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Sture Rygaard

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European Community Law and Competition Law.

Position

Competition Law, Life Science, IP Law, EU Law. Sture Rygaard's primary areas of practice are patents, trademarks, marketing law, counterfeit products and competition law issues as well as the conclusion of distribution and technology transfer agreements. Litigation, including injunctions, also constitute a large part of Sture Rygaard's work.

Career

2003 LL.M., University of Cambridge, England, 2001 Admitted to the High Court, 1998 Admitted to the bar. 2005-present Chairman of the Board, Danish Anti-Counterfeiting Group.

Languages

Scandinavian and English.

Member

Danish Competition Law Society, Danish Anti-Counterfeiting Group, Danish Association for the Protection of Industrial Rights, Danish Arbitration Association.

Education

1994-1996 Danish Ministry of Justice, 1994 Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen.

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New article on water plans and buffer strips

Partner Søren Stenderup Jensen and Assistant Attorney Sebina Harder have written the article "Water plans and buffer strips: reducing emissions into watercourses", which has been published in the current edition of International Law Office (ILO).

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New article on water plans and buffer strips

Partner Søren Stenderup Jensen and Assistant Attorney Sebina Harder have written the article "Water plans and buffer strips: reducing emissions into watercourses", which has been published in the current edition of International Law Office (ILO).

- Plesner
Insourcing and Outsourcing in a VAT Context

Legal Consultant Casper Bjerregaard Eskildsen has published the article "Insourcing and Outsourcing in a VAT Context" in the latest issue of Intertax.

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New article on monster rain

Partner Søren Stenderup Jensen and Senior Attorney Ellen Skodborggaard have contributed the article "Monster Rain: Further advice on how to avoid damage from flooding" to the latest issue of International Law Office (ILO).

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Article on new guidelines on low-frequency noise from wind turbines

The latest issue of the International Law Office (ILO) newsletter on environmental law includes the article "Agency introduces guidelines on low frequency noise from wind turbines" by Søren Stenderup Jensen and Sebina Harder .

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Amendment of workplace smoking policy may be necessary ‎

Health and safety at work The amendments to the Danish Anti-Smoking Act recently entered into force, and workplace smoking ‎policies may therefore need to be amended.‎

- Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris
Pay during parental leave before the Supreme Court ‎

Discrimination - Equal Treatment Act The question of whether EU law entitles an employee under notice to receive pay during the notice period ‎if this period coincides with a period of unpaid parental leave will be considered by the Danish Supreme ‎Court.‎

- Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris
Supreme Court ruling on compensation under the Part-Time Employment

Discrimination - Equal Treatment Act Supreme Court ruling on compensation under the Part-Time Employment Act A dental assistant who was dismissed after refusing to work full time was awarded 3 months’ pay by the ‎Danish Supreme Court.‎

- Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris
No doubt about the Employment Equality Directive

Discrimination - Equal Treatment Act The Danish Supreme Court refuses to refer the issue of lower pay and termination due to age of under-18s ‎to the EU Court. ‎ Age discrimination is prohibited by the Danish Anti-Discrimination Act and the Employment Equality ‎Directive. In Denmark, however, this general principle is subject to the derogation that employers are ‎permitted to pay under-18s less than adults and to terminate their employment once they turn 18, so ‎long as the employer is comprised by a collective agreement containing specific provisions on under-18s ‎in relation to recruitment, payment and termination.‎

- Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris
Sick holiday ‎

Holiday The EU Court recently ruled that employees who fall sick during holiday are entitled to replacement ‎holiday.‎

- Norrbom Vinding Law Firm, member of ius laboris
The management of Danish companies

The outline concentrates on the management of the Joint-stock Company and the Limited Liability Company being the most commonly used forms of companies in Denmark.

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