Profile

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Ulrikke Asbøll is an Attorney-at-Law with more than 8 years’ experience offering legal and strategic Intellectual Property Rights advice, both in Norway and internationally. For four years she has worked as a Legal Advisor at NIPO (Norwegian Patent Office).

Her practice covers the whole IP lifecycle, from early concept through to enforcement of registered intellectual property rights. Her strength is in understanding a client’s business then pinpointing their specific needs from a practical and cost-efficient point of view.

As well as advisory work, she assists clients in drafting contracts, negotiations, disputes and litigation in connection with patent, trademark and design infringements.

Key Experience

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Litigation and negotiation: representing private individuals against insurance companies in court and in negotiations. Advice regarding trade secrets, unfair competition, counterfeiting and adjacent legal areas. Ulrikke also has extensive litigation experience from torts/damages.

Ulrikke represents Norwegian and international companies from a wide spectrum of industries, including: oil and gas; maritime; and consumer products/services.

At NIPO she represented Norway at the World Intellectual Property Organization and European Patent Office. This gives her political and legal knowledge about how both organizations operate.

Ulrikke is a regular conference speaker on IPR at various maritime industry conferences.

Career History

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2015 – Date: Onsagers, Partner

2012 – Date: Onsagers, Attorney-at-Law

2008 – 12: NIPO, Patent Department, Legal Section Senior Legal Adviser

2011 –12: NIPO, Temporary Legal Adviser, Legal and Political

2010: NIPO, Temporary Head of Legal Section, Patent Department

2007: Member of the Norwegian Bar Association, License to practice law

2004 – 08: Edmund Asbøll (law firm), Attorney-at-Law

2002 –03: Legal Adviser, Free Legal Advice for Woman

Education

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2012: University of Oslo, Masters, Design, Trademark and Patent Law

2004: University of Oslo, Cand. Jur (Master of Law)

2004: University of New South Wales, Sydney, LL.M international law; EU, arbitration, internet law