Gustav Melander

Attorney at Law

Gustav Melander is a Legal Attorney specialized within trademark and design protection as well as marketing law. He has worked as a Senior Legal Advisor at the Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV) and was a Seconded National Expert at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), including the 5th Board of Appeal. Gustav has been recognised as a recommended individual for prosecution and strategy by World Trademark Review in the WTR1000: The World's Leading Trademark Professionals.

Contact information

Visiting address:

Jakobsbergsgatan 36
111 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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Practice areas

  • Design
  • IP due diligence
  • IP transactions & licensing
  • IP Strategy
  • Trademarks
  • Domain names
  • Litigation (TM, designs)
  • Oppositions

Industry expertise

  • Food & beverage
  • Software & IT
  • Media & entertainment
  • Medtech
  • Telecom
  • Marketing

Prior experience

  • Brand Protection Lawyer, Roschier Advokatbyrå AB, 2018 - 2020
  • Senior Legal Advisor, Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV), 2011 - 2018
  • Seconded National Expert, European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), 2012 - 2016
  • Legal Advisor, Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV), 2009 - 2011
  • Trademark Examiner, Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV), 2008 - 2009

Languages

  • Swedish
  • English

Education

  • LL.M., Master in European Intellectual Property Law, Stockholm University, 2009 – 2010
  • Antitrust, Intellectual Property, International Business Transactions, University of Minnesota Law School, 2007
  • LL.M., Law, Uppsala University, 2002 - 2007

Memberships

  • AIPPI (The Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), Member of Trademark Group (Sweden)
  • SFIR (The Swedish Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), Member of Trademark Group (Sweden)