Sweden

Firm overview

Lindahl is recommended for soft IP work, especially trade marks. Its IP department is led by IP Star Johan Norderyd, who is supported by partners Johan Åberg and Mårten Lindberg. The partners are supported by junior IP practitioners such as Christian Sundén and Gabriella Nyström Gustavsson. Other notable partners for IP work are Hugo Norlén and Lars Arrhed. Norlén specialises in life sciences and competition law work while Arrhed is a TMT lawyer.

Firm overview

Zacco is an international full-service IP firm, with over 100 patent attorneys, 70 trademark and design professionals including 40 attorneys at law, 20 experts in corporate domain management and online brand protection, and 20 cybersecurity specialists . We operate globally and in most sectors, and our aim is to view the world as our customers do, building practical IP strategies that secure their ideas, innovations and brand character.

Together we help organisations to develop, manage and protect the value of their IP throughout its lifecycle. Combining physical and digital solutions, from the creation of new assets and identities, to monetisation and enforcement of rights, to ongoing monitoring against infringement and abuse. Zacco, and many of our colleagues, regularly achieve Top Tier or Gold rankings and recommendations from Managing Intellectual Property, World Trademark Review, Intellectual Asset Management and The Legal 500, which we believe independently verifies our commitment to quality, excellence and innovation.

Patent, Trademark and Design Prosecution

Our international presence means a single point of contact can handle prosecution in multiple jurisdictions. Many of our colleagues are European Patent Attorneys, with a growing number authorised to represent clients directly before the Unified Patent Court (UPC). At Zacco, you will find a skilled and knowledgeable IP practitioner able to advise and assist you with all current and emerging fields of technology, whether you work physically in chemistry, greentech, mechanics, materials or biotech, or digitally in digitalisation, software, AI or machine learning, among other areas.

Our trademark and design practice assists all industries with international filing and prosecution, availability and infringement opinions, with a particular focus on EU trademark practice including oppositions, cancellations and appeals before the EUIPO.

We cover multiple European jurisdictions directly including the EUIPO/EPO, the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and we operate internationally through a comprehensive network of trusted long-term global partners. We also provide a range of IP portfolio management and IP support services.

Litigation and Disputes

When in need of expertise in IP litigation and dispute matters, clients can rely on Zacco. We are renowned experts in IP, with both the legal and the technical proficiency in-house to successfully represent your interests and enforce your IP rights. This could be directly, in cooperation with leading law firms, or providing litigation and technical support to other counsel or trusted representatives before the authorities.

The legal practice serves all industries with advice and assistance related to IP. This includes due diligence, drafting and negotiation of contracts or licensing agreements, or Data Protection, marketing law and other compliance matters. We also advise on e-commerce, litigation, domain name conflict resolution, customs surveillance and counterfeit prevention, among other areas. Zacco has successfully represented international clients in proceedings before national courts and the European Court of Justice.

Digital Brands, Corporate Domain Management and IT Security

With a significant portion of IP infringement now taking place online, we have introduced services to help clients stay ahead of new and emerging threats to both physical and digital IP. Our Digital Brands team can actively monitor your IP and brand rights online, identifying and removing

potential counterfeits or infringements across online marketplaces, social media and the metaverse. Our Corporate Domain Management experts can assist with the registration or acquisition of traditional and emerging domains, including .brand solutions, alongside more general renewals, portfolio consolidation and email or domain security. We also provide cybersecurity training and testing, digital forensics and secure software development services.

IP360: The Future of Intellectual Property

When the world changes, so do we. The introduction of IP360 recognised that IP rights do not exist within a bubble – they form part of a wider IP ecosystem that encompasses everything to do with protecting the value of an organisation. As we have grown, so too have our services, providing exceptional capability, unique geographical reach, and protection that stretches from the first flash of an idea through patents, trademarks, online brand protection and beyond, across the entire IP lifecycle.

More than 150 years of innovative thinking

We have a long history of protecting, monetising and enforcing IP, and list many leading brands and innovators as clients. Our focus on close collaboration, technical expertise and high quality makes Zacco one of Europe’s leading IP solutions specialists.

Firm overview

Potter Clarkson helps companies, organisations and individuals across all sectors of business to understand, create, protect and defend the commercial value of their innovations anywhere in the world through intellectual property rights.

As a full-service intellectual property law firm with expertise in patents, trade marks, designs, litigation, licensing and consultancy, Potter Clarkson provides specialist support in all areas of IP including:

• Identifying what can be protected.
• Securing IP rights.
• Realising the full value of clients’ assets with smart commercial arrangements.
• Helping clients develop the value of their innovations by enforcing their rights against competitors.
• Putting in place a managed IP strategy so that clients can maximise commercial opportunities.

Potter Clarkson is recognised for its wide-ranging technical and legal expertise, progressive thinking, business knowledge, deep commercial insight and approachability.

The firm’s experts make it their business to understand the practical challenges facing their clients, as well as their commercial ambitions for the future. Providing the very highest quality of client service, strategic advice and ‘right first time’ delivery, Potter Clarkson ultimately measures its own success by the success of its clients.

What makes the firm different?

As a firm, Potter Clarkson has one clearly defined purpose: Creating value from innovation.

This provides the context and meaning for the work their attorneys and solicitors do every day. They are committed to using their expertise to solve the IP challenges their clients face so that their innovations achieve commercial success.

Through the firm’s integrated service lines, deep sector knowledge and genuine interest in innovative ideas, the firm offers a complete IP solution to every challenge and opportunity their clients face.

Built for success

The firm is recognised as a top-tier firm in Europe, with offices in multiple EU-member states, having received accreditations from the IP profession’s leading benchmarking organisations and programmes.

With the infrastructure to match its credentials as a leading European firm, there is a commitment to continuous improvement in the quality of its services by investing in its people and systems. The 200-strong specialist team operates from dedicated offices in the UK, Sweden, Denmark and Germany, supported by an established network of overseas attorneys to provide expert advice, wherever clients want to take their product or brand.

Having been in business for more than 130 years, the firm takes great pride in its heritage, but is firmly focussed on the future. That’s why Potter Clarkson invests heavily in shaping its services and products around the needs of innovative businesses.

Firm overview

Sandart is a business law firm with expertise primarily in litigation and intellectual property law. The firm also provide advice and represent our clients in contract negotiations, marketing law matters and regulatory matters.

Main Areas of Practice:

■ Intellectual Property
■ Dispute Resolution
■ Commercial Contracts
■ Marketing Law
■ Regulatory

Intellectual Property:

The firm works in all fields of intellectual property: patents, copyright, designs, trade marks, and company names. It is one of the few law firms in Sweden that regularly handles disputes throughout the entire IP field. In addition, the firm has extensive experience of dealing with contracts regarding IP. Therefore, the firm is constantly ranked among Sweden’s leading law firms within this discipline. The firm’s successful recruitment strategy and its lawyers’ active role in IP associations, legislative committees and the academy ensure that the firm will maintain this position also in the future. Many of the firm’s clients are large and medium-sized companies, inter alia in the fields of medicine, biotechnology, telecommunications and other high-end technology. Further, the firm represents rightsholders when it comes to music, art, and literature.

Dispute Resolution:

The firm represents clients in courts of law, arbitration, and alternative dispute resolution procedures such as mediation. It holds extensive experience in handling complex commercial disputes on a national and international scale. The firm is one of the few law firms in Sweden that regularly handles disputes throughout the entire intellectual property field. It also represents clients in other business disputes, such as contractual and claims disputes. Many of the firm’s lawyers have previously served as law clerks and held other positions in Swedish courts.

Commercial Contracts:

Sandart assists clients in business transactions, by drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements. The firm advises technology and innovation-intensive companies and organisations, in transactions entailing intellectual property considerations. Further, it often participates in the preparation and negotiation of licensing, distribution, cooperation, research, and development agreements as well as agreements in the field of IT and telecom. Agreements and business transactions often involve company law in one way or another, e.g. when a new company is formed or new partners enter into an already existing company.

Marketing Law:

The field of marketing law is expanding and constantly changing. The firm represents clients in a variety of industries — including pharmaceutical and food industries — in regulatory matters and marketing law litigation. Several of the firm’s lawyers have long experience of marketing law issues. The firm is often engaged at the planning stages for new advertisement campaigns and product launches, in order to constructively contribute to the adherence of relevant regulations. Marketing law is becoming increasingly important in the online environment. When new marketing methods are to be assessed, it is crucial to have sound knowledge of the functioning and structure of marketing law.

Regulatory:

Sandart regularly assists clients in matters relating to regulated products and services such as inter alia pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetic products, food and alcohol, as well as in matters related to data protection and privacy. The firm also has extensive experience in assisting clients in regulatory matters within the energy sector.