Anders Bratt, PhD
Equity Partner
Noréns Patentbyrå
Anders Bratt is the vice CEO at Noréns Patentbyrå and has spearheaded the buraus’ transition to the unitary patent/UPC system. As a European Patent Attorney, Anders manages patent portfolios of clients, in particular in the biotech and chemistry fields. Anders has a PhD from Karolinska Institutet.
Anna Bladh Redzic
Partner
Sandart & Partners
Anna Bladh Redzic specialises in intellectual property law, marketing law and dispute resolution. She has extensive experience from commercial litigations concerning e.g. patents, copyright and trademarks. She also works with commercial agreements and gives general advice on intellectual property law. Anna Bladh Redzic is also a mediator in commercial disputes.
Before joining Sandart & Partners, Anna worked as Associate Judge at the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm (now the Patent and Market Court of Appeal) and was specialized in intellectual property law. She has adjudicated many patent, trademark and copyright cases apart from general commercial disputes. She also has previous experience with business and financial law. Anna holds an LL.M. from both Lund University and Columbia Law School.
Ann-Charlotte Söderlund Björk
Already early in her carrier Ann-Charlotte specialised in IP law, marketing practices and competition law. Ann-Charlotte Söderlund advises and represents both national and multinational companies in all areas of IPR (both contentious and non-contentious) in particular with the focus on the enforcement and litigation of IPR rights where Ann-Charlotte now since many years has an established reputation and renown. Ann-Charlotte is also known for handling issues related to marketing practices where she not only litigates such cases but also advises on marketing campaigns and other marketing activities.
Ann-Charlotte’s clients are from a wide range of business such as for example vehicle industry, clothing industry, telecom, furniture industry, pharmaceutical industry, entertainment industry and sporting industries and which are owners of world famous brands and other famous IP rights. Ann-Charlotte has thereto been responsible for the handling, enforcement and safeguarding of a major Swedish clothing company’s trademarks world-wide for almost 20 years where she was responsible for that company’s enforcements strategies and in the pro-active work for the prevention of infringements and counterfeit products. Ann-Charlotte has also on several occasions acted on behalf of sponsors, sponsoring companies and sports federations in relation to major events of international elite character in Sweden, where she in particular advised on anti-ambush strategies and the safeguarding of the organisers’ and sponsor’s investments and IP rights during the course of those events.
Björn Skarp
Legal Counsel
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB
Björn Skarp is a legal counsel for RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB (Grants Office), where he advises mainly in legal issues concerning publicly funded R&D and innovation. RISE is Sweden’s research and technology institute and innovation partner, owned by the Swedish state and organized as a group of companies. Björn has nearly 20 years’ experience of working with legal and contractual issues relating to R&D activities carried out at the juncture between industry, academia and the public sector.
Björn’s areas of expertise include the state aid law regime, commercial contracts and general civil law, intellectual property rights, public law and legal issues related to R&D and innovation. Besides these more specific areas, he has a general interest in the legal system, being author of a textbook in law in use at law programmes at Swedish universities. Björn is a former state aid law specialist at the Swedish National Agency for Public Procurement, a legal counsel and funding call manager at Vinnova (Sweden’s main public innovation funding agency), and a commercial counsel for a large university and a regional hospital. Furthermore he draws from past experience as a junior judge. Björn received his law degree from the University of Göteborg, Sweden. He studied French law at Université de Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens, France), and has studied theory of science, philosophy and clinical research/clinical trials.
Bowman Heiden
Co-Director
Center for Intellectual Property (CIP)
Dr. Heiden is currently the Co-Director of the Center for Intellectual Property (CIP), which is a joint center for knowledge-based business development between University of Gothenburg, Chalmers University of Technology, and the Norwegian University for Science and Technology. He is also a Visiting Professor at UC-Berkeley, a Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and a member of the European Commission High-Level Expert Group on Standard Essential Patents. In addition, he developed the Impact Accelerator at the Sahlgrenska School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship where he is also the Program Director of the interdisciplinary master’s program.
Previously he was Innovation Director for the Qatar Science & Technology Park, where he was responsible for driving innovation strategy and intellectual property policy. Over the past ten years, Dr. Heiden has managed over 100 innovation projects with industry, university research institutes, healthcare providers, and start-up ventures.
As Co-Director of CIP, Dr. Heiden currently manages the internationalization of the CIP platform and strategic collaborations with industry and university partners. In this role, Dr. Heiden has co-founded and developed the Intellectual Capital Management (ICM) and Business Creation and Entrepreneurship in Biomedicine (BCEB) master’s level programs, CIP FORUM, the Business of Intellectual Property executive program, and the CIP Internship Program.
Dr. Heiden holds degrees in engineering, technology management, and economics, and his research is at the interdisciplinary interface of economics, law, and innovation, in particular, intellectual property and open innovation in knowledge-intensive sectors. Before turning his focus to the field of knowledge-based business, Dr. Heiden played professional basketball in a number of European countries.
Daniel Westman
Independent legal and policy advisor and researcher
Daniel Westman is an expert in ICT and media law with a have a background as a researcher and teacher at Stockholm University. Now Daniel spends most of his time as an independent advisor, researcher and public speaker. In the last years, he has been working as an expert in many government committees.
Daniel’s main legal areas of expertise are data protection law (GDPR), copyright law, freedom of information, PSI, freedom of speech, ISP liability, and ICT related contracts. Legislative techniques and legal policies in a digital environment have also attracted his attention. Daniel is the author of a textbook and handbook on ICT law (“Praktisk IT-rätt”, third edition, together with Agne Lindberg) and many articles and reports.
Selected assignments:
- Vice chair of the Swedish Copyright Society (Secretary 2002-2020)
- Member of the advisory board (“Insynsrådet”) for the Swedish Data Protection Authority (Datainspektionen) (2016-2020)
- Member of the advisory board for The Internet Foundation In Sweden
- Member of the board of The Swedish Authors’ Fund (2015-2021)
- Member of the Swedish government’s advisory board for ICT (Digitaliseringsrådet) (2011-2014)
- Member of the council of ISOC-SE (2009-2015)
- Expert in the government committee on digitization (Digitaliseringskommissionen) (2012-2014)
- Expert in the government committee on freedom of speech (Yttrandefrihetskommittén) (2011-2012)
- Expert in the government committee on freedom of speech (Mediegrundlagskommittén) (2014-2016
- Expert in the government committee on the General Data Protection Regulation (Dataskyddsutredningen) (2016-2017)
- Expert in the government committee on penalties for certain serious intellectual property violations (2017-2018)
- Expert in the government committee on supplementary provisions to the EU regulation on consumer protection cooperation (2018-2019)
- Member of the board of directors for Mediaprovider Scandinavia (listed on First North, 1995-2013)
- Member of the board of directors for Conzentio AB (2017-2020)
Elliot Papageorgiou
Head of IP in China
Gowling WLT
Elliot Papageorgiou is Gowling WLG’s Head of IP Strategy in China. With over 25 years of experience, Elliot has practised intellectual property (IP) law across several continents, including Oceania, Europe and Asia. Based in Gowling WLG’s Shanghai office, Elliot counsels international clients on contentious and non-contentious IP matters, with a special focus on IP value-growth and value-extraction, strategic portfolio development, and cross-border IP enforcement and infringement litigation in China and across the APAC region. Elliot supports a number of embassies in China with current IP developments and issues and is regularly consulted by the European Delegation and European Intellectual Property Office in China. He is the former National Chair of the European Chamber in China (EUCCC)’s Intellectual Property Rights Working Group (IPR WG) and has held various positions within the IPR WG since 2006.
Elliot has represented a number of Fortune 500 companies and other multinationals in patent litigation. Other recent client briefs include developing IP strategies for a number of Europe’s leading venture capitalist funds; strategically advising a global leader in cutting-edge semiconductor fabrication, a global leader in quantum computing technology, global engineering and manufacturing conglomerates, as well as some of Europe’s best-known engineering firms. As part of his disputes and litigation practice, Elliot has guided a range of complex patent litigation, as well as trademark and copyright litigation cases, by way of petition for re-hearing (certiorari) before China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) on a number of occasions. One notable such case was ranked number one in the SPC’s “Top 50 IP Cases of the Year.”
Throughout his legal career, Elliot has consistently been recognized as a leading practitioner in his field by IAM Patent 1000, IAM Strategy 300, World Trademark Review 1000, Managing Intellectual Property, Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, and WIPR, just to name a few. In addition to his practice, Elliot regularly teaches IP courses at various universities and has given seminars for various industry and professional organisations in China and internationally.
With deep commercial understanding and notable negotiation skills, Emilia is highly appreciated by clients in both commercial negotiations and transaction focused corporate matters.
Emilia represents clients in corporate, commercial and dispute related matters. She frequently advises in catalogue divestments and acquisitions and she advises companies and creators within the film and TV industry in commercial matters. Having started her career working with corporate and private equity at Sweden’s largest law firm, she daily advises clients in the media and entertainment sector on financing, acquisitions, shareholder and partnership agreements.
Before founding Ström, Emilia worked as senior associate at Time law firm where she headed the media and entertainment group. She started her legal career at law firm Mannheimer Swartling and holds a law degree from Stockholm University (LLM). Emilia is a recurrent lecturer at Fakultetskurser.
Eva Skiöldebrand
Founder
ARTROA and SGPTH Life Science
Eva Skiöldebrand is a veterinarian and professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala. Her research area primarily focuses on osteoarthritis, with a particular emphasis on biomarkers for diagnosis and drug development in horses. Her work also adopts a translational perspective, aiming to apply the findings to human medicine. With a substantial background in the pharmaceutical industry her expertise spans both veterinary and human medicine, making her research impactful and relevant to both fields.
Fredrik Öhrström is a civil engineer with a law degree. His specialities include sustainable software engineering, Java development and performance, distributed systems and high availability, formal methods, provably correct software, human computer interaction (HCI, UX, GUI, UI), software and the law, patents and free software licenses.
He is the founder of Viklauverk, which provides provably correct computing and human computer interaction using formal methods. Viklauverk also supports the initial technical development through consultancy work.
Fredrik Öhrström is a former Senior Patent Engineer at Spotify, where he created and executed the patent strategy and budget by tracking the technical development within Spotify and contacting the developers proactively. He reviewed patent applications during key points during the patent life cycle and provided detailed guidance on prosecution, international filing decisions, continuations, and abandonments. Fredrik Öhrström interfaced across multiple functions including patent attorneys, litigation attorneys, engineers, finance, and business professionals.
Haakon Thue Lie
IP Management Consultant
Dehns
Haakon Thue Lie specializes in intellectual property management and strategy. With an extensive background in technology and business, he offers expertise in areas such as patents, trade secrets, copyrights, and open-source strategies. Haakon is a European Patent Attorney as well as a European Trademark and Design Attorney. He consults for a diverse clientele, from startups to large firms and research institutes, guiding them in IP strategy, valuation, and freedom-to-operate analyses.
Having co-founded the IP management consultancy Leogriff, which transitioned into Dehns’ Oslo office in 2021, Haakon’s acumen extends to initiating and managing an array of IP rights. He has adeptly steered clients in the negotiation and conclusion of pivotal commercial agreements, like licensing, IP transfers, and R&D collaborations.
Beyond consulting, Haakon has contributed to academia with a PhD from NTNU, focusing on “Trade Secret Management in Collaborations and Open Innovation.” He’s an Adjunct Associate Professor at NTNU and is often sought for lectures.
Recently, Haakon’s expertise in trade secret management, especially within collaborative and open innovation frameworks, has garnered significant attention in academic and industry circles.
Heidi Härkönen
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Turku Faculty of Law
Heidi Härkönen (LL.D., trained on the bench) is a legal scholar who is specialised in the IP protection of works of applied art and industrial designs, in particular fashion designs. Her award-winning doctoral research (2021) focused on copyright protection of fashion design from the perspective of sustainable development. Dr. Härkönen is also the founder of the Finnish Fashion Law Association. Prior to law school, she studied fashion design.
Henrik Bengtsson is a specialist in intellectual property law, trade secrets, market law, IT law and personal data issues and disputes in these areas. In addition, Henrik Bengtsson focuses on Internet-related issues, privacy protection and licensing. He has successfully represented clients in over a hundred litigations and arbitrations regarding intellectual property, trade secrets and unfair marketing.
Henrik Bengtsson has published the leading Swedish book on measures in case of intellectual property infringement and has published and lectured extensively on Internet-related topics such as email marketing, digital evidence, liability for intermediaries and data breaches.
Håkan specialises in Intellectual Property litigation and has more than 35 years of experience. He is a Partner and founder of the IP group at Vinge in Stockholm. His practices are in disputes concerning trademarks, patents, copyright and registered designs, commercial IP agreements and marketing law. Håkan also gives advice in relation to IP strategies as well as the establishment of IP rights. Håkan is top ranked in intellectual property by Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, IAM Patent 1000, IP Stars, World Trademark Review and a Member of IP Hall of Fame.
In October 2012, Håkan was appointed by the Minister for Justice to assist as an expert in the Swedish governmental investigation regarding the European Unitary Patent System as well as drafting a new Patent Act. Håkan is a member of CCBE’s expert group regarding the Unified Patent Court. He is also an expert in the government enquiry regarding certain changes to the Swedish Copyright Act and has been appointed by the Swedish Bar Association to respond to legislative proposals within intellectual property law, most recently in respect of the Supplementary Protection Certificate for Medicinal Products (SPC), Standard Essential Patents (SEP), and compulsory licences to patents. Håkan is also a member of the Swedish Patent Attorneys Board and authors a commentary to the Swedish Patents Act.
Ia Modin specializes in intellectual property and commercial contract law. She focuses on innovation, industrial collaborations, and commercialisation activities. She has significant experience in complex multi-party agreements related to future intellectual property rights, such as R&D contracts for both industry and academia as well as art-, music- and film production agreements. She is an experienced negotiator and clients appreciate her ability to find common ground and creating foundations for long term and trusted collaborations.
Prior to joining private practice, Ia Modin worked at Vinnova – the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems where she headed the Agency’s work to monitor and facilitate contracts related to research, with a focus on contracts for collaborative research in consortia and projects.
Ia Modin is an appreciated keynote speaker and panellist on innovation, and a lecturer on contract law and intellectual property law. She has been teaching at Stockholm University, at the Master Programme of Intellectual Property Law as well as at the International Master Programme in Curating Art for which she was also a board member of the Consultancy Committee.
Ingrida Karina-Berzina
Lawyer and doctoral candidate
Ingrīda Kariņa-Bērziņa is a U.S. and EU/Latvian attorney specializing in intellectual property. She earned a B.A. at Yale University, an M.A.L.D. at the Fletcher School, Tufts University and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School (Law Review). After 15 years in private practice in Philadelphia and Riga, Latvia, she is now pursuing a PhD at Stockholm University, writing a dissertation on bad faith in trademark law.
Johan Skog, Partner at Kapatens, a Nordic legal finance investment firm. He is a Swedish lawyer and admitted to practice in New York. Prior to his current position, he was a dispute resolution attorney at Mannheimer Swartling. He has written several articles and a book on third-party funding and lectures at the ICAL program at the Stockholm University.
Johanna Price
Legal Advisor
Ministry of Justice
Johanna Price is a Legal Advisor at the Division for Intellectual Property and Transport Law in the Ministry of Justice in Stockholm. She works mainly with copyright and covers questions about AI and copyright. She is involved in the negotiations of the AI Act in the EU. She has previous experience from working as a judge at the Patent and Market Courts in Stockholm.
Ludvig Holm
Founder
Westerberg & Partners
Ludvig Holm has worked with intellectual property for over ten years, covering all areas of the field, but with a particular focus on contentious patent and trademark matters. This work has often involved technical aspects across a range of industries (including medical devices, pharma, explosives, fintech, power transmission and many other industries), particularly in the life sciences sector.
Ludvig Holm was referred to in World Trademark Review (2023) as “a real rising star with a fantastic reputation for success. He is leading the next generation of partners in Sweden. Ludvig is a trusted ally to his ever-expanding client list and is certainly somebody you would want on your side in the courtroom.”
Recent work highlights include successfully acting for Illumina, a leading DNA sequencing company, in highly complex patent infringement and invalidity proceedings; acting for a pharmaceutical company in 3D trademark proceedings; covering for in-house counsel at a video game company during a parental leave.
He is a board member of the Swedish Anti-Counterfeiting Group (SACG), and a member of the European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW), the International Trademark Association (INTA), the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) and the Swedish Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (SFIR).
Lydia Lundstedt
Senior Lecturer
Stockholm University
Lydia Lundstedt is a senior lecturer in private international law at Stockholm University and in intellectual property law at Linköping University. Her research focuses on the interface between private international law and intellectual property law with comparative and international law perspectives. In 2016, she successfully defended her dissertation Territoriality in Intellectual Property Law: A comparative study of the interpretation and operation of the territoriality principle in the resolution of transborder intellectual property infringement disputes with respect to international civil jurisdiction, applicable law and the territorial scope of application of substantive intellectual property law in the European Union and the United States. Since then, she has written several articles and book chapters for renowned journals such as IIC-International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law and GRUR International.
In October 2023, her book Cross Border Trade Secret Disputes in the European Union: Jurisdiction and Applicable Law will be published by Edward Elgar. The book examines how trade secret protection can differ across jurisdictions, where trade secret holders can bring proceedings, and which country’s law is applicable, and provides a prospective view on how this specialized legal area could be improved in the future.
Lydia has an LL.D. and an LL.M. from Stockholms University, a J.D. from the Washington College of Law, American University, and a B.A. from George Washington University. She is a member of the New York and Washington, D.C. bar. In addition, Lydia is the general editor of the book series Scandinavian Studies in Law, which is affiliated with the Faculty of Law at Stockholm University.
Marianne Levin
Professor
Stockholm University
Marianne Levin is a professor of civil law with a specialty in intellectual property law. She is the course director for the special course experimental intellectual property law, as well as the master’s programs Master of Comparative and International Law and European Intellectual Property Law.
Marianne Levin is also director of the Institute for Intellectual Property Rights (IFIM).
She has participated in many government investigations in the area and has also led several Swedish and international research projects. In addition to this, she is director of the Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM), chairman of the Swedish Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (SFIR) and sits on the board of Grafikens Hus and The Swedish Author’s Fund. She is also an honorary doctorate at Hanken School of Economics in Finland.
Markus specialises in copyright, media and entertainment law and advises clients in a broad range of commercial and corporate matters. He was recently named one of the “Top 20 under 30” talents by the Nordic music export offices.
Markus frequently advices on and negotiates all types of agreements within the music and entertainment industry. He also provides legal services to clients on a broad range of IP matters including commercial, strategic and regulatory issues. He assists in corporate transactions including purchases and sales of publishing and master catalogues.
Before joining Ström, Markus worked as an associate in the media & entertainment team at Bird & Bird between the years 2016 – 2018. He has also worked as a trainee at the Swedish Performing Rights Society (STIM). Markus holds a law degree from the Uppsala University (LLM) and is a member of the Swedish Copyright Association (SFU); the Swedish Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (SFIR); and the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).
Matteo Sabattini
Licensing Executive
Licensing Executives Society International
Dr. Matteo Sabattini currently serves as President and Chief Licensing Officer of Convida, a pioneer in research and innovation for IoT and cloud services. Formed in 2012 as a joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and InterDigital, Convida’s patented technology helps lay the groundwork for a future where everything, in every home, business and industry, is connected. Dr. Sabattini in the past held positions at Ericsson, the Sisvel Group, InterDigital and other leading organizations in the IP industry. He also held several teaching and research positions in wireless and mobile communications at UCSD and at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR).
Dr. Sabattini is a though leader in the IP space. He has years of expertise in technology licensing and IP strategy, and his background blends business, policy and technical skills. He has published extensively and regularly speaks at industry events on IP matters. He holds an MBA from the George Washington University (GWU), a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and a Laurea Magistrale also in electrical engineering from the University of Bologna.
Dr. Sabattini is a member of the board of the Licensing Executive Society International (LESI). He also currently serves as the senior vice president for standards and is part of the management council of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) USA and Canada. He is an IEEE senior member, a Beta Gamma Sigma lifetime member, as well as a member of the MIT Enterprise Forum. He is active in the community and has served on several boards of non-profit organizations. He is an avid skier and a mediocre surfer.
Mirjam Gordan
Legal Advisor
Ministry of Justice
Mirjam Gordan is a Legal Advisor at the Division for Intellectual Property and Transport Law in the Ministry of Justice in Stockholm. She works mainly with trademarks and designs and was responsible for the negotiations on geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products in the EU. She has many years of experience working as a judge at the Patent and Market Courts in Stockholm.
Monika Nowicka
Legal Advisor
PRV, Swedish Intellectual Property Office
Monika is Legal Advisor at the Design and Trademark Department at the Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV). She works mainly with trademarks. Monika is a member of the group responsible for PRV’s opinions and appeals to Court in trademark and design matters. She is also responsible for legal issues regarding Nice and Vienna classifications.
Måns Ullman
Associate
Westerberg & Partners
Måns Ullman has worked as an associate at Westerberg & Partners since 2019. His work covers all areas of intellectual property, with a focus on trademark and patent litigation. A significant part of his work relates to matters in the field of life sciences.
Recent work highlights include acting for a medicinal products company in trademark proceedings relating to a 3D trademark and acting for a world leading company in the field of DNA sequencing in patent infringement and invalidity proceedings. Having a great interest in video games, another recent highlight is Måns Ullman’s work with assisting a video game studio with the legal aspects of the day-to-day work in its development of upcoming TV and video games.
Måns Ullman also writes articles for the International Law Office’s Health Care and Life Science, and Patents newsletter. He is a member of AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), SFIR (Swedish Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property) and SFU (Swedish Association for Copyright).
Per Wendin
IP and Head of Patents
Spotify
Per Wendin is Head of Patents at Spotify in Stockholm. His focus is on patenting tech inventions, and he thrives where legislation and engineering come together.
Before Spotify, Per Wendin has worked with AstraZeneca and Ericsson. On a consultant basis he’s helped more than 30 Nordic companies to formulate IP strategies or commercialise their IP. Customers range from Fortune 500 companies within telecom, medtech and engineering to start-up companies in for example the gaming industry.
Peter Ericsson-Nestler
Director IPR Defensive Strategies
Ericsson
Peter Ericsson Nestler, currently Director IPR Defensive Strategies at Ericsson, started his career working with patents at Ericsson in 1991. In 1994, he had the opportunity to be responsible for IPRs at the business unit for Mobile Phones at Ericsson Mobile Communication, where he became a manager at the patent unit in 1998. In 2001, Ericsson closed down its mobile phone business and Ericsson Mobile Communication was turned in to Ericsson Mobile Platforms, where Peter continued his managerial position and in 2006 he became Patent Unit Manager at the Patent Unit Mobile Platforms. In 2009, Peter took the position as Vice President and Head of Patents at the newly formed joint venture ST-Ericsson.
Peter Ericsson Nestler studied physical engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
Note on Ericsson: With more than 60,000 granted patents, Ericssons patent portfolio covers a large range of different technologies
Petter Söderbäck
Legal Advisor
Ministry of Justice, Sweden
Petter Söderbäck is a Legal Advisor at the Division for Intellectual Property and Transport Law in the Ministry of Justice in Stockholm. His main focus is patent issues, currently working mostly on international topics such as the European Commission’s patent package and the setup of the Unitary Patent system. He has experience as a judge at Svea Court of Appeal and as a desk officer at the Swedish Embassy in London
Pär Engsheden is one of Sweden’s leading haute couture designers. He created several of HRH The Crown Princess Victoria’s gowns for the Nobel Banquet, as well as the princess’s wedding gown in 2010. His Nobel Banquet creations for HRH Princess Madeleine and the late Sara Danius, former permanent secretary for the Swedish Academy, are fixtures of modern Swedish fashion history.
Pär Engsheden is also supervising the next generation of fashion designers at Beckmans College of Design. He is one of the few fashion designer’s who’ve received the royal award Illis Quorum.
Photo by Alva Nylander
Sam Wiley
Vice President, Thought Leadership & Partnerships
LOT Network
Sam Wiley joined LOT Network in 2023 to lead LOT’s thought leadership and partnerships initiatives. In his IP career, he has examined patents with the USPTO, testified in Federal court on the value of IP, and advised clients ranging from Fortune 100 multinational companies to boutique law firms on implementing technologies that streamline IP operations and provide critical decision support on innovation strategy. He has presented on IP and innovation topics across North America, Europe, and Asia, and is the chair of the Licensing Executives Society Valuation and Pricing Committee.
Sam holds an undergraduate degree in computer science from New Mexico State University, as well as a Juris Doctor and a master’s degree in accounting from the University of Arizona.
Sandra Hanson
Advokat / Specialist Councel
MarLaw
Sandra Hanson is specialized in marketing law/unfair commercial practices, intellectual property law, privacy protection and commercial agreements. She has extensive experience of dispute resolution as well as representing clients in courts and before authorities. Sandra Hanson is a frequent lecturer within her field and is coauthor of the commentary on the Swedish Marketing Act at the legal information service JP Infonet.
Sonja London
General Counsel and Licensing Executive
TactoTek
Sonja London is general counsel and licensing executive in TactoTek, world-leading innovator in the field of smart surface technologies and structural electronics for automotive, aviation and industrial applications. Her current role includes global responsibility of company’s IP, licensing, and standardisation strategies as well as overall legal and compliance matters. Before joining TactoTek, she worked with Nokia Patent Business for 14 years in various roles, in her latest position leading Nokia’s Consumer Electronics licensing; a global licensing programme for connectivity and video codecs for major consumer electronics categories. She was involved in major licensing negotiations in Asia, Europe and US and developed over-arching strategic vision, execution and enforcement plans for Nokia patent licensing.
Sonja London has been deeply involved in patent and technology licensing, especially in automotive, consumer electronics and mobile device areas. Her experience also covers patent pools and joint licensing programs, business development as well as digitalising and managing licensing business.
In addition to her other roles, Sonja London serves as board member, investor and advisor on patents, licensing business models and IP business. Currently she holds board positions in Kesla Oyj (forest technology and material handling), Berggren Oy (IP consultancy) and SolidComp Oy (digital twins). She is a popular speaker and trainer in Finland, Scandinavia and internationally, known for her in-depth yet practical and realistic views on patent licensing business, IP commercialisation, royalty compliance and digitalisation.
Sonja London is the President Elect of Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) and has served as board member and treasurer of LESI as well as board member and President of LES Scandinavia. She is passionate about great leadership, diversity and inclusion at work. She was a co-founder of the Women in Licensing Alliance for LES International, an international initiative aiming to visibly role model and support the inclusion of women in the licensing profession and leadership.
Sonja London holds a Master of Laws from University of Helsinki and Executive MBA from Aalto University.
Stojan Arnerstål
Head of Life Sciences
Vinge
Stojan specializes in transactional IP and focus on legal and strategic advice in matters concerning intellectual property law and contract law. He is responsible for Vinge’s offering within Life Sciences & Health. His services primarily focus on intellectual property issues and risk assessments in transactions (M&A), technology transfers, licensing structures and development agreements, including negotiations and drafting. He is in particular experienced in media-, tech- and life science-related agreements
In addition to his experience from working at law firms, Stojan has a background as an academic researcher and was an associate professor (jur. dr and docent) at the Institute of Intellectual Property, Marketing and Competition Law (IMC) at Uppsala University, of which he was also the Director for several years.
He regularly teaches law at the universities in Uppsala, Stockholm and Lund and also frequently speaks and publishes articles on various IP and contracting issues.
Suvi Julin
Berggren Oy
Partner / Lawyer
Suvi is a partner at Berggren Oy, a leading Finnish intellectual property law firm. She specializes in intellectual property and technology law including licensing, dispute resolution and data protection and privacy with special interest in evolving technologies. Suvi is a doctoral candidate at University of Lapland.
Thorbjörn Öström
Partner
Bratt Feinsilber Harling
Thorbjörn Öström is a lawyer specialised in IP law, media law and contract law, with a particular focus on copyright. He is a former Senior Legal Counsel at Swedish Performing Rights Society (STIM) and has also worked at The Swedish Writer’s Union and the Swedish Ministry of Culture.
Thorbjörn Öström is a board member of the Swedish Copyright Association (SFU) and was formerly on the board of Bonus Copyright Access, ALIS and the European Writers’ Council, where he was also vice chairman. Thorbjörn Öström has several years of experience in legal public affairs and has been an expert in several public investigations on copyright.
Tobias is specialized in intellectual property rights and marketing law. He has several years’ experience in dispute resolution, commercial agreements and strategic advice e.g. in the areas of trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and marketing practices. Tobias represents Swedish and foreign companies, both in litigation and out of court, e.g. in matters concerning infringement, validity, advertising measures and intellectual property agreements. He assists clients across a wide range of industries in the drafting, negotiation and conclusion of commercial agreements, e.g. in respect of licensing and transfer of intellectual property rights, coexistence agreements, development and distribution of software, R&D agreements, consultancy agreements, sponsorship agreements and content service agreements. Tobias has also worked as Legal Counsel for one of the world’s major telecommunications corporations, focusing on the development, commercialization and enforcement of intellectual property rights, and marketing-related negotiations and disputes. He has written several articles on e.g. copyright and trademark law and is frequently engaged as a lecturer.
Most recently Tobias published the book Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Law – in Sweden and the EU, in which Tobias analyses some of the key intellectual property issues that AI developments have raised so far.
Thony Lindström Härdin is the CEO of Litigium Capital, an investment company dedicated to funding disputes. Third party funding means that a third party (such as Litigium Capital) funds the legal costs of a party to a litigation or an arbitration, as well as the potential adverse costs payable to the defendant. In consideration, the funder is entitled to a share of the potential proceeds should the case be successful. If not. the client does not have to repay the costs. Thony has an LL.M. from Lund University and has worked at several of the major commercial law firms in Sweden, and has also worked in-house as General Counsel prior to his current role.
Tomas Seo is an experienced innovation strategist and co-founder of Phorecast, a company that helps organisations understand and navigate the challenges and opportunities of the future. With over 25 years of experience in technology, design, and strategy, Tomas is passionate about finding and sharing the most exciting and disruptive trends impacting our world. Tomas is also a renowed designer and has acted as chairman for the Swedish Association of Designers and the youngest lifetime honor member of the organisation. Tomas has worked with marketing strategy and concept development since 1997, and since 2008 with innovating business though his consult agency Phorecast. His background, besides marketing strategy and design, includes behavior sciences, film studies and business administration.
Wendela Hårdemark
Partner
Westerberg & Partners
Wendela is partner at Westerberg since 2022 after several years of practice at other established law firms in Stockholm. She has profound experience within the field of dispute resolution and providing advice regarding intellectual property rights. Wendela thrives in disputes relating to patents or other general commercial disputes with a clear technical angle.
Before joining Westerberg, Wendela worked with IP for more than 15 years both in courts, as counsel within the industry (a collective rights management organisation for music in Sweden) and at different law firms. In her work, she is diligent and analytical with a clear dedication to provide the client with the best strategy and assistance to achieve its goals. She enjoys diving into new technical fields, and has, in particular, experience from the life sciences sector.
Åsa Hellstadius advises clients in both contentious and non-contentious matters in intellectual property law. She is specialised in patent law and has notable experience in international and national patent disputes within the areas of inter alia biotech, pharmaceuticals, and mechanical engineering. Åsa Hellstadius has specific knowledge in marketing law with a focus on unfair commercial practices, e.g. price communication as well as solid knowledge within Life Sciences and ethics.
Åsa has a strong academic background being a Doctor of Laws and associate professor in intellectual property. She is former Program Director of the Master Programme in European Intellectual Property Law at Stockholm University and Co-founder of the international review Stockholm Intellectual Property Law Review.
Åsa is author of several books and articles within the field of intellectual property and marketing law. She has many years of research and teaching experience and is a frequent lecturer within the field.
Anders Bratt, PhD
Equity Partner
Noréns Patentbyrå
Anders Bratt is the vice CEO at Noréns Patentbyrå and has spearheaded the buraus’ transition to the unitary patent/UPC system. As a European Patent Attorney, Anders manages patent portfolios of clients, in particular in the biotech and chemistry fields. Anders has a PhD from Karolinska Institutet.
Anna Bladh Redzic
Partner
Sandart & Partners
Anna Bladh Redzic specialises in intellectual property law, marketing law and dispute resolution. She has extensive experience from commercial litigations concerning e.g. patents, copyright and trademarks. She also works with commercial agreements and gives general advice on intellectual property law.
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Ann-Charlotte Söderlund Björk
Already early in her carrier Ann-Charlotte specialised in IP law, marketing practices and competition law as an associate to Örjan Grundén, one of the founding partners of GOZZO Advokater. Ann-Charlotte Söderlund advises and represents both national and multinational companies in all areas of IPR (both contentious and non-contentious) in particular with the focus on the enforcement and litigation of IPR rights where Ann-Charlotte now since many years has an established reputation and renown.
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Björn Skarp
Legal Counsel
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB
Björn Skarp is a legal counsel for RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB (Grants Office), where he advises mainly in legal issues concerning publicly funded R&D and innovation.
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Bowman Heiden
Co-Director
Center for Intellectual Property (CIP)
Dr. Heiden is currently the Co-Director of the Center for Intellectual Property (CIP), which is a joint center for knowledge-based business development between University of Gothenburg, Chalmers University of Technology, and the Norwegian University for Science and Technology.
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Daniel Westman
Independent legal and policy advisor and researcher
Daniel Westman is an expert in ICT and media law with a have a background as a researcher and teacher at Stockholm University. Now Daniel spends most of his time as an independent advisor, researcher and public speaker. In the last years, he has been working as an expert in many government committees.
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Elliot Papageorgiou
Head of IP in China
Gowling WLT
Elliot Papageorgiou is Gowling WLG’s Head of IP Strategy in China. With over 25 years of experience, Elliot has practised intellectual property (IP) law across several continents, including Oceania, Europe and Asia.
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Emilia Hempel
With deep commercial understanding and notable negotiation skills, Emilia is highly appreciated by clients in both commercial negotiations and transaction focused corporate matters. Emilia represents clients in corporate, commercial and dispute related matters.
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Eva Skiöldebrand
Founder
ARTROA and SGPTH Life Science
Eva Skiöldebrand is a veterinarian and professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala. Her research area primarily focuses on osteoarthritis, with a particular emphasis on biomarkers for diagnosis and drug development in horses.
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Fredrik Öhrström
Fredrik Öhrström is a civil engineer with a law degree. His specialities include sustainable software engineering, Java development and performance, distributed systems and high availability, formal methods, provably correct software, human computer interaction (HCI, UX, GUI, UI), software and the law, patents and free software licenses.
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Haakon Thue Lie
IP Management Consultant
Dehns
Haakon Thue Lie specializes in intellectual property management and strategy. With an extensive background in technology and business, he offers expertise in areas such as patents, trade secrets, copyrights, and open-source strategies. Haakon is a European Patent Attorney as well as a European Trademark and Design Attorney.
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Heidi Härkönen
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Turku Faculty of Law
Heidi Härkönen (LL.D., trained on the bench) is a legal scholar who is specialised in the IP protection of works of applied art and industrial designs, in particular fashion designs. Her award-winning doctoral research (2021) focused on copyright protection of fashion design from the perspective of sustainable development. Dr. Härkönen is also the founder of the Finnish Fashion Law Association. Prior to law school, she studied fashion design.
Henrik Bengtsson
Henrik Bengtsson is a specialist in intellectual property law, trade secrets, market law, IT law and personal data issues and disputes in these areas. In addition, Henrik Bengtsson focuses on Internet-related issues, privacy protection and licensing. He has successfully represented clients in over a hundred litigations and arbitrations regarding intellectual property, trade secrets and unfair marketing.
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Håkan Borgenhäll
Håkan specialises in Intellectual Property litigation and has more than 35 years of experience. He is a Partner and founder of the IP group at Vinge in Stockholm. His practices are in disputes concerning trademarks, patents, copyright and registered designs, commercial IP agreements and marketing law.
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Ia Modin
Ia Modin specializes in intellectual property and commercial contract law. She focuses on innovation, industrial collaborations, and commercialisation activities.
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Ingrida Karina-Berzina
Lawyer and doctoral candidate
Ingrīda Kariņa-Bērziņa is a U.S. and EU/Latvian attorney specializing in intellectual property. She earned a B.A. at Yale University, an M.A.L.D. at the Fletcher School, Tufts University and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School (Law Review). After 15 years in private practice in Philadelphia and Riga, Latvia, she is now pursuing a PhD at Stockholm University, writing a dissertation on bad faith in trademark law.
Johan Skog
Johan Skog, Partner at Kapatens, a Nordic legal finance investment firm. He is a Swedish lawyer and admitted to practice in New York. Prior to his current position, he was a dispute resolution attorney at Mannheimer Swartling. He has written several articles and a book on third-party funding and lectures at the ICAL program at the Stockholm University.
Johanna Price
Legal Advisor
Ministry of Justice
Johanna Price is a Legal Advisor at the Division for Intellectual Property and Transport Law in the Ministry of Justice in Stockholm. She works mainly with copyright and covers questions about AI and copyright. She is involved in the negotiations of the AI Act in the EU. She has previous experience from working as a judge at the Patent and Market Courts in Stockholm.
Ludvig Holm
Founder
Westerberg & Partners
Ludvig Holm has worked with intellectual property for over ten years, covering all areas of the field, but with a particular focus on contentious patent and trademark matters. This work has often involved technical aspects across a range of industries (including medical devices, pharma, explosives, fintech, power transmission and many other industries), particularly in the life sciences sector.
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Lydia Lundstedt
Senior Lecturer
Stockholm University
Lydia Lundstedt is a senior lecturer in private international law at Stockholm University and in intellectual property law at Linköping University. Her research focuses on the interface between private international law and intellectual property law with comparative and international law perspectives.
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Marianne Levin
Professor
Stockholm University
Marianne Levin is a professor of civil law with a specialty in intellectual property law. She is the course director for the special course experimental intellectual property law, as well as the master’s programs Master of Comparative and International Law and European Intellectual Property Law.
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Markus Boström
Markus specialises in copyright, media and entertainment law and advises clients in a broad range of commercial and corporate matters. He was recently named one of the “Top 20 under 30” talents by the Nordic music export offices. Markus frequently advices on and negotiates all types of agreements within the music and entertainment industry. He also provides legal services to clients on a broad range of IP matters including commercial, strategic and regulatory issues.
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Matteo Sabattini
Licensing Executive
Licensing Executives Society International
Dr. Matteo Sabattini currently serves as President and Chief Licensing Officer of Convida, a pioneer in research and innovation for IoT and cloud services. Formed in 2012 as a joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and InterDigital, Convida’s patented technology helps lay the groundwork for a future where everything, in every home, business and industry, is connected.
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Merit Berlips Persson
Senior Attorney at Law
Juris Doctor
Merit Berlips Persson is a Senior Attorney at Law specialising in intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, trade names, copyright and designs) and marketing law. She advises and litigates for clients within these fields. Merit has worked with intellectual property at both law firms and within the courts. Her Ph.D. dissertation studied trademarks and trade names.
Mirjam Gordan
Legal Advisor
Ministry of Justice
Mirjam Gordan is a Legal Advisor at the Division for Intellectual Property and Transport Law in the Ministry of Justice in Stockholm. She works mainly with trademarks and designs and was responsible for the negotiations on geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products in the EU. She has many years of experience working as a judge at the Patent and Market Courts in Stockholm.
Monika Nowicka
Legal Advisor
PRV, Swedish Intellectual Property Office
Monika is Legal Advisor at the Design and Trademark Department at the Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV). She works mainly with trademarks. Monika is a member of the group responsible for PRV’s opinions and appeals to Court in trademark and design matters. She is also responsible for legal issues regarding Nice and Vienna classifications.
Måns Ullman
Associate
Westerberg & Partners
Måns Ullman has worked as an associate at Westerberg & Partners since 2018. His work covers all areas of intellectual property, with a focus on trademark and patent litigation. A significant part of his work relates to matters in the field of life sciences.
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Per Wendin
IP and Head of Patents
Spotify
Per Wendin is Head of Patents at Spotify in Stockholm. His focus is on patenting tech inventions, and he thrives where legislation and engineering come together. Before Spotify, Per Wendin has worked with AstraZeneca and Ericsson.
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Peter Ericsson-Nestler
Director IPR Defensive Strategies
Ericsson
Peter Ericsson Nestler, currently Director IPR Defensive Strategies at Ericsson, started his career working with patents at Ericsson in 1991. In 1994, he had the opportunity to be responsible for IPRs at the business unit for Mobile Phones at Ericsson Mobile Communication, where he became a manager at the patent unit in 1998.
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Petter Söderbäck
Legal Advisor
Ministry of Justice, Sweden
Petter Söderbäck is a Legal Advisor at the Division for Intellectual Property and Transport Law in the Ministry of Justice in Stockholm. His main focus is patent issues, currently working mostly on international topics such as the European Commission’s patent package and the setup of the Unitary Patent system. He has experience as a judge at Svea Court of Appeal and as a desk officer at the Swedish Embassy in London
Pär Engsheden
Pär Engsheden is one of Sweden’s leading haute couture designers. He created several of HRH The Crown Princess Victoria’s gowns for the Nobel Banquet, as well as the princess’s wedding gown in 2010. His Nobel Banquet creations for HRH Princess Madeleine and the late Sara Danius, former permanent secretary for the Swedish Academy, are fixtures of modern Swedish fashion history. Photo by Alva Nylander
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Sam Wiley
Vice President, Thought Leadership & Partnerships
LOT Network
Sam Wiley joined LOT Network in 2023 to lead LOT’s thought leadership and partnerships initiatives. In his IP career, he has examined patents with the USPTO, testified in Federal court on the value of IP, and advised clients ranging from Fortune 100 multinational companies to boutique law firms on implementing technologies that streamline IP operations and provide critical decision support on innovation strategy.
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Sandra Hanson
Advokat / Specialist Councel
MarLaw
Sandra Hanson is specialized in marketing law/unfair commercial practices, intellectual property law, privacy protection and commercial agreements. She has extensive experience of dispute resolution as well as representing clients in courts and before authorities. Sandra Hanson is a frequent lecturer within her field and is coauthor of the commentary on the Swedish Marketing Act at the legal information service JP Infonet.
Sonja London
General Counsel and Licensing Executive
TactoTek
Sonja London is general counsel and licensing executive in TactoTek, world-leading innovator in the field of smart surface technologies and structural electronics for automotive, aviation and industrial applications. Her current role includes global responsibility of company’s IP, licensing, and standardisation strategies as well as overall legal and compliance matters.
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Stojan Arnerstål
Head of Life Sciences
Vinge
Stojan specializes in transactional IP and focus on legal and strategic advice in matters concerning intellectual property law and contract law. He is responsible for Vinge’s offering within Life Sciences & Health.
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Suvi Julin
Berggren Oy
Partner / Lawyer
Suvi is a partner at Berggren Oy, a leading Finnish intellectual property law firm. She specializes in intellectual property and technology law including licensing, dispute resolution and data protection and privacy with special interest in evolving technologies. Suvi is a doctoral candidate at University of Lapland.
Thorbjörn Öström
Partner
Bratt Feinsilber Harling
Thorbjörn Öström is a lawyer specialised in IP law, media law and contract law, with a particular focus on copyright. He is a former Senior Legal Counsel at Swedish Performing Rights Society (STIM) and has also worked at The Swedish Writer’s Union and the Swedish Ministry of Culture.
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Tobias Kempas
Tobias is specialized in intellectual property rights and marketing law. He has several years’ experience in dispute resolution, commercial agreements and strategic advice e.g. in the areas of trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and marketing practices.
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Thony Lindström Härdin
Thony Lindström Härdin is the CEO of Litigium Capital, an investment company dedicated to funding disputes. Third party funding means that a third party (such as Litigium Capital) funds the legal costs of a party to a litigation or an arbitration, as well as the potential adverse costs payable to the defendant.
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Tomas Seo
Tomas Seo is an experienced innovation strategist and co-founder of Phorecast, a company that helps organisations understand and navigate the challenges and opportunities of the future.
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Wendela Hårdemark
Partner
Westerberg & Partners
Wendela is partner at Westerberg since 2022 after several years of practice at other established law firms in Stockholm. She has profound experience within the field of dispute resolution and providing advice regarding intellectual property rights.
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Åsa Hellstadius
Åsa Hellstadius advises clients in both contentious and non-contentious matters in intellectual property law. She is specialised in patent law and has notable experience in international and national patent disputes within the areas of inter alia biotech, pharmaceuticals, and mechanical engineering.
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