Partner
Yngve Øyehaug Opsvik’s areas of concentration are contentious and non-contentious patents, trademarks, copyright, unfair competition and related matters. Yngve litigates extensively.
CV
Rankings and recognitions
- Chambers Europe 2024 – Intellectual Property – Norway – Up and Coming
- Legal500 EMEA 2024: Next Generation Partner Intellectual Property
- Ip Stars – Rising Star 2023
- Ranked in Intellectual property in Kapital’s ranking of lawyers 2024.
Expertise
Yngve advises clients on matters relating to patents, trademarks, copyright, unfair competition and trade secrets. He has litigated a number of cases within these areas for clients in several different sectors, but especially pharma and oil and gasrelated patent cases. Yngve advises clients in ongoing non-contentious matters and in contract and dispute resolution negotiations.
Career
| Partner, GjessingReimers | 2022- |
| Attorney, GjessingReimers | 2019-2021 |
| Attorney, Grette | 2018-2019 |
| Senior Associate, Grette | 2016-2018 |
| Associate, Grette | 2014-2016 |
Education
| Lawyers' practising certificate | 2016 |
| Master of Law, University of Oslo | 2014 |
Publications
- The Norway Chapter in International Intellectual Property Litigation, Sweet & Maxwell Ltd., 1997 – date (with Amund Brede Svendsen);
- The Norway Chapter in World Intellectual Property Rights and Remedies, Oxford University Press, Inc., 1998 – date (with Amund Brede Svendsen);
- Contributor and member of the editorial board, iptrollet.no.
Member
Norwegian Bar Association
Norwegian Association for the Protection of Industrial Property
European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW)
International Trademark Association (INTA) – INTA International Amicus Committee – Europe Subcommittee
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)
Languages
The Scandinavian languages, English.