Life sciences & Health Care

In the field of life sciences & healthcare, we assist a great number of clients based on many years of experience in this highly specialised field. [dropdown til life science indrykket]

Pharmaceuticals

Drawing originally on extensive experience in pharma-related IP litigation, the team at Bugge Valentin has worked consistently with regulatory issues related to pharmaceuticals for the last 20 years and now offer advice ranging from issues related to IP rights to regulatory affairs in connection with international litigation, agreements and transactions.

Medical devices

With the medical device industry in constant development and subject to a changing regulatory regime, we are well suited to advise on various types of medical equipment be it delivery devices, mechanical equipment or complex, integrated electronic products.

Healthcare

For many years, our team has assisted health care professionals in several practice areas both in private practice and in the public health sector across such diverse fields as dentistry, plastic surgery and medicine.

Digital health

The surge in telemedicine, IT-based (and IT-hybrid) has allowed us to gain significant experience advising start-ups and established businesses in this complicated area, drawing on our network in many different legal and practical fields.

Herbal medicinal products and medicinal cannabis

We count among our clients several in these fields and offer advice in relation to the special problems concerning the approval, manufacture, marketing and sale in Denmark of products

Food and beverages

Being among the most heavily regulated, the food and beverage industries have special needs for advice when it comes to, inter alia, product content, labelling, safety and marketing of the products. We regularly represent clients in relation to regulatory authorities and in litigation.

Chemicals and biotechnology

Our team has advised and continues to advise clients in many different areas of industrial chemicals, including agrochemicals, petrochemicals, organic synthesis and pharmaceuticals as well as gene-sequencing and biotechnology.

Electronics and telecommunications

Over the years, Bugge Valentin has assisted Danish and international clients in electronics and telecommunications in multi-jurisdictional litigation as well as licensing negotiations and regulatory issues, mostly in relation to patents, but also in complex trademark matters.

Consumer goods

Consumer goods cover a wide spectrum of very different products from very expensive fashion and luxury goods to day to day products, drink and food products, household items and technical appliances.
The team at Bugge Valentin has conducted a significant number of disputes regarding consumer goods often seeking injunctive relief in combination with applications for preservation of evidence and ordinary proceedings.
Our team also is renowned for its strength in matters involving parallel imports, counterfeit and lookalike issues, and non-traditional trademarks.

Energy

From time to time, Bugge Valentin represents major global and national players in IP litigation in the field of oil and windpower.

Design, fashion and the arts

Denmark is well-known for its many high-quality design products and some of the leading designers have been Danes, especially within the field of furniture and lighting.
Bugge Valentin’s team has represented a significant number of leading brands and right holders within the design and fashion industry giving the team members an in-depth knowledge of the industry.
The team is retained at a regular basis by some of the leading design brands in the world in disputes, trademark portfolio management and IP strategy.
Bugge Valentin’s team also has a strong track record in defending rights in applied arts and traditional art such as paintings and photography representing several Danish artists.
We have successfully litigated in this field securing sustained protection of the most important and valuable but complex trademarks, designs and copyright.

Automotive

The automotive industry is facing disruption as new technologies for some time has challenged the traditional car manufacturing industry.
IP, tech law and knowledge of marketing practices law and GDPR has become increasingly important for the industry and Bugge Valentin is uniquely positioned to advise within this sector due its experience with working with some of the absolute front runners and disruptors within the automotive industry.
The team’s commercial and strategic insight in this sector combined with its top-notch IP and tech capabilities has proven invaluable to clients.

IT

Bugge Valentin offers in-depth specialised advice to clients in the IT sector in the fields of, inter alia, the drafting and negotiation of all types of IT contracts, including outsourcing agreements, system purchase agreements, software licence terms and distributor agreements.

Retail

Bugge Valentin has been deeply involved in one of the most comprehensive disputes within the retail business – a classic clash between the suppluers of goods and the retailers.
This has rendered a unique insight to the commercial and strategic reality of the sector and makes it possible for the team to provide excellent advice both in respect of contentious and non-contentious matters.

Financial services

IP advise related to the financial sector can be complex combining traditional IP law with the comprehensive regulatory environment.
Thus, experience with the sector is often crucial for your ability to provide the relevant and correct legal and commercial advice.
While Bugge Valentin has experience representing some of the biggest banks in traditional trademark litigation, our team has also provided assistance in non-contentious matters pertaining to the use brands, including third party brands, in combination with the providing of new platform based services.