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Trond Øvsttun
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| Trond Øvsttun, (M.Sc.) |
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+47 55 21 53 58 |
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European Patent Attorney (EPA) |
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+47 48 14 93 92 |
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Trond Øvsttun has a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from South Dakota
School of Mines & Technology, USA and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical
Engineering from Bergen College of Engineering, Norway. Trond has been working
for Acapo since 1998. Before that, he had many years of experience within mechanical
engineering from several of the major petroleum companies in Norway. Trond is
well acquainted and experienced within the field of intellectual property, and
specializes in drafting, filing and handling patent applications, and opposition
and infringement procedures. Trond has experience as patent consultant in court
proceedings and has been appointed as an expert judge and expert witness in cases
regarding intellectual property matters at several Norwegian courts.
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03 May 2013
The New Norwegian Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights
Until 1.st April this year all decisions from the Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO) could be appealed to the appeal institute “The Second Instance”. From this date the institute was replaced by the new appeal institute “The Norwegian Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights” (BoA). The changes are regulated by the amended Act of 22.nd June 2012, no. 58 regulating the organization of the Norwegian Industrial Property Office.
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15 January 2013
New EU patent and Court
The EU parliament has passed the establishment of a unitary EU patent, and a court for enforcement thereof. Thus, one will be able to apply for an EU patent and enforce it in the whole of Europe through a single, common judiciary system, without the need for acting through the national courts in each member state. As an EPC member but not EU member Norway is excluded, so EPC applications will still be validated in Norway, and enforced through national Norwegian patent court cases.
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12 October 2012
We congratulate Katja Reitan as European patent Attorney
Katja Reitan has just passed the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) and thus the right to the title European Patent Attorney. She is thereby qualified to represent clients before the European Patent Office (EPO) as a professional representative.
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