Technology and Intellectual Property
BAHR’s Intellectual Property and TMT practice is outstanding and the best in Norway due to its deep expertise and innovative approach to complex legal matters. The team is uniquely adept at providing strategic advice that aligns with our business objectives, specially in the rapidly evolving IP and TMT sectors.
Our technology group is tailored to meet the diverse needs of technology companies, covering all areas from litigation and M&A to contracts and regulatory matters. We are involved in all stages of a company’s lifecycle and our clients benefit from lawyers who not only understand their business but also grasp the commercial opportunities and challenges inherent within their industry.
We manage every facet of technology and intellectual property-related transactions and agreements. Whether it’s licensing, mergers and acquisitions, IT/software procurement and development, or navigating complex regulatory issues, developing robust IP protection and enforcement strategies, addressing unfair competition, or ensuring compliance with marketing laws, our clients can expect first class, effective and practically-oriented advice, tailored to our clients’ needs.
We cover all areas of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property law. The team has litigated numerous cases and has extensive experience providing strategic legal advice to both domestic and international clients within the fields of patents, trademarks, copyright, design and trade secrets. We frequently represent major pharmaceuticals originators in cutting-edge patent disputes.
Selected matters:
- Representing German multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Bayer in a patent invalidity and infringement actions relating to Bayer’s global blockbuster drug Xarelto®
- Represented Ewos AS, a manufacturer of feed for the fish farming industry owned by the multinational food corporation Cargill, in a complex patent and trade secret litigation spanning over several years.
- Representing several member organisations for performing artists in an administrative complaint to the Norwegian Media Complaints Board regarding approval of an organisation to offer collective licensing with an extended effect, which is a principal question of collective management of copyrights with wide-reaching practical implications for performing artists.
- Assisted Kiona and its shareholders, led by Summa Equity, Byggteknikk and Pivot Invest, in connection with the sale of approximately 82.4% of the shares in the company to Carel Industries. The transaction is valued at NOK 2.35 billion.
- Assisted Working Group Two and its shareholders led by Telenor, one of the world’s largest mobile telecommunications companies, and Digital Alpha, a leading digital infrastructure investment firm, in connection with the sale of 100 % of the shares in Working Group Two to global communications technology company Cisco.