Patents and utility models

The members of our patent and utility models team have long since been ranked among the leading practitioners in Denmark and enjoy international recognition in this highly specialised field. Our patent and utility model offering comprises dispute resolution, including preliminary injunctions and securing of evidence, commercial transactions, including licence agreements, R&D agreements spanning all industry sectors from biochemistry to software, agriculture, telecommunications and consumer goods as well as the automotive industry.

Trademarks

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Trademarks are often the most important and valuable assets of a business, and the protection and enforcement of trademark rights has gained increased importance to all of our clients.

The trademark litigation team at BUGGE VALENTIN includes some of the most renowned Danish trademark litigators and is regularly retained for famous national and global brands in highly complex trademark litigation at all levels, including multi-jurisdictional and cross-border litigation.  

The team is also experienced in the increasingly complex relationship between the different kinds of legislation that protect designations, names and signs and our team has conducted the so far largest dispute before Danish courts in this field.

The team has probably been involved in more landmark legal decisions in Denmark than any other Danish law firm.

Prosecution and trademark portfolio management
BUGGE VALENTIN’s highly skilled IP rights’ management team handles trademark prosecution and portfolio management services for a great number of Danish clients as well as international clients through our extensive international network of trademark specialists.

Designs

Design rights, whether registered or unregistered, provide protection for the visual appearance of a product. BUGGE VALENTIN offers strategic advice on whether or not registration of a design is possible, or indeed advisable, and we help develop enforcement strategies both in Denmark and internationally. Also, we advise on the applicability of supplementary or alternative protection available under copyright or unfair competition law.

Copyright

BUGGE VALENTIN has long-standing experience in advising on copyrights in most sectors and the team has built its reputation by representing the copyrights of several of Denmark’s world-renowned designers and design firms in applied arts, especially in the furniture and lighting industries. Recently, BUGGE VALENTIN won a landmark victory at the Supreme Court for the famous Danish ceramicist, Anne Black, securing her copyright and remuneration in a case against a business systematically copying original designs.

Media regulatory

Commercial enterprises and private individuals alike may suffer unfair treatment by the press or digital media that contravenes the “fair press ethics” standard set out in the Danish Press Ethical Rules. Our team has significant experience in advising on these highly specialised conflicts, both in the general court system and at the Danish Press Council.

Marketing Practices law

The marketing practices law team at BUGGE VALENTIN advises and litigates on matters pertaining to both online and off-line matters in connection with advertising campaigns, passing off, exploitation of goodwill, misleading appraisals and omissions, aggressive commercial practices, comparative advertising and general unfair marketing practices as well as the many complex issues that arise in connection with marketing campaigns covering regulated products within specific sectors and areas. 

Trade secrets

Keeping commercial information secret may be a – necessary – alternative to relying on IP protection and in our experience, an IP strategy is not complete without due consideration being given to the potential value of trade secrets. BUGGE VALENTIN assists clients in developing strategies for the protection of trade secrets as an alternative (or a supplement) to registered IP rights and we have a strong track record in litigating matters involving trade secrets.

Employees’ IP rights

In the field of patents and utility models, but sometimes also in other IP areas, the question increasingly arises whether or not a right conceived by an employee is vested in the employee or the employer. In most countries, including Denmark, mandatory legislation protects the employee and our team at BUGGE VALENTIN has acted for employees and employers in connection with negotiations and disputes concerning employees’ IP rights in this highly specialised field of law.

Parallel imports

BUGGE VALENTIN’s parallel imports team has been involved in most of the Danish landmark decisions and is generally seen as the leading parallel imports team in trademark disputes.

The team’s experience covers a wide range of sectors, such as branded goods, cosmetics, the FMCG-market and pharmaceuticals.

No other Danish team has more experience in litigating disputes arising from parallel imports of pharmaceuticals, whether at the Danish Supreme Court or the Court of Justice of the European Union, obtaining  decisions with significant ramifications not only in Denmark, but across the EU.