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Helena Wassén Öström

Helena Wassén Öström

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Westerberg & Partners

Westerberg & Partners‘ deep team is regularly active on highly complex and multijurisdictional disputes, with experience in litigation before the Court of Justice of the European Union. The group is additionally experienced in non-contentious matters, with a diverse client base which includes major pharmaceuticals, prominent media groups, and SME clients from a range of innovative industries. Team lead Henrik Wistam is a prominent name for trade mark disputes; he is supported by Jonas Westerberg, a highly regarded patent litigator, and Stefan Widmark, whose practice concentrates on copyright and media issues. Helena Wassén Öström heads up the trade mark and design prosecution offering, while Ludvig Holm leads on patents, frequently working alongside Björn Rundblom Andersson.
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Work Department

Intellectual property

Position

Helena specializes in IP strategy and heads the firms Trademark and Design Prosecution department. She focuses on the development and roll-out of the strategy surrounding the protection and maintenance of IP-rights, and especially trademarks, designs and domain names. Helena also collaborates extensively with the vast network of local attorneys Westerberg engages for the handling of matters on behalf of the portfolio clients Westerberg has the privilege of assisting in connection with their global trademark filing and enforcement work. Helena is regularly involved in actions before The Swedish Trademark Office and EUIPO, as well as Swedish courts and the Board of Appeal, in connection with both prosecution and enforcement.

Career

Helena is a partner at Westerberg & Partners.

Memberships

Helena is a member of the Swedish Bar Association, INTA and Marques.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'A strong team of high-quality and top-notch patent practitioners, adept across all fields of patent law, including in life sciences. They provide very considered and thorough advice. Highly capable practitioners and one of our main go-to law firm in Sweden for patent expertise.'
  • 'Björn Rundblom Andersson and Ludvig Holm are the stand-out individuals, delivering first-class service with skill and aplomb. Jonas Westerberg is the senior statesman, providing high level strategic advice commensurate with his significant years of experience in the Swedish market.'
  • 'W&P has a very dedicated IP team with experts covering the main IP practice areas. They have a good combination of strong/solid legal skills plus excellent commercial sense. They are dedicated to provide innovative and sophisticated legal advice bearing in mind client's commercial needs.'
  • 'Pragmatic, professional, polite, high quality work.'
  • 'Helena Wassén Öström is very good at providing strategically sophisticated and commercial advice to clients. She understands clients' business very well, including their commercial goals, budgets, main concerns etc, and manages their IP work accordingly.'
  • 'Henrik Wistam and Ludvig Holm are both highly recommended.'
  • 'Westerberg & Partners is an IP boutique firm with a great mix of older experienced lawyers as well as young and eager lawyers. One thing often left out is the level of the paralegals, which at Westerberg is extremely high.'
  • 'Helena Wassén-Öström is very knowledgeable in the law, as well as about the fashion industry. She is thorough and pragmatic. Henrik Wistam is an experienced litigator with a great tactical mind.'

Key clients

  • AB Electrolux
  • H&M
  • Finansiell ID-teknik BID
  • ReadSpeaker AB
  • Permobil Group
  • Avicii Music AB
  • Embark Studios
  • Gotain AB
  • Gallery Mikael & Thomas Asplund

Work highlights

Representing AB Electrolux in patent infringement proceedings brought by a BSH Hausgeräte GmbH seeking pan-European relief from the Swedish courts for alleged infringement in ten patents.
Represented leading Swedish fintech company Finansiell ID-Teknik BID AB in trade secret and copyright litigation, as well as patent litigation.
Representing Gallery Mikael & Thomas Asplund in copyright infringement proceedings against Swedish retailer Mio, in a case currently before the Court of Justice of the European Union.