Profile

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Christiin is an IP Attorney specializing in trademarks, counterfeiting and unfair competition matters. She has wide international experience working with many leading, innovative international companies as well through international studies. Christiin enjoys working closely with her clients, being an active counselor and sparring partner, with an emphasis on tailor-made advice and strategy.

Key Experience

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Christiin’s work is focused on protecting and managing IP rights, and includes general and strategic trademark counseling, developing and implementing trademark protection strategies, clearance, filing, enforcement and prosecution, unfair competition issues, counterfeiting and adjacent areas.

She also brings valuable experience from her former role as Head of Legal at NIPO, the Norwegian Industrial Property Office (aka Norwegian Patent Office), and from representing Norway in forums such as WIPO, the EPO and Nordic Baltic Committees in both trademarks and patents.

Articles, Publications, Speeches

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August 2015: Norwegian – Korean IP seminar, “Securing IP Cross Borders”.

Career History

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2012 – Date: Onsagers, Attorney at law and Partner since 2015

2008 – 12: NIPO, Head of Legal Section

2003 – 08: NIPO, Legal Advisor

Education

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2001-2002: LL.M., International Private Law with Specialization in Intellectual Property Law, Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, USA,

1996 -2002: Cand. Jur., University of Oslo, Norway,

1996: French, Université Stendahl, Grenoble, France

1995: History of Philosophy and Science, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway