Full Victory In Søndre Østfold District Court For Hjort's Client

Following the Supreme Court's decision in November 2023 that ByWe had lost the right to claim dis-missal due to agreed arbitration, the main hearing in IdHair Company A/S's lawsuit against ByWe took place in January 2024. Søndre Østfold District Court has, in its judgment of January 25, 2024, ruled in favor of IdHair, and ByWe is ordered to pay compensation and legal costs totaling 12 million Norwegian kroner.

Background of the case

The law firm Hjort has assisted IdHair Company A/S, a Danish company that develops hair products for the professional beauty industry, in a dispute with its former distributor in Norway, ByWe AS, for several years.

Due to poor sales results, the distribution agreement between the parties was terminated by IdHair in January 2017. Concurrently with the termination, ByWe launched products competing with IdHair's hair wax products. In March 2017, IdHair requested evidence preservation outside of court against ByWe due to suspected