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Danish court rules on first case since 1925 which establishes indirect patent infringement

By Mette Parlev | Posted on March 29, 2019

The rule on indirect infringement has been part of The Patents Act in Denmark for over 40 years. During that time, the rule has rarely been cited and up till now the most recent instance from the Maritime and Commercial Court was a case between Etradan BS A/S and Abena A/S (Case No. T-8-10) from...

Tags: Denmark, indirect, Infringement, invention, Patent

Co-inventorship to a patent had not been proved

By Mette Parlev | Posted on November 7, 2018

On 10 October 2018 the Eastern High Court in Denmark gave judgement in a case between Coloplast and Hollister, regarding claimed co-inventor ship in a patent application. In the case Coloplast claimed to be mentioned as co-inventor on and co-owner of a patent application filed by Hollister. The reason Coloplast claimed to be co-inventor was that...

Tags: Coloplast, Denmark, Hollister, patents

Denmark makes the IPR taskforce set down by the Public Prosecutor for Serious Economic Crime permanent

By Mette Parlev | Posted on September 24, 2018

Since November 2017, all filings for criminal investigation regarding IPR crime in Denmark have on a trial basis been referred to a special IPR taskforce at the office of the Public Prosecutor for Serious Economic Crime, also known as SØIK. This trial arrangement has now been made permanent. This means that criminal cases regarding counterfeit...

Tags: Denmark, IPR, SØIK

Christiania Bikes – Not a generic term for cargo bikes

By Mette Parlev | Posted on September 13, 2018

New decision from the Maritime and Commercial High Court in Denmark The Copenhagen area of Christiania is well-known worldwide as a free town initiated by squatters, who back in 1971 occupied the area. This place was the cradle for the cargo bikes called “Christiania Bikes”. The first cargo bike was produced in 1984, and soon...

Tags: bikes, cargo bikes, Christiania bikes, Christiania Cykler, Denmark, Trademark

New proposed law: Legal privilege for patent attorneys before Danish courts

By Mikkel Roed Trier | Posted on February 28, 2018

After more than ten years of effort from Danish IP and industry associations, the industry hopes to soon enjoy legal privilege for patent attorneys before Danish courts. On 28 February, the Danish Minister for Justice proposed a number of changes to the Danish Administration of Justice Act (AJA), the most import of which relates to...

Tags: AJA, Denmark, IP, Legislation, US

Kubo: The future of coding

By AWA | Posted on February 28, 2018

Award-winning start-up KUBO Robotics helps teach young children the concept of coding with their interactive robot. A student project When entrepreneurs Tommy Otzen and Daniel Lindegaard started their Master project in Learning and Experience Technologies at the University of Southern Denmark in 2014, they didn’t have any specific agenda nor goal – only to find...

Tags: children, coding, Denmark, education, Intellectual Property, Kids, kubo, learning, Patent

SwapKids: The app for divorced parents (and their kids)

By AWA | Posted on June 27, 2017

Going through a divorce is never easy. Adding kids to the equation makes everything even harder. Danish start-up entrepreneurs Mikkel Eskesen and Søren Christiansen want to simplify communication between divorcees and put the children first with their app SwapKids. “It is hard to communicate with somebody you might not want to talk to. SwapKids offers...

Tags: app, children, Danish, Denmark, Divorced, entrepreneur, Kids, Parenting, Parents

Women supporting women in IP Law

By AWA | Posted on April 27, 2017

Outnumbered in a male dominated industry, the women in Intellectual Property Law are creating global networks to actively promote and help each other out – in work as well as in life. Carol Thorstad-Forsyth is a Partner at US law firm Fox Rothchild LLP. With a degree in the field of Electrical Engineering, she is...

Tags: AIPLA, Asia, Denmark, Intellectual Property, IP, network, Promotion, Support

Damage liability for preliminary injunction

By AWA | Posted on April 4, 2017

New Scandinavian case law clarifies a patent or trademark owner’s liability to pay damages for a wrongfully issued preliminary injunction. Background In Intellectual Property (IP) litigation in the Scandinavian countries, IP owners often try to get so-called ‘preliminary injunctions’ issued against the accused infringer. If granted, a preliminary injunction will allow the IP owner to...

Tags: Denmark, IP, patents, preliminary injunction, sweden, trademarks

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