What a Board Member Needs to Know About Intellectual Property Rights – a Company’s Most Valuable Asset

📅 Date: September 11th, 2025
📍 Location: Grev Wedels plass 7, 0151 Oslo
⏰ Time: 8:30 am – 10 am (doors open at 8:15 am)

About this Seminar:

Welcome to a lightening talk & roundtable discussion for Members who are board members or seeking to becoming a board member. Breakfast will be served for guests before the event.

Intellectual property (IP) rights are key to the success of life sciences innovators. Some of the most valuable patents are pharmaceutical or medical patents. At the same time, knowledge of freedom to operate under patents and regulatory law is important for a safe launch of pharmaceutical products. Trade secret protection ensures that the most valuable knowledge can stay secret, and that you can collaborate with others securely. Trademark rights protect the reputation and goodwill of your company and products. Awareness of the intellectual property rights that exist in your market, and when, how, and why to seek protection is crucial to any executive in the life sciences field.

As a board member, it is important to have awareness and to ensure sufficient protection of the company’s IP rights, as well as understanding possible pitfalls. Knowledge and a good IP strategy is key to optimize the company’s most valuable assets.

In this seminar, we will give an introduction to:

  • Intellectual property rights, with focus on patents

  • How to create an IP strategy

  • How to avoid misuse or unplanned disclosure of a company’s trade secrets

  • Employee inventions

  • Data exclusivity

Speakers:

  • Ida Gjessing, Partner & Attorney, GjessingReimers

  • Martha Krogli Brygfjeld, Attorney, GjessingReimers

About GjessingReimers

GjessingReimers is a boutique law firm, specialized in intellectual property and technology law - the first of its kind in Norway. We consist of 8 specialized lawyers with a truly collaborative culture. We are passionate about intellectual property and technology, and about providing the best legal advice to our clients. Many of our clients are within life sciences, such as the pharmaceutical and biotech industry, diagnostics and medical devices. We assist with the protection, management and enforcement of intellectual property rights, and strategic assessments related to this.

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Event & Cancelation Terms:

  • Cancellation Policy: Cancellations must be made lastest 2 weeks before the event to avoid fees. All those who do not attend without cancelling by the deadline will be charged a 750 NOK no-show fee.

  • Outstanding Invoices: Please note that anyone with overdue invoices will not be admitted to program activities. Make sure your account is up-to-date before the event.