Mr Asger Heine Jensen > Horten > Copenhagen, Denmark > Lawyer Profile
Horten Offices
PHILIP HEYMANS ALLÉ 7
2900 HELLERUP
COPENHAGEN
Denmark
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Mr Asger Heine Jensen
Work Department
Intellectual Property Rights, IT and telecommunication, Media & Entertainment
Position
Asger Heine Jensen has extensive experience with commercialisation and enforcement of intellectual property rights. He advises foreign and Danish companies whose business revolve around IP rights on e.g. R&D matters, joint ventures, licensing, investment, private placements, M&A and transactional matters. He has extensive legal and commercial experience with respect to advising clients within the IT and Media and Entertainment segments, and his practice includes numerous computer game producers.
Asger is an experienced litigator, and he has over the years represented numerous domestic and international clients in both IP and commercial litigations before arbitration courts and national courts, including the Supreme Court, as well as the European Court of Justice.
Career
2016: Certified IT attorney; 2014: Partner, Horten; 2004: Right of audience before the Supreme Court; 1998: Right of audience before the High Courts
Languages
The Scandinavian languages, English and German.
Memberships
Member of the three-member Copyright License Tribunal (By appointment of the Danish Ministry of Culture); Member of the panel of IP experts under the Danish Bar Association.
Education
LL.M., University of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1999; Master of Laws, the University of Aarhus, Denmark, 1995; Julius Maximilian Universität, Würzburg, Germany, 1994-1995.
Lawyer Rankings
Denmark > Media and entertainment
Horten advises on all aspects of media and entertainment law, including publishing agreements and record contracts, as well as radio, television and print media distribution agreements, among others. Asger Heine Jensen and Jesper Madsen jointly head up the practice group and are key contacts for complex litigation, and dispensing expert advice on all aspects of copyright law, respectively.
Denmark > Intellectual property
Renowned for its IP and technology group, Horten adeptly assists clients across sectors such as life sciences, technology, media and entertainment and consumer goods, focusing on patents, trade marks, unfair marketing practices and trade secrets. Asger Heine Jensen and Jakob Krag Nielsen jointly lead the practice. Jensen, known for his extensive experience, specialises in advising technology and media companies on copyright matters, with experience of art installations, streaming services and computer games. Nielsen, praised for his exceptional skills, brings broad litigation expertise, offering strategic counsel on IP rights commercialisation and trade secret protection for clients.