Intellectual Property 2026

SWEDEN Law and Practice Contributed by: Helena Rönqvist, Magnus Jonson, Vilma Slättegård and Anna Karlsson, Magnusson Law

Magnusson Law is a business law firm with more than 130 lawyers providing legal services across the Nordics and Baltic Sea region. With offices in Stock- holm and Gothenburg, Magnusson Sweden is the firm’s largest entity and home to a well-established intellectual property practice. The firm’s dedicated IP team advises on a broad range of intellectual prop- erty matters, encompassing both contentious and non-contentious work, including trade mark and de- sign prosecution, portfolio management, copyright, licensing, enforcement and dispute resolution. A dis- tinguishing strength of the team is its deep expertise in IT and technology, positioning it particularly well

to advise on digital IP matters, including software li- censing, AI, data protection and technology-driven business models. The team also brings significant experience in structuring complex IP agreements, advising on IP ownership structures and supporting clients through IP-intensive transactions, including acquisitions, carve-outs and technology transfers. The team regularly assists Swedish and international clients across a wide range of industries, including healthcare, life sciences, financial services, defence, insurance, technology, fashion, design, retail and in- frastructure.

Authors

Helena Rönqvist heads the intellec- tual property law practice at Magnus- son Sweden. She has over 20 years of experience as a Swedish lawyer. A distinguishing strength of Helena’s practice is her deep expertise in IT

Vilma Slättegård is an associate at Magnusson in Sweden. She focuses her practice on intellectual property law, AI law, technology and data protection law. She advises global and Swedish companies on matters

and technology, positioning her particularly well to advise on digital IP matters, including software licensing, AI, data protection and technology-driven business models. Helena advises Swedish and international clients across highly regulated sectors such as healthcare, life sciences, financial services, defence and insurance, with significant experience in structuring complex IP agreements and support- ing clients through IP-intensive transactions.

relating to intellectual property law, including trade mark, design, copyright, marketing, and media law, with particular expertise in highly regulated sectors such as insurance, fintech and life sciences. Anna Karlsson is an associate at Magnusson in Sweden. She focuses her practice on intellectual property disputes and employment law. She advises Swedish and international clients on IP-related disputes, and employment law matters, including issues arising at the intersection of employment and intellectual property, such as employee inventions, ownership of IP created during employment, and post-employ- ment non-compete obligations.

Magnus Jonson is a counsel at Magnusson Sweden with over 25 years of experience in dispute resolu- tion, intellectual property law, EU and competition law, regulatory law, and marketing law. Prior to joining Mag-

nusson, he served as deputy director of the legal department at the Swedish Competition Authority, as a legal adviser on competition law matters at the Ministry of Industry, as a judge in various courts, and at leading Swedish law firms. Magnus draws on this combined experience in the judiciary, government, and private practice to advise clients on complex intellectual property disputes, with a particular focus on patent-related matters.

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