Intellectual property lawyer in Norway
Assisting companies in protecting their valuable assets and intellectual property.
Your company's intangible assets — trademarks, designs, copyrighted works, and trade secrets — can represent significant value, and a well-known mark or protected work is usually the result of considerable investment in time and resources. Without proper registration and management, however, these assets can be difficult to enforce or protect from misuse.
Aider Legal helps you secure and manage your intellectual property from the outset, whether you're a Norwegian company or expanding into the Norwegian market. Our support spans registration, licensing, employment-related IP matters, and disputes over your rights.
MEET OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWYERS
We help you secure and manage your company's intellectual property
Our experienced IP lawyers help you protect and manage valuable assets such as trademarks, designs, and trade secrets. We assist with registration, licensing, and IP rights in employment relationships, and represent you when disputes over your rights arise. Meet the team who will guide your company's intellectual property matters.
OUR SERVICES
What IP services we provide
From registration to disputes, our IP lawyers help you protect and manage your company's intangible assets in Norway and internationally.
- Registration & Management
- Employment & Licensing
- Trade Secrets & Disputes
We help you with registration and management of your IP rights
We advise on managing your intellectual property portfolio and handle registration of your rights, in Norway and internationally.
- Advising on the management of intellectual property rights
- Application for trademark and design registration, in Norway and internationally
- Advising on copyright protection and how to secure your rights
We help you with IP in employment relationships and licensing
We advise on how IP rights are handled within employment relationships, and assist with licensing and transfer agreements.
- Intellectual property rights in employment relationships
- Licensing agreements and transfer of intellectual property rights
We help you protect trade secrets and resolve disputes
We assist with confidentiality agreements and represent you when disputes over your rights arise.
- Trade secrets: drafting and reviewing confidentiality agreements
- Advising on rights-related disputes
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
We make sure your company assets and valuables are secured
As a full-service business law firm, we help companies doing business in Norway across every area that matters to them — including protecting their intellectual property and other valuable assets. Our lawyers combine intellectual property expertise with knowledge of contract law, corporate law, and employment law, so your IP rights are handled with a clear view of your wider business. Contact us to make sure your company's assets are properly protected.
TYPES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
What types of intellectual property can be protected?
Intellectual property covers several distinct types of rights, each protecting a different kind of asset. Here's an overview of what can be protected under Norwegian law — see Our Services above for how we help you manage and protect these rights.1
PATENT LAW
Protection of inventions, including new products or processes.
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TRADEMARK LAW
Protection of distinguishing marks, such as brand names and logos.
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DESIGN RIGHTS
Protection of the visual appearance or form of a product.
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COPYRIGHT
Protection of literary, scientific, and artistic works.
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TRADE SECRETS
Protection of Company-specific information essential for competitiveness .
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