Lawyers

Halvor Manshaus

Halvor Manshaus

Work Department

IP & Technology

Position

Partner

Career

Admitted to the Supreme Court of Norway and sitting as an arbitrator for WIPO in UDRP cases, Halvor has a practice focusing on litigation and strategic counseling to clients, and has extensive experience representing international clients in cross-border cases.

Halvor has a diversified practice, as demonstrated in his being acknowledged and ranked in Dispute Resolution, IP and TMT in various publications. Halvor was lead counsel in the "DVD-case", a globally significant case within technology & copyright. Halvor also holds a number of presentations and lectures, while also publishing articles within his key areas on a regular basis.

We receive a number of questions related to Halvors' work on the DVD-case, which made international headlines. Information about that case can be found here. Some news articles: BBC, CBS, Time Magazine, CNN

Languages

Norwegian, English, Scandinavian languages.

Memberships

Opphavsrettsforeningen (Copyright Association) DNA (Norwegian Bar Association).

Education

1997 - Cand. philol., Dep. Of Cultural Studies, University of Oslo 1994-1997 - Can. Jur. (Law degree). Dissertation on "Gambling on the Internet"

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