Amund Brede Svendsen

Amund Brede Svendsen’s areas of concentration are patents, trademarks, unfair competition law and trade secrets (contentious and non-contentious). Admitted to the Supreme Court. Amund has extensive litigation experience in the following areas: patents (especially pharmaceuticals, biosimilars and oil and gas services industry) and IP-related commercial litigation. He advises on patents and trademarks validity and infringement issues and on issues relating to employee inventors’ rights, trade secrets, unfair competition and marketing law and pharmaceuticals regulatory law and represents clients in disputes relating to these areas. He drafts and negotiates technology transfer, R&D and consortium agreements. Amund has experience as an arbitrator in international commercial arbitration cases.

Of Counsel, Gjessing 2025 -

Partner, Gjessing 2019 - 2024

Partner Grette 1986 - 2019

Associate Smith, Grette, Eide, Midelfart and Vik (1981-1986)

Research assistant, University of Bergen (1980-1981)

Admitted to the Supreme Court (2009).

Appointments: Panelist in the Board of appeal for Industrial Property Rights 2016 -

The Norwegian Bar Association;

The Norwegian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (Chair, 2004 - 2020);

AIPPI (President of the Norwegian Group, 2004 - 2020);

European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW)