{"id":2756,"date":"2026-06-01T10:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sawaryn.com\/uslugi\/it-ai-negotiations-and-agreements\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:27:06","slug":"it-ai-negotiations-and-agreements","status":"publish","type":"service","link":"https:\/\/sawaryn.com\/en\/uslugi\/it-ai-negotiations-and-agreements\/","title":{"rendered":"IT &#038; AI Negotiations and Agreements"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We help draft, review, and negotiate IT and AI contracts so that they protect the company and are practical for the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"specialization":[1211],"practice_area":[],"class_list":["post-2756","service","type-service","status-publish","hentry","specialization-it-ai-ip-law"],"acf":{"short_description":"We help draft, review and negotiate IT and AI contracts so that they protect the company and work in practice on the project.","full_description":"<strong>Technology contracts that bring order to the project<\/strong>\n\n<strong>We help draft, review and negotiate IT and AI contracts so that they protect the company and work in practice on the project.<\/strong>\n\nFor companies implementing ERP, cloud, SaaS, a custom system, outsourcing, integration or an AI solution - and wanting control over scope, liability, acceptance, IP and maintenance.\n\nA view of the contract as a project map: scope, schedule, acceptance, SLA, liability, IP, changes, exit - with a status for each element: clear \/ to negotiate \/ risk.\n<h2>CLIENT PROBLEM<\/h2>\n<strong>A contract can look correct and still fail in the project<\/strong>\n\nIn technology contracts, the greatest risks are often not hidden in the clauses themselves, but in what is left unsaid: who is responsible for delay, when work is accepted, what counts as a defect, what counts as a change of scope, who holds rights in the deliverables, and how to exit the relationship if the project drifts apart.\n\n\u201cA good IT contract is not only a document to sign. 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