The team at Bech-Bruun has in-depth knowledge of IP, exemplified by Claus Barrett Christiansen, who leads the trade mark and design practice. Other key names include Mikkel Friis Rossa, who heads the data protection team and Klaus Ewald Madsen, who leads the patent litigation team. Jeppe Brinck-Jensen is a new addition to the team and regularly acts as a litigator in intellectual property proceedings; Dan Bjerg Geary‘s practice includes transactional work, and licensing issues across a range of industries; Senior associate Sisse Langberg Lassen is another key member of the team.
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Testimonials
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- 'The practice has a highly specialised team in the field of intellectual property rights.'
- 'The team has a unique ability to combine their legal and technical skills with their in-depth commercial understanding of the industries in which they advise - in particular the life sciences industry. This enables them to provide highly valuable advice.'
- 'Jeppe Brinck Jensen is very helpful, intelligent, and pragmatic. I would certainly recommend him to others.'
- 'Claus Barrett Christiansen's team certainly knows what it is talking about when it comes to defending or building up an enforcement case.'
- 'Claus Barrett Christiansen, who is one of the most brilliant and knowledgeable partners I have ever worked with, leads a team of litigators highly skilled in design, trademark and copyright laws.'
- 'Sisse Langberg is a tremendous lawyer when it comes to finding out the bulletproof legal argument that will defeat any counterpart.'
Key clients
- Zealand Pharma
- Jaguar Land Rover
- Lindt & Sprügli AG (Chocolat)
- FIFA
- Hilfiger
- A.P. Møller Maersk Holding
- Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
- SONY
- IKEA
- The Lundbeck Foundation
- Perwyn
- Mercedes Benz
- Merck Sharpe & Dohme (MSD)
Work highlights
- Represented Maersk owned KK Wind Solutions in the acquisition of the controller and controller business of Vestas Wind Systems A/S and establishment of joint technology development activities.
- Representing the Danish innovator peptide-based pharmaceuticals research and development company Zealand Pharma A/S in proceedings before the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court relating to allegation of misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract.
- Represented Novo Holdings A/S, a leading global life sciences investor, with the multibillion DKK acquisition of Ellab.
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