Leveraging the firm’s strength across the tech sector, Advokatfirmaet Føyen AS routinely advises major industry players on trade mark and copyright issues. Knut Glad leads the IP team, which sits within the firm’s broader ICT department and focuses on IP in the digital space. The group recently strengthened its copyright offering with the recruitment of Vebjørn Søndersrød from Ræder Bing in May 2023.

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  • 'We were attracted to Vebjørn Søndersrød's broad knowledge of our sector, and specifically within intellectual property rights.'

Key clients

  • Google LLC
  • Google Norway AS
  • United Bakeries Norway AS
  • Nye Veier AS
  • Mnemonic AS
  • Sigdal Bakeri AS
  • Statens vegvesen (Norwegian Roads Administration)
  • Confirmit AS
  • DIPS AS
  • The Norwegian National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
  • The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet
  • The Norwegian Library Association
  • Bouvet Norge AS

Work highlights

  • Assisting the United Bakeries group and its subsidiaries with the protection and exploitation of its IP assets, both in Norway and internationally.
  • Handling all IP work for Google LLC and Google Norway AS in Norway, including copyright and trade mark matters, along with the IP elements of commercial agreements.
  • Advising DIPS AS, which has contracts with three of Norway's four regional health trusts on a large number of different matters, encompassing advice on existing contracts, cooperation and partnering agreements, new customer agreements, privacy issues and other issues.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Knut Glad

Other key lawyers

Vebjørn Søndersrød