Advokatfirmaet Hjort

IP, Privacy, Corporate, M&A

Øivind K. Foss has many years of experience within dispute resolution, litigation and contract law, especially within the areas of intellectual property rights (trademarks, patents and copyright), marketing law and privacy law. He has previously worked as a lawyer at the law firm Schjødt and as a research assistant at the University of Oslo.

Øivind specializes in international disputes, and has litigated several high profile cases before Norwegian courts on behalf of foreign rights owners. His portfolio experience also includes alternative dispute resolution, such as arbitration, and before committees and other bodies such as the Norwegian Industrial Property Office, the Norwegian Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights, the Committee for the Control of Unfair Competition and the Norwegian Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (domain names). Within contract law, Øivind has worked extensively with research and development, licensing, distribution and IT.

Øivind regularly holds lectures and has written and contributed to articles, legal commentaries and books about intellectual property rights, domain names, media rights, arbitration, international private law, e-commerce and employment law.

2021  Managing Associate, Advokatfirmaet Hjort 2019 – 2021  Senior Associate, Advokatfirmaet Hjort 2017 – 2019 Senior Associate, Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS 2014 – 2017 Associate, Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS 2013 – 2014 Research assistant, Institute for Private Law, The University of Oslo

The Norwegian Bar Association

2008 – 2014 Master of Laws, The University of Oslo 2005– 2008 Bachelor's of History, NTNU