Intellectual property law

We offer legal advice on intellectual property rights

Intellectual property is becoming increasingly important for a company’s ability to develop and maintain their competitiveness. We offer legal advice to help companies protect, manage, optimise, and commercialise their most important business assets. We maximise value and ensure you get the best form of protection for your ideas, technology, creations, products and trademarks. We also offer registration and portfolio management of trademarks, designs and domain names.

How we can help you deal with questions related to intellectual property

We are the largest provider in Sweden of full-service commercial and intellectual property law. Our team consists of experienced attorneys and lawyers with expertise in all areas of intellectual property law. We have in-depth understanding and knowledge of how regulations work commercially and can provide business-focused support to companies, including on international matters.

We can help you with:

Litigation and arbitration
Commercial and strategic advice
Contract negotiations
Drafting and negotiating intellectual property agreements such as contracts for R&D, licensing, merchandising and franchising and co-existence
Management of trademark and design portfolios
Trademark, design and domain name applications
Monitoring and renewal of existing registrations
Due diligence in the context of private and public company acquisitions

Our lawyers have extensive experience in intellectual property matters in the following sectors: IT and technology, medicinal products, life sciences, manufacturing, food, media, sports and entertainment, and fashion.

Lawyers with specialist experience in intellectual property law

Our law firm has the depth of experience to offer a wide range of expertise and tailor-made advice within several areas of the law. We help companies in all sectors. Our clients include companies in the following sectors: food and beverage, medicinal products, clothing, IT, e-commerce, telecommunications, insurance, media, energy and manufacturing. We also work with advertising agencies and other providers in the advertising, PR, branding, design or digital marketing sectors.

We can offer your advice in the following areas of law:

Trademark law
Patent law
Copyright law
Design law
Trade Secrets
Company name
Domain name
Marketing law
Media law

Our lawyers in various specialist areas of commercial law work closely together, which allows us to offer you strategic advice in all areas where intellectual property assets are important, for example commercial contract law, private and public M&A, competition law, IT law and tax law.

What the ranking organisations say

“Full-service powerhouse Vinge maintains its position as one of the most popular and prominent firms on the market, with praise flowing in from all corners. “It is the firm that stands out the most”, enthuses one peer. “It is one of the biggest competitors in Sweden; the team is exceptionally skilled and well-resourced, the service is high-end and super sophisticated, and if you want the very best, you go to Vinge.” One of its USPs is that it has a top-notch prosecution practice” - (WTR 1000, 2022)

Strengths: One client praises Vinge's work as "top notch," adding: "The team's interest and understanding of our organisation and business makes our work seamless."

Another interviewee describes the lawyers as "responsive and effective," further enthusing: "From a knowledge perspective Vinge has the best team put together so it doesn't matter what sort of question you have because there is someone there to answer." Chambers & Partners 2022

‘The no 1 IP law firm in Sweden – have dedicated experts for all relevant sub-fields of IP. Good understanding of commercial realities, great experience and track record in handling complex IP legal matters and highly reputed among Swedish clients.’

‘No other law firm in Sweden has an IP-department with such a wide range of experienced IP-experts in different fields. The firm is a Swedish leader in trade mark and patent litigation, but also very strong in for example trade mark prosecution and licensing matters.’

‘We have been working with some of the team members for a long time so they know us as a client and our business very well. The overall level of service is great; outstanding legal advice, great knowledge of our business and very responsive. They are also very keen to help out with secondees whenever needed and are very responsive to flexible billing set ups.’ Legal 500 2022