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Advokatfirman Lindahl KB

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Advokatfirman Lindahl KB‘s ’very service-minded‘ team represents well-known domestic and international brands across the full range of contentious and non-contentious IP matters. Practice head Johan Norderyd brings over 30 years of experience in advising on all aspects of managing global IP portfolios. Other key practitioners include copyright and marketing law specialist Johan Åberg and Mårten Lindberg, who focuses on commercial and transactional IP work. Senior associate Christian Sundén is a key name for contentious matters.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Very service minded team acting proactively, and has  great understanding for the client's needs.’

  • ‘Lindahl is one of the biggest national Swedish law firms. Fully dedicated to its national market, but still having an excellent network all over the world. We are constantly working with the IP department of Lindahl, and highly appreciate their great quality, responsiveness, legal skills and friendly working atmosphere.’

  • ‘We appreciate Johan Norderyd's enormous professional and human qualities, his vast experience and his ability to understand the needs of our clients, to point out the different ways to proceed and to make precise recommendations. Several excellent employees work with him, e.g. Tobias Carlsson, which demonstrate that an equally outstanding next generation has emerged.’

  • ‘Extremely competent IP team, well-versed in very diverse types of IP issues, provides prompt and strategic advice while remaining pragmatic and cost sensitive.’

  • 'Johan is a top-notch IP professional, who provides excellent strategic advice while remaining pragmatic and cost sensitive, which is essential for our clients.’
  • ‘The team is extremely attentive, with impressive turnaround times. As a whole, we feel that Lindahl has a clear understanding of our core business, and we highly value that they manage to provide not simply legal advice, but legal advice tailored for our business. In short, Advokatfirman Lindahl is one of my personal hidden gems in terms of advising on all IP-related matters. ’

  • ‘Johan Norderyd manages to combine razor sharp legal advice across the whole IP-spectrum with a clear business acumen and a deep understanding of client needs.'

  • 'Senior associates Tobias Carlsson and Gabriella Nyström Gustavsson are clearly prodigies, understanding that providing clear legal advice based on deep knowledge of the client's business is what makes Lindahl unique and sought after.’

Key clients

  • Axis Communications AB
  • Philips AB
  • ISR Immune System Regulation AB
  • Vionlabs AB
  • Flowbox AB
  • Bonnier Capital AB
  • Henrik Petersen and Nova Gullberg Zetterstrand
  • Embracer Group AB
  • Wineworld
  • A Rabbit Hole
  • Lennart Sane Agency Aktiebolag
  • Gigset AB
  • Sedana Medical AB
  • IFL Watches AB

Work highlights

  • Acts as longstanding counsel to Axis Communications AB and its subsidiaries regarding portfolio management, trade mark prosecution and opposition issues, as well as strategic advice on IP matters.
  • Representing Philips AB in a marketing dispute before the Swedish Patent and Market Court of Appeal.
  • Advising gaming company Embracer Group AB on multiple IP-related transactions.

Lawyers

Rising stars

Christian Sundén

Christian Sundén

Advokatfirman Lindahl KB

Senior Associate Christian Sundén is a member of Lindahl’s IP group. He joined the firm in 2014 and has been working in the field of intellectual property since 2012. Christian has gained significant experience in work related to trademarks, designs, copyright and patents and in drafting and negotiating IP agreements. Thanks to his degree in business administration, with focus on marketing, he is skilled in dealing with unfair competition issues as well. Christian’s area of expertise is dispute resolution. He has successfully represented high tech companies before the Court of Justice of the European Union and has broad experience and deep understanding of different types of industries, including fashion, furniture, food, safety and security goods and the automotive industry. From time to time, Christian lectures in intellectual property in the graphic design program at Malmö University. He is a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) and the European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA).

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Johan Norderyd

Other key lawyers

Christian Sundén, Johan Åberg, Mårten Lindberg, Tobias Carlsson, Gabriella Nyström Gustavsson