Gorrissen Federspiel

Gorrissen Federspiel is recommended for IP disputes, IP transactions and competition law advice. It also has an active brand protection practice.

Its IP practice is headed by Lasse Skaarup Christensen. A lawyer in the practice for patent instructions is Kenneth Kvistgaard-Aaholm, who is supported by life sciences lawyer Martin Dræbye Gantzhorn. Christensen and Kvistgaard-Aaholm lead on contentious trade mark instructions at the firm. 

The team also benefits from the knowledge of IP practitioners Hanne Kirk and Kathrine Spinner Madsen. Søren Høgh Thomsen is one of the transactions specialists in the firm. The copyright specialists in the firm are Jesper Madsen and Jakob Plesner Mathiasen. Other notable soft IP practitioners are David Telyas and Lars Segato. The partners have a large team of support staff and junior lawyers such as rising stars Allan Christensen and Frederik Kromann Jespersen. 

Trade mark case studies show brand protection and disputes work. The firm assisted Vestas Wind Systems with pre-filing clearance and acted for Superligaen in challenging the European Super League Company's EU trade mark application. Thomas Frydendahl left in 2020 to join the EUIPO. Managing counsel Jakob Plesner Mathiasen joined in 2021.

Case studies show the firm dealt with patent disputes in sectors such as manufacturing, life sciences and energy. The firm advised Enkotec on a patent dispute and represented Danish software company Configit in a complex cross-border patent dispute.

The firm advised eBay’s Danish subsidiary on a web scraping dispute.