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Gorrissen Federspiel Offices
AXELTORV 2
1609 COPENHAGEN V
Denmark
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Mr Jakob Plesner Mathiasen
Work Department
IP & Digital Business
Position
Jakob Plesner Mathiasen is a specialist in consulting in IP law, including media and entertainment law. Jakob has wide experience with advising on copyrights, where he e.g. acts as permanent adviser for the majority of music companies in Denmark. By virtue of his expertise in copyright, Jakob has also been appointed Secretary of The Danish Copyright Society and National Group Director of IFPI Denmark.
Jakob has profound insight into – and focus on – the digital development and the IP legal issues that arises from this. As a result of his focus on media and entertainment law, Jakob is editor of the textbook of entertainment law and an associate professor on the same subject at the University of Copenhagen.
Jakob has wide experience in handling complex cases within media and entertainment law, including disputes, entering into agreements and strategic advice. Jakob has been an adviser on significant and complex cases regarding the scope of IP legal protection (including the first case worldwide that made it possible to order telecommunications companies to block copyright-infringing material on the Internet).
As part of the strategic advice to rights holders, Jakob has been a key adviser with reference to the preparation – and implementation – of the rules on online platforms’ liability for IP infringing material.
Jakob also has profound insight into the collective management of copyright, which is characterized by being extremely complex and detailed. Here, Jakob has been involved in publishing the legal commentary on collective management of copyright.
By virtue of his specialisation in the field, Jakob has published a number of the central books in the field of media and entertainment law as well as copyright law.
In addition, Jakob – together with Professor Morten Rosenmeier – runs the podcast Entertainmentretten, where they on a monthly basis review the development within the legal field and analyse the most important cases and issues.
Career
Gorrissen Federspiel, Managing Counsel 2021 –
IFPI Denmark, National Group Director 2010 –
Ples&Lindholm, Partner 2013 – 2021
Karnov Group, Book Author (specialist) 2006 –
ADR.EU, The Czech Arbitration Court, Panelist 2006 – 2012
Johan Schlüter law firm, Attorney At Law / Associate 2002 – 2012
Kluwer Copyright Case Law, Correspondent 2006 – 2007
Bech-Bruun, Associate 2001
Languages
English
Memberships
Gorrissen Federspiel, Entertainmentretten, Podcast host 2021 –
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law, External lecturer in
Entertainment Law 2018 –
JUC, Regular lecturer 2013 –
Danish Rhythmic Music Conservatory , External teacher 2003
Board Member:
Gramex, Board Member 2019 –
Danish Association of Copyright, Board Member and secretary 2020 –
Copydan Verdens TV, Board observer 2019
Lawyer Rankings
Denmark > Intellectual property
(Rising stars)Gorrissen Federspiel ‘‘s IP and digital business team assists global corperations with design rights, trade mark and design portfolio management, and patent enforcement. Practice head Lasse Skaarup Christensen excels in contentious matters, advising franchises and retail chains on licenses, market law, and global distribution. Kenneth Kvistgaard-Aaholm is esteemed for patent infringement cases, managing trade mark portfolios and providing insights on utility models and trade secrets. Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe specialises in EU law, interpreting directives on online platform liability. Jakob Plesner Mathiasen navigates copyright intricacies in the music industry.
Denmark > Media and entertainment
(Next Generation Partners)The ‘highly skilled team, with an extremely strong background within media and entertainment law’ at Gorrissen Federspiel assists a broad range of key Danish and international players. The group provides specialist advice in relation to media content, licensing, rights, contracts, data, regulatory and competition law issues, alongside marketing, personal data, IP, financing and litigation, among others. IP expert Lasse Skaarup Christensen’s practice includes copyright, digital business, marketing and franchising. He co-leads the practice alongside specialist media and entertainment practitioner Jakob Plesner Mathiasen, who is praised as ‘outstanding in his understanding of the legal challenges that AI presents within the media and entertainment arena’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Intellectual property Denmark
- Next Generation Partners Denmark > Media and entertainment
- Rising stars Denmark > Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment Denmark
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