SPEAKERS 2024 COPENHAGEN

Mike works in Hoffmann Eitle’s Litigation Group, where he is primarily busy with patent infringement cases. He presently spends around half his time working on UPC litigation, and half on litigation in the German Courts. To restore cosmic karma, he volunteers as an emergency medical technician in his spare time.

Morten co-chairs Hoffmann Eitle’s Chemistry and Life Science Group, and is particularly active in contentious cases concerning the validity of patents. This is mainly in the arena of EPO oppositions and appeals, but also in national court proceedings and UPC proceedings. When not engaged in patent disputes, you can find him on a tennis court or on a cycle tour.

Louise Dahlerup Fazlagic has an extensive career in intellectual property and nuclear safety. She is the chairman of IDA Nuclear and Senior Patent Specialist at the Technical University of Denmark, where she facilitates patent processes in technical fields such as electronics, physics and medical devices. Louise has previously worked as an IP and Nuclear Safety Consultant at Seaborg Technologies and IP Manager at GEA Group. She also has experience as a patent consultant at several companies and as a nuclear safety inspector at the Danish Emergency Management Agency.

Louise has over 35 years of experience in developing and implementing trademark and domain name strategies. She has advised both Danish and international clients on the establishment, maintenance and enforcement of trademark rights, including conflicts, opposition and cancellation proceedings. Louise has worked with the likes of Plougmann & Vingtoft, Rothmanns International, The Carlsberg Group and Gorrissen Federspiel before her time at Novonesis (former Chr. Hansen Group)  and has been involved in IP management, contract negotiations and IP training across corporate functions. She was admitted to the Danish Bar in 2009 and has provided extensive advice on trademark rights globally.

Kasper Frahm is the head of Plesner's trademark practice and he assists Danish and international companies with large and complex litigations and provides advice on the full spectrum of IP law. Kasper engages in general litigation and in particular litigation concerning all aspects of IP. Kasper has acted in court cases on behalf of some of the largest Danish and multinational corporations in recent years. He is also responsible for Plesner's trademark and design portfolio work for its clients. Kasper holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Copenhagen and an LL.M. from King's College London. He has published a variety of articles and is the author of the book "Product Imitation Case Law".

Elliot has been offering strategic advice to international clients on both contentious and non-contentious IP issues, with a particular focus on IP value growth and extraction, strategic portfolio development and cross-border IP enforcement and litigation within China and across the Asia-Pacific region for over almost 20 years. He manages a range of strategic patent, trademark, copyright as well as trade secret matters, for multinational clients, and especially European clients.

Jakob Plesner Mathiasen specialises in advising on IP law, including media and entertainment law. Jacob has particular experience in advising on copyright law, where he acts as regular advisor to the majority of music companies in Denmark. Due to his expertise in copyright law, Jakob is also appointed secretary of the Danish Copyright Society and National Group Director for IFPI Denmark. Jakob has great insight into - and focus on - the digital development and the IP law issues that arise from this. As a result of his focus on media and entertainment law, Jakob is the editor of the textbook on entertainment law and a lecturer in the same subject at the University of Copenhagen.

Peter Lind Nielsen deals with all types of technology contracts within development, acquisition and implementation, outsourcing, hosting, cloud computing and automation projects. In addition, Peter advises on the legal aspects of the purchase, development and use of new technology such as robots and AI. For more than 20 years, Peter has advised both customers and suppliers. He has particular experience with contracts in EU tenders and has extensive experience in contract drafting, negotiation and dispute resolution in IT projects.

Peter Kaas has previously worked at NNIT, Atea and in the legal industry. Peter has extensive experience with IT law and personal data, and has gained great insight into the practical and security aspects of GDPR. He is CIPP/e, CIPM, FIP and CISM certified. He is also an external lecturer at the University of Copenhagen in IT law and personal data and sits on the board of the Danish Association for Personal Data Law.

Jeppe Brinck-Jensen works with intellectual property law. He renders advice on primarily disputes and agreements in the areas of patents, trademarks and trade secrets to research enterprises in the life sciences, medical, cleantech and food industries in particular.

He is one of Denmark's most experienced litigators in intellectual property proceedings.

Chambers places Jeppe Brinck-Jensen in Band 1 in intellectual property law.

Jakob Scharf is a former Danish police chief and former head of the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET). He has had a distinguished career in the Ministry of Justice, the Prime Minister's Office and the EU Representation in Brussels. After his time at PET, he became co-founder and CEO of CERTA Intelligence & Security A/S. Scharf is a Knight of the Order of Dannebrog and the Ordre national du Mérite.

Jørgen Møller founded Patentgruppen in 1998 after 5 years in the patent industry, first as a patent examiner at the Danish Patent and Trademark Office and then as a patent consultant in a patent agency. Jørgen has a flair for recognising and pursuing IP opportunities. He has great expertise in patent strategy, optimisation of IP budgets and not least case management. In particular, he has a knack for recognising and exploiting special opportunities, especially in the US, Europe and China.

Michael Solhøj has an extensive career in law and intellectual property. He has worked at ECCO Shoes for over 11 years, where he is currently Group Senior Director and Head of Group Intellectual Property. Previously, he was Corporate Legal Counsel focusing on IPR, legal marketing and commercial contracts. Michael is also an expert judge at the Maritime and Commercial Court since January 2023 and has been a board member of EmCare Aps for nine years. He has previously worked as a lawyer at Deichmann Law Firm and taught copyright and contract law at the Danish Academy of Music and Aarhus School of Business. Michael holds a law degree from Aarhus University and a CBA from Nottingham Trent University.

Simone Frattasi is an EPA with a Diploma in IP Business Administration from the University of Strasbourg. He is the Head of Global IP at MAERSK, which, under his leadership, has won the award for 'Best IP Department Nordics' by Leaders League for the past three years. Previously, he led the Patent Department at Sony Mobile Communications in Sweden. Simone is the author of "Patent Portfolio Management: A Practical Guide" by Edward Elgar Publishing, and has been recognized as one of IAM's top 300 IP strategists of 2024.

Stinus Jeppesen is heading a multinational patent partnership HIMPP within the Hearing Aid Industry. HIMPP holds a portfolio of thousands of both fully owned and in-licensed patents, which they out-license to both partners and non-partners in the Hearing Aid field. HIMPP furthermore conducts a range of monitoring and post-grant procedures around the world using state of the art tools, and top international patent counsel.

Adrian  Howes  specializes in intellectual property law and policy, with particular experience advising on cross-jurisdictional legal and patent policy issues, including on contentious, regulatory, licensing (standards and open source) and competition law concerns.

Magnus Hakvåg is CEO of House of Knowledge, a consultancy that offers strategic advice on how best to protect a company’s innovations and competitive advantages. An expert of over 24 years in innovation, IP/IPR and standards, Magnus served as Convenor of the ISO working group on innovation management terminology (leading to the publication of ISO 56000:2020) and was involved in the revision of the OECD Oslo Manual (4th edition, 2018). Hakvåg also teach for CEIPI/University of Strasbourg at the Executive MIPLM (Intellectual Property Law and Management).