Karin Westerberg

Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

Band 4

Intellectual Property

Sweden

3 Years Ranked

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Practice Areas

Karin Westerberg specialises in dispute resolution, intellectual property, marketing law and protection of trade secrets. Karin Westerberg is a skilled litigator with extensive experience from litigations concerning IP rights and frequently represents Swedish and international clients in all fields of technology (e.g. pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and mechanical engineering) in patent infringement and revocation proceedings in Sweden (including pan-European litigations). Karin Westerberg also represents clients in the pharmaceutical industry with regulatory issues, as well as represents clients in complex copyright and trade secrets litigations involving multiple infringement investigations and interim proceedings. In relation to copyright, Karin Westerberg has a particular interest in works of applied art and is the chairman of the Svensk Form Copyright Panel, which is an impartial expert body within the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design, with the task to express an opinion on copyright protection for works of applied art and whether a copyright-protected work of applied art has been plagiarized.

Career

Associate, Mannheimer Swartling 2004-2005; Law Clerk, the District Court of Stockholm 2005-2006; Reporting Clerk, the Svea Court of Appeal 2006-2007; Joined Sandart&Partners 2007 (partner since 2019); Swedish Bar Association 2011; Secretary of the Svensk Form Copyright Panel 2016; Chairman of the Svensk Form Copyright Panel 2021.