NORWAY LAW AND PRACTICE Contributed by: Lars Erik Steinkjer, Nora Bratheim and Guro S K Nybø, Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS
Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS is one of Nor - way’s leading law firms, with headquarters in Oslo and offices in Bergen, Stavanger, London, Singapore and Shanghai. The firm’s long-stand - ing presence overseas distinguishes Wikborg Rein as the Norwegian law firm with the most international experience and expertise. Wikborg Rein’s practice group for IP and technology of - fers its clients a breadth of knowledge and sig -
nificant expertise in the field. The team consists of highly qualified and dedicated lawyers with a varied skill-set in the legal and technology areas relating to IP. The firm assists its clients in en - forcing and defending all types of IP rights, as well as providing advice on patent issues from a range of technology areas, including pharma - ceuticals, biotechnology, oil and gas, electron - ics and fish farming.
Authors
Lars Erik Steinkjer is a partner at Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS’s Oslo office, and part of the firm’s technology and digitalisation group. Lars Erik has a degree in law from the
Nora Bratheim is a senior lawyer at Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS’s Oslo office, where she specialises in IP law, including life sciences and pharma patent litigation. Nora has experience
University of Bergen (2004) and obtained his PhD within patent law at the same institution in 2010. He has extensive experience of assisting clients in IP rights matters, including providing advice on securing, licensing and enforcing IP rights. Among other things, Lars Erik has been involved in a number of major patent and trade secrets disputes within the life sciences field. He regularly assists both international and domestic life sciences companies in IP-related matters and before the Norwegian courts.
with conducting cases before the courts, the Norwegian Industrial Property Office and the Norwegian Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights. She is an editor of the European Patent Lawyers Association’s (EPLAW) patent blog and a co-author of a law commentary on the Norwegian Patent Act.
Guro S K Nybø is an associate at Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS’s Oslo office. She is part of the firm’s technology and digitalisation team, working mainly with IP, IT and data
protection law. Guro holds an LLM in IP and information law from King’s College London.
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