Intellectual Property

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Provided by Advokatfirmaet Schjødt

Schjødt's team of specialist intellectual property ("IP") lawyers provide legal advice to Nordic and international companies on matters relating to IP issues such as patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights, trade-secrets, unfair competition, marketing law, media and entertainment law and market regulations. Our work is focused on IP dispute resolution, IP transactions and IP advisory work.

Our lawyers have an excellent track record in patent, trademark and marketing law litigation, both before the ordinary courts and in arbitration. We also have vast experience from handling IP matters before several industrial property authorities, such as the Norwegian Industrial Property Office and the Norwegian Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights In fact, several of our lawyers have served the Board of Appeal, either as clerks or external board members.

Our services include:

• Advisory services and litigation in matters relating to IP issues, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, design registrations, trade secrets and unfair competition
• Define and develop IP portfolios
• Due diligence of companies and their intellectual property capital
• IP assets management
• IP strategy
• Marketing and competition advice
• Mergers & acquisitions
• Preparation and negotiation of license agreements, R&D agreements, consortium agreements and joint ventures
• Technology transfer and licensing
• Transactions related in whole or in part to IP assets