Advokatfirmaet Gjessing AS — Norway

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Advokatfirmaet GjessingReimers AS is a boutique IP and tech law firm, the first of its kind in Norway. We opened in April 2019. - Who we are GjessingReimers is a new firm but has considerable experience within all areas of IP and technology law. We worked together in the IP/technology department of a larger Oslo law firm, which was top ranked in Intellectual property for many years running by all the major lawyers’ directories and rankings. In February 2021, Norwegian lawyers again voted us the best IP team in Norway in Finansavisen’s (a Norwegian business daily newspaper) annual lawyers ranking. We are passionate about IP and technology, and about providing the best legal services to our clients. While we are curious and keen to learn new things, we want to concentrate on what we do best – providing legal advice in the fields of IP and technology, regulatory and IP/tech related commercial law, and dispute resolution in all these areas.​ ​ We are internationally oriented, and have a strong international client base. We work with some of the best law firms in a number of jurisdictions, but we are not members of any exclusive network or referral arrangement. - What we do … IP: We have comprehensive experience in litigation and non-contentious work in all fields of IP and neighbouring fields of the law, such as unfair competition and marketing law. Our counselling work spans from helping clients develop IP strategies to advising on and negotiating technology transfer contracts and commercial contracts, in which intellectual property rights are almost always important, to performing due diligence on IP rights and IP- relevant contracts in corporate transactions. TMT and data protection: We have experience in the areas of TMT and Data protection, having worked with technology and media companies, as outside counsel as well as in-house. We assist technology companies as well as companies on the customer side, in connection with IT procurements and other technology projects, and frequently assist clients in contract negotiations and dispute resolution. We also handle regulatory issues relating to the telecommunications industry and other regulated industries, and in recent years, an increasing number of issues relating to the processing of personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) across all business sectors. We have expertise within digitalisation, e-commerce, digital signatures, digital content services and domain names. Two of the partners are members of the Norwegian Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee for the country code Top Level Domain .no . We advise several right holders organisations and have substantial experience relating to copyright and the use of protected materials on the Internet, anti-piracy and platform liability. Regulatory: Many industry sectors are heavily regulated, and it is critical for businesses not just to be compliant but to develop compliance strategies that give them a competitive advantage. First hand knowledge and experience from relevant sectors and their regulatory frameworks are extremely valuable when advising in these areas. Commercial: Our background and expertise in IP and IT law, regulatory matters, and dispute resolution is combined with experience in providing strategic advice to clients on commercial matters, especially where IP rights and the access to and control of technology are important. This goes hand in hand with providing advice also in neighbouring areas, such as unfair competition law, marketing law, franchising and distributorship matters. Our track record spans across a number of sectors, but there is a concentration around consumer goods/retail and the pharmaceutical, the oil and gas services and the aquaculture industries, the last two being the most important domestic industries. - Dispute resolution General: We represent clients before all Norwegian courts. Two of the partners are admitted to the Supreme Court of Norway. Some of us have pleaded cases before the EFTA court. We also have experience from alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation and arbitration. Our clients are entitled to the most vigorous defence of their position or rights. However, sometimes litigation is not the best way to resolve a dispute. We always consider carefully if a dispute should be settled, or if alternative dispute resolution methods should be explored. IP litigation: When we help clients develop their IP strategies, we also help them define their IP litigation strategies, be they enforcement strategies or defensive strategies. Experienced IP litigators work with regulatory lawyers to create the right strategy for the client. This is essential if a strategy is to be successful, especially in the strictly regulated industries, such as the pharmaceutical industry, the food and beverages industry, aquaculture, and the oil and gas services industry. It also applies when a litigation strategy has to be developed for a specific dispute, often on short notice. We are used to working closely with foreign clients and their foreign counsel. We understand the importance of developing and implementing IP and litigation strategies that are consistent across multiple jurisdictions. The lawyers of GjessingReimers have litigated an impressive share of the patent and trademark cases in Norway in recent years. Commercial litigation: Our litigation practice also includes representing clients in commercial disputes that concern intellectual property rights, e.g. disputes about the interpretation of contracts, or disputes relating to statutory employee inventors’ rights. - …and what we don’t We want to do what we do best, and will not take instructions that would require us to step outside our comfort zone, but will refer to others, whose experience and skills are better suited for the assignment in question. ### Languages - English - French - German - Italian ### Memberships - EPLAW - AIPPI - Licensing Executives Society

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Amund Brede Svendsen

Partner who litigates patents (especially pharmaceutical, biosimilar and oil and gas services industry patents). Amund advises on patents and trademarks validity and infringement issues and on issues relating to employee inventors’ rights, trade secrets, unfair competition and marketing law. He drafts technology transfer, R&D and consortium agreements (all sectors). He has represented clients in disputes relating to these areas, and also in other IP-related commercial litigation. Amund is a qualified arbitrator and has experience as an arbitrator in international commercial arbitration cases. · Intellectual Property

Ida Gjessing

Partner Ida Gjessing is a litigator who concentrates on patent and trademark cases (all sectors). She has extensive litigation experience in the area of patents and SPSs (pharmacuetical, biosimilar and veterinary patents. On the non-contentious side she provides advice on all aspects of IP law, including designs and copyrights, research ethics and marketing law. She chairs the Council dealing with Unfair Marketing Practices (NKU). · Intellectual Property

Nathalie Bailey

Associate · Intellectual Property

Simen Blaker Strand

Partner who specialises in IT/technology law, personal data law, and intellectual property law. within technology law, data privacy law and intellectual property law. Having previously held the position as Head of Legal in IBM Norway for nine years, he has hands-on experience from the IT industry. Simen has advised on a number of different echnology related legal issues, iand has negotiated and drafted a large number of major IT contracts across the full spectrum of software, hardware and services, and other commercial contracts such as R&D agreements, technology consortium agreements, licensing agreements, and partner- and distribution agreements. He has extensive experience from advising on IP rights in connection with technology transactions. Simen has been advising a number of private and public organisations on data privacy/GDPR matters. · Technology / IT

Yngve Øyehaug Opsvik

Partner who advises clients on patent, trademarks, copyright, unfair competition and trade secrets matters. Yngve has litigated a number of cases within these areas for clients in several different sectors, but especially pharma, biotech and oil and gas patent cases. · Intellectual Property

Øystein Flagstad

Partner whose areas of concentration are TMT law and copyrights. He has extensive experience with the drafting and negotiation of IT contracts, personal data processing, legal support for research and development projects and rights holders within the media and entertainment sector, including licensing agreements, consultancy agreements and consortium agreements. Øystein advises and represents collecting societies and other right holders in contract negotiations and dispute resolution processes. He has a keen interest in the use of music, film and literature in digital media. He has worked extensively with technology related matters, including matters relating to data protection and the regulatory implications of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). · TMT