hundreds of millions of yen regarding system development and won the court action to obtain a preliminary injunction
- Successfully enforced takedown notices on behalf of well-known people on the basis of defamation
- Successfully enforced takedown notices on behalf of politicians on the basis of defamation
