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 > Intellectual property
Horten is noted for its high-end IP work, offering representation across all classic IP disciplines. The team brings extensive experience to key industries such as life sciences, green innovation technology, media and entertainment, and branded consumer goods. Known for embracing new technologies, the firm handles patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair marketing practices, and data protection. Co-head Asger Heine Jensen specialises in copyright law, assisting local and international clients in contentious and non-contentious matters. Co-head Jakob Krag Nielsen focuses on patents and trade secrets, excelling in complex litigation and IP commercialisation strategies, including trade secret protection.
Denmark > Media and entertainment
Horten‘s ‘knowledgeable’ team provides legal services across various aspects of media and entertainment industries, including publishing agreements, record and TV production contracts, copyright law, as well as advisory on social media matters. Team leader Asger Heine Jensen brings two decades of experience in copyright law, representing clients in both contentious and non-contentious matters.