John Steffen Gulbrandsen > SANDS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile
SANDS Offices
CORT ADELERS GATE 33
0254 OSLO
PO BOX 1829 VIKA
Norway
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John Steffen Gulbrandsen
Work Department
Intellectual Property, Employment Law
Position
Partner | Lawyer admitted to the Supreme Court
Career
John S. Gulbrandsen has worked with business law for more than 30 years, especially in the areas of intellectual property law, employment law and dispute resolution.
John is a highly recognised and skilled lawyer within his specialist areas, where over the years he has achieved a number of awards for professional skill and competence.
John has assisted a number of large clients, especially in the publishing and media industry, with a wide range of legal issues, disputes and, not least, strategic advice. He masters, and works with, all areas of intellectual property law, but particularly copyright, trademark law, design law and marketing law. He also has broad expertise and experience in employment law areas. The combination of the subject areas means an overall sought-after expertise on employment agreements in companies with a need for good agreement clauses on the transfer of rights and the safeguarding of rights.
He has broad competence and experience with dispute resolution and solid procedural experience from all courts. He has had the right to appear before the Supreme Court since 1997.
Languages
Norwegian, English
Education
- 1986 – University of Oslo – Cand. jur.
Lawyer Rankings
Norway > Intellectual property
Handling a high volume of contentious matters, SANDS advises international and domestic clients on trade mark and trade secrets disputes as well as non-contentious trade mark protection work. The ‘highly skilled’ Katrine Malmer-Høvik leads the team and has a broad practice that spans the full range of IP work. The group also includes John Steffen Gulbrandsen, who takes point on IP work in the publishing and media industry, as well as senior associate Henriette Wiker, who ably assists on contentious matters.