Jonas Westerberg > Westerberg & Partners > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile

Westerberg & Partners
REGERINGSGATAN 66
P.O. Box 3101
103 62 Stockholm
Sweden

Work Department

Intellectual property

Position

Jonas has 30 years’ experience as a lawyer, and he has specialized in intellectual property disputes for 25 years. He represents clients in both arbitration and court, with a special focus on patents, copyright and trade secrets.
Jonas’ work highlights include patent litigation concerning the pharmaceutical products Losec, Prozac and OxyContin; successfully representing a client in the first IP case passing the requirement of leave to appeal and certiorari to the Supreme Court since the restructuring of the Swedish IP court system in 2016; arbitration concerning scope and term of a major multi-jurisdictional cross-licensing agreement; and defending the validity of a client’s infringed patent relating to large infrastructure projects that resulted in one of the largest awards of damages in Swedish patent history. He has also represented a client in a dispute concerning electronic signatures with a value of SEK 7 billion.

Career

Jonas is a senior advisor at Westerberg & Partners following five years as a founding partner at the firm. Prior to that he was a partner and Head of IP at Lindahl.

Memberships

Jonas is a Member of the Board and Member of the Advisory Board of EPLAW and was a Member of the Board of AIPPI.

Lawyer Rankings

Sweden > Intellectual property and media

(Hall of Fame)

Jonas WesterbergWesterberg & Partners

Westerberg & Partners is home to ‘a consummate team of IP specialists with deep bench strength and expertise‘. The department has an excellent reputation for handling the full breadth of contentious and non-contentious IP matters, often spanning multiple jurisdictions. Practice head Henrik Wistam garners praise as ‘a great litigator‘, specialising in trade mark disputes. Jonas Westerberg is ‘one of the best patent litigators in Sweden‘, and Stefan Widmark is a highly regarded media and entertainment law expert. Helena Wassén Öström brings extensive experience in handling the management of large trade mark portfolios, while Ludvig Holm is a key name in the team for patents and trade marks. Litigator Björn Rundblom Andersson and Wendela Hårdemark are singled out for their contributions.

Sweden > Healthcare and life sciences

Westerberg & Partners‘ practice frequently assists pharma clients with product launches within the Swedish market. In addition to the group’s extensive contentious IP capability, it also regularly advises on research and development agreements. ‘Excellent‘ patent litigator Jonas Löfgren leads the team with his deep regulatory expertise, with particular emphasis on market access, and pricing and reimbursement matters. Wendela Hårdemark is well-versed in contentious matters concerning license agreements. Ludvig Holm regularly acts in patent and trade mark disputes, while Jonas Westerberg is noted for his vast knowledge of IP litigation and arbitration.