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Øivind K. Foss

Managing Associate

Øivind K. Foss has many years of experience within dispute resolution, litigation and contract law, especially within the areas of intellectual property rights (trademarks, patents and copyright), marketing law and privacy law. He has previously worked as a lawyer at the law firm Schjødt and as a research assistant at the University of Oslo.

Øivind specializes in international disputes, and has litigated several high profile cases before Norwegian courts on behalf of foreign rights owners. His portfolio experience also includes alternative dispute resolution, such as arbitration, and before committees and other bodies such as the Norwegian Industrial Property Office, the Norwegian Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights, the Committee for the Control of Unfair Competition and the Norwegian Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (domain names). Within contract law, Øivind has worked extensively with research and development, licensing, distribution and IT.

Øivind regularly holds lectures and has written and contributed to articles, legal commentaries and books about intellectual property rights, domain names, media rights, arbitration, international private law, e-commerce and employment law.

 

oifos@hjort.no

+47 97 53 98 79

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Professional experience
2021
Managing Associate, Advokatfirmaet Hjort
2019
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2021
Senior Associate, Advokatfirmaet Hjort
2017
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2019
Senior Associate, Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS
2014
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2017
Associate, Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS
2013
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2014
Research assistant, Institute for Private Law, The University of Oslo
Education
2008
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2014
Master of Laws, The University of Oslo
2005
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2008
Bachelor's of History, NTNU
Membership

The Norwegian Bar Association

Ranking

The Legal 500 recommends Øivind as a “key lawyer” in Dispute Resolution (2021) and Intellectual Property (2022), and as a recommended lawyer in Intellectual Property in 2023.

“He has an excellent knowledge of spoken and written English, high technical preparation and a great ability to select favourable and strong arguments and put forward their arguments in a very efficient way.” – The Legal 500.

Continuously ranked as a “Notable practitioner” and a “Rising star” within intellectual property rights by the ratings agency MIP IP STARS, most recently in 2021.

Publications
  • Foss, Øivind K. and Syrdal, Monica, Legal commentary to the Norwegian Broadcasting Act, Oslo: Karnov Group Norway, 2022.
  • Foss, Øivind K. and Syrdal, Monica, Legal commentary to the Norwegian E-Commerce Act, Oslo: Karnov Group Norway, 2021.
  • Foss, Øivind K. and Syrdal, Monica, “Monster unleashed the beast, but was shot down by the court”, London: Law Business Research, 2020.
  • Foss, Øivind K. and Syrdal, Monica, “Supreme Court rules in favour of Apple on trademark debranding”, London: Law Business Research, 2020.
  • Foss, Øivind K. and Syrdal, Monica, “New rules on customs seizures: Norway aligns with European Union”, London: Law Business Research, 2020.
  • Manshaus, Halvor et al., Kommentar til Varemerkeloven, Oslo: Norsk Lovkommentar, 2020, assistance with updates in 2015 and 2020.
  • Songe-Møller, Jeppe et al., “Online intellectual property in Norway”, in: Getting the Deal Through: E-Commerce 2020 (Bond, Robert, ed.), London: Law Business Research, 2019, co-author.
  • Songe-Møller, Jeppe et al., “Online Advertising in Norway”, in: Getting the Deal Through: E-Commerce 2020 (Bond, Robert, ed.), London: Law Business Research, 2019, co-author.
  • Songe-Møller, Jeppe et al., “E-Commerce 2020: Norway”, in: Getting the Deal Through: E-Commerce 2020 (Bond, Robert, ed.), London: Law Business Research, 2019, co-author of pp. 81–90.
  • Foss, Øivind K., “Kapittel IV: Uavhengige tilsynsmyndigheter”, in: Personopplysningsloven og personvernforordningen (GDPR) med kommentarer (Jarbekk, Eva, ed.). Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 2019, pp. 135 and 398–428.
  • Songe-Møller, Jeppe et al., “E-Commerce 2019: Norway”, in: Getting the Deal Through: E-Commerce 2019 (Bond, Robert, ed.), London: Law Business Research, 2018, co-author of pp. 86–92.
  • Foss, Øivind K., “Arbeidsrett og ordre public”, in: Norsk ordre public som skranke for partsautonomi i internasjonale kontrakter (Cordero-Moss, Giuditta, ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2018, pp. 346–389.
  • Foss, Øivind K. and Songe-Møller, Jeppe, “File Sharing, Streaming and The Pirate Bay: Nordic Perspectives on Website Blocking”, in: 22 C.T.L.R. Computer and Telecommunications Law Review 2. (Rennie, M-T Michèle, ed.). London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2016, pp. 37–41.
  • Helle, Halvard and Strømme, Vidar, Kommentarutgave til Vær Varsom-plakaten, Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2016, co-writer – responsible for pp. 108–115, 133–163 and 191–204.
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Related articles
09.06.2020  Corporate Law

New rules on customs seizures: Norway aligns with European Union

Norway is introducing new rules on customs seizures of goods that infringe IP rights. The new rules are likely to take effect from January 2021 and are more aligned with the comparable EU rules than the current Norwegian regulations. Nonetheless, Norway will not become part of the EU-wide system for submitting and handling applications for border seizures. Rights holders that have already filed an application for customs seizures in the European Union pursuant to the EU Customs Regulation (608/2013) will still have to file a new application for customs seizures in Norway pursuant to the Norwegian Customs Act.