About

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Plesner is renowned for providing sophisticated counsel and engaging in high-stakes litigation across all facets of IP law, predominantly advocating for the rights holders.

We take pride in representing our clients in some of Denmark's most significant IP cases, as well as pivotal cross-border matters. Our team consists of over 25 lawyers and several in-house European Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, positioning us among Denmark's most substantial IP groups. Through our expansive international network, we engage with top-tier legal specialists worldwide, ensuring complete support in multinational cases.

Our group offers specialized proficiency in patents, regulatory life sciences, trademarks, copyrights, design rights, marketing law, consumer law, and trade secrets. We also have extensive experience with IP and life science transactions, as well as providing legal advice in relation to agreements such as license and R&D agreements.

We are dedicated to offering proactive, focused, and results-driven advice, consistently employing a strategy that is commercially astute, and ardently represent our clients before pertinent courts in Denmark and the EU (including the Unified Patent Court) and in administrative proceedings. Our client base mainly encompasses blue chip Danish and multinational corporations.

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Intellectual Property - Denmark

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What the Team is Known For

Plesner is a law firm with a market-leading team offering notable expertise in all areas of IP law. The department frequently acts for pharmaceutical companies in patent disputes. It is also highly active in trade mark litigation, often representing notable brands, with additional experience in parallel imports, design rights, trade secrets, marketing law and copyright issues.

Work Highlights

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  • Plesner represented Zebra in copyright infringement proceedings against Upström.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Peter-Ulrik Plesner
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Peter-Ulrik Plesner
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Senior Statespeople
Peter-Ulrik Plesner has longstanding experience in the market, representing clients in patent disputes.

Peter-Ulrik Plesner has outstanding technical knowledge, very high-level litigation skills and the ability to find legal solutions that limit risk.

Mikkel Vittrup
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Mikkel Vittrup
Head of Intellectual Property
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Band 2

Mikkel Vittrup frequently assists clients from the pharmaceutical sector with patent and parallel import disputes. He also has experience in misleading marketing cases.

Mikkel has a strong technical understanding and high-level litigation skills.

Sture Rygaard
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Sture Rygaard
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Sture Rygaard handles contentious patent matters for clients within the pharmaceutical sector. He is also noted for his skill in trade mark litigation.
Kasper Frahm
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Kasper Frahm
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Kasper Frahm regularly represents clients in trade mark disputes. He also advises on matters related to copyrights and rights under the Danish Marketing Act.

Kasper is highly skilled, proactive and easy to work with.

He is highly skilled within EU trade mark law.

He is a strong IP lawyer who is also very personable and easy to work with.

Kasper is a leading expert in trade mark regulation and has a very strong sense of what is commercially relevant.

Ranked Lawyers at
Plesner

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Denmark

Intellectual Property

Peter-Ulrik Plesner
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Peter-Ulrik Plesner
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Senior Statespeople
Mikkel Vittrup
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Mikkel Vittrup
Head of Intellectual Property
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Band 2
Sture Rygaard
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Sture Rygaard
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Band 2
Kasper Frahm
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Kasper Frahm
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Band 3

Members

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Christian L. Bardenfleth

Emil Jurcenoks

Kasper Frahm

Michael Hopp

Mikkel Vittrup

Mikkel Vittrup

Head of Department

Niels Chr. Ellegaard