Steen Østergaard
European Patent Attorney, Partner
Ph.D. (Chemistry), Representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
+45 77 34 44 85
sto@gipc.eu
For a number of years, Steen has worked as an external patent adviser for a number of medium-sized and large Scandinavian companies and start-up companies, primarily within the medico, chemistry, pharmaceutical and food businesses
Steen is mainly occupied with:
- Patent protection of valuable innovation through the preparation of protection strategies, novelty searches and patentability evaluations, drafting of patent applications, prosecution of patent applications, defence and enforcement of issued patents
- Ensuring freedom to operate for his clients relative to their competitors’ patents (e.g. patent risk management, Freedom-to-Operate analyses, infringement opinions, legal challenges, litigation (invalidation cases))
- Integration of IP (patents and trademarks) in the business strategies and organization of the client.
Steen is a founding partner of Guardian IP Consulting. Steen worked at a larger consultancy firm in Denmark prior to founding Guardian IP Consulting.
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