Ranked in 1 Practice Areas
2

Band 2

TMT

Czech Republic

7 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Michal Matějka

Europe

Practice Areas

Practice Areas:

Information and Communication Technology, Intellectual Property, Media & Marketing, Trade and Commerce.

Michal Matejka is a Partner at PRK Partners specialising in IT law, intellectual and industrial property law, commercial contract law, international trade and related dispute resolution.

Michal graduated from the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague and the Faculty of International Relations at the University of Economics in Prague and passed the bar to become an attorney at law in 2008. In 2018 Michal obtained his qualification as an established European lawyer authorized to provide legal services within the territory of Slovakia.

Michal has extensive experience in representing global and multinational clients in judicial, contractual and regulatory matters. He regularly lectures on ICT and intellectual property law at the Faculty of Information Technology of Czech Technical University (ČVUT) and the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague. Michal is an expert for domain dispute resolution in UDRP proceedings and .cz domain disputes and the author of various scholarly publications and articles in specialist periodicals on topics in his practice areas.

Career

Before joining PRK Partners in October 2018, Michal worked almost 17 years at Baker & McKenzie’s Prague office.

Professional Memberships

• attorney at law of the Czech Bar Association

• INTA

• ITechLaw

Publications

• Lectures in IT Law, IP Law and Commercial Law at College of Information Technology of Czech Technical University (CVUT) and Law College of the Charles University

• Regular presentations on recent legal topics of interest at the International Chamber of Commerce

• Co-author of The Pharma Legal Handbook for the CR and SR

• Czech Republic: The Cyber Resilience Act, CEE Legal Matters Magazine 11.11, (12/2024)

• Czech Republic: Cybersecurity – Czech Businesses Are Getting Ready for NIS 2, CEE Legal Matters Magazine 10.7. (8/2023)

• Czech Republic: New Rules on AI and Product Liability, CEE Legal Matters Magazine 9.10. (11/2022)

Clients

SCS Software, start-up Promethist.ai, Charles University, Masaryk University Brno, Brno University of Technology

Work Highlights

• He led the European Commission-funded E-Justice Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) project, aimed at developing and validating an open digital model for future e-justice/ODR processes.

• We acted on behalf of SCS Software s.r.o. that produces world-famous truck simulator games in all IP matters.

• He participated in a project to establish the first Czech Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) for cybersecurity and AI.

• He provided comprehensive legal support to Promethist AI, an innovative machine learning and AI start-up, covering IP rights acquisition from founders, copyright and licensing matters, and IP-related contractual issues with customers and software developers.

Industry Sector Expertise

He shows a strong focus on technology-related legal matters, particularly in emerging fields like AI, cybersecurity, and e-justice. His expertise spans both traditional IP issues in the tech sector and cutting-edge areas of digital innovation and regulation.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

• Czech

Languages Spoken

• Czech

• English

• German

Experience

• Partner PRK Partners s.r.o. (2018- Present)

• Baker & McKenzie Prague Office (2001- 2018)

- Attorney at Law (since 2008 Czechia) and (2018 Slovakia) and Practice Group Head

- Trainee Solicitor (2004 - 2007) and Legal assistant

• Panelist for UDRP domain name disputes with the Czech Arbitration Court (.com, .net, .org domains) (2016 – present)

• Panelist for .cz domain name disputes with the Czech Arbitration Court (2009 - present)

Education

Charles University Prague, Faculty of Law, Prague (Czech Republic)

JUDr.

2006

Charles University Prague, Faculty of Law, Prague (Czech Republic)

Mgr.

2004

University of Economics Prague, (Czech Republic)

Ing.

2001

Awards

Band 2

Chambers Europe - TMT

2025

Leading Individual

Legal 500 EMEA – IP

2024

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers European Guide

TMT - Czech Republic

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial
Michal Matějka advises clients on issues concerning software licensing, data protection and e-commerce. He also has experience in matters involving artificial intelligence, connected cars and online dispute resolution.

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