Intellectual property

Wikborg Rein

Domestic and international corporates regularly turn to Wikborg Rein‘s IP practice, which has a broad practice across all core areas of IP law, with a particular focus on patent litigation. Lars Erik Steinkjer heads up the firm’s broader technology and digitalisation department and has proven experience acting in complex patent disputes for the offshore, aquaculture, and pharma sectors. Gunnar Meyer is an experienced litigator, handling patent, trade mark and unfair competition matters, while Nora Bratheim advises on contentious and non-contentious patent, trade mark and copyright matters.

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Testimonials

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‘Holds invaluable experience from decades of patent litigation.’
‘Gunner Meyer is still going strong and his experience seems to be second to none.’
‘The team led by Lars Erik Steinkjer is focusing on all intellectual property, and they have knowledge and experience with all types of IP - both contentious and non-contentious.’
‘Nora Bratheim is extremely focused on IP matters and is the next generation partner.’
‘Gunnar Meyer brings many years of patent law experience to the table. Lars Erik Steinkjer and Nora Bratheim are two other notable practitioners in the team.’
‘Dedicated and experienced team.’
‘Lars Erik Steinjker and Gunnar Meyer are very experienced litigators. They have excellent knowledge and collaborate easily with other firms.’

Key clients

Aker Solutions ASA
Amedia AS
Archer Ltd.
Jotun AS
NEL ASA
Norgesgruppen ASA
Norsk Gjenvinning
Ocean Power AS
Ocean Sun AS
Preem AB
Quantafuel ASA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Vygruppen AS
Samsung Bioepis (part of the Samsung Group)

Work highlights

Assisting Preem AB in an ongoing appeal regarding the validity of a patent related to biofuel.
Representing Teva before the Norwegian courts in several multi-jurisdictional pharmaceutical patent matters.
Representing Samsung Bioepis, a biopharmaceutical company focused on development of biosimilars, in a invalidity and non-infringement lawsuit and PI matter.

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