SWEDEN Law and Practice Contributed by: Håkan Borgenhäll, Malin Malm Waerme, Åsa Hellstadius and Arvid Axelryd, Advokatfirman Vinge KB
Advokatfirman Vinge KB is a Swedish law firm that provides a full-service IP offering within three key areas: contentious, non-contentious and prosecution (patent prosecution in collabo- ration with patent agency firms). Patent litigation is one of the primary practice areas and involves disputes within the telecoms, pharmaceuti- cal, medtech, chemical and mechanical areas. Vinge’s IP team consists of 25 lawyers based in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, and is engaged in infringement and invalidity disputes, often with an international character. Vinge is
often involved in large pan-European litigations where the members of the team work closely with internationally eminent patent law experts. The team is also experienced in disputes relat- ing to patent title, compensation to inventors and disputes arising from patent-related com- mercial contracts (arbitration and litigation). The firm’s full-service concept often results in the IP team working closely with Vinge’s experts in EU and competition law, dispute resolution and life sciences.
Authors
Håkan Borgenhäll is a partner at Vinge. His practice focuses on intellectual property and marketing law, mostly on contentious matters. Håkan has been deeply involved in the
Malin Malm Waerme is a partner at Vinge. She has extensive experience in patent litigation, both nationally and internationally. Her record of assignments includes patent
Swedish preparations for the proposed Unitary Patent Court (UPC), and was appointed as the Swedish Bar Association’s member of the CCBE task group concerning UPC-related questions. He is also the representative and author of the Bar Association’s comments on proposed amendments to Swedish IP laws. Håkan has been the leading counsel in some of the most important patent disputes in recent decades, including litigation-related blockbuster pharmaceuticals and SPC disputes.
litigation concerning infringement of patents within the areas of pharmaceuticals, chemistry, and mechanical engineering. Malin also advises on matters relating to SPCs and non-contentious IP matters.
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