Trademarks, Business Signs and Domain Names

We protect and enforce the rights to some of the most valuable brands.

Our advice covers all the facets of cases regarding trademarks, domains and other commercial signs (company names, local signs, and the like). Our advice is proactive and we take our clients' commercial needs into consideration. We have worked with some of the largest companies in Denmark for many years and have a trusting relationship with these, as we help them protect and enforce their trademarks. We also continuously help foreign clients with the protection of some of the most well-known brands in the world.

We have many dedicated partners, attorneys, trademark attorneys and paralegals who can help you with the following issues:

  • Identification of and strategic sparring on what you need to protect as a trademark or register as a domain
  • Filing trademark applications around the world
  • Commercialisation and/or use of trademarks (draft and review of licensing agreements)
  • Disputes regarding trademarks, domains and other commercial signs
  • Portfolio work, including optimization of your trademark portfolio, trademark renewals, etc.
  • Buying and selling trademarks, domains and other commercial signs

We have represented our clients in a wide range of cases before the administrative trademark offices and courts in Denmark and the EU. 

Ratings
Within Intellectual property, Plesner is a first tier firm.

"Plesner’s IP team has exceptional technical understanding and in combination with their strong patent litigation foundation, they are unique in Denmark"
2024
The Legal 500
Plesner is listed in "Band 1" as regards Intellectual Property.

"The lawyers are very responsive and provide succinct advice"

"The law firm has strong expertise in IP matters. The lawyers are pragmatic and client-focused, with strong commercial acumen"

"Plesner has a very experienced team with an excellent reputation. It is impressive in its handling of patent litigation matters in the life sciences sector"
2024
Chambers Global
Plesner is a gold band firm.

For more than 90 years Plesner has maintained its standing as "a leading law firm in Denmark with a highly professional team"
2024
World Trademark Review
Plesner named "Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year for Denmark".
2023
The Global IP Awards
Within Intellectual property, Plesner is a first tier firm.

"Plesner is undoubtedly the top team in Denmark for IP, and in particular life sciences patents disputes. They are at the top of their game with excellent work, and dishing out excellent advice. Hugely collaborative and a pleasure to work with"

"The IP team at Plesner really works as a team. The team’s involvement of external parties such as patent advisers and the management of the court cases is very professional and efficient"
2023
The Legal 500
Plesner is listed in "Band 1" as regards Intellectual Property.

"The team provides top-rated client service and commercial awareness"

"The depth of the team's legal knowledge is impressive"

"The lawyers are very responsive and swift in making sure that they confirm our requests"

"Plesner is one of the best law firms dealing with complex IP matters"
2023
Chambers Global
Plesner is a gold band firm.

An IP powerhouse for almost a century, "Plesner continues to be among the strongest firms for intellectual property services, its work is outstanding and its professionals are very responsive with a great vision of how matters should be handled." The outfit is a trusted partner to many household name brands and is best known for coming out on top time and time again in complex disputes.
2023
World Trademark Review
Denmark Patent Disputes Firm of the Year.

Denmark Trademark Firm of the Year - Law Firms.

Denmark Copyright & Design Firm of the Year.

Europe Patent Litigation Team of the Year.
2023
Managing IP Awards
As the only law firm in Denmark, Plesner is ranked in Tier 1 as regards Copyright & Related Rights, Patent Contentious, Trade Mark Contentious and Trade Mark Prosecution - Law Firms.
2022
IP Stars
Within Intellectual property, Plesner is a first tier firm.

"The IP Team at Plesner are always delivering high quality work in a relaxed trust-based atmosphere. Compared to other law firms in Denmark, they have a unique ability to understand the commercial setting in which their clients act"

"They can translate complex matters into advice that is easily understood and can be used internally to business stakeholders. All employees are highly skilled within their area of expertise and seniority and always act with high integrity and engagement regardless of the size and complexity of the assignment"

"Plesner’s IP team is a very skilled and at the same time pragmatic team. They are friendly, easy to work and communicate with and never over-complicate things"
2022
The Legal 500
Plesner is listed in "Band 1" as regards Intellectual Property.

"The Plesner team has an ever welcoming approach and a very high level of knowledge both of our company and of the IP regulation"
2022
Chambers Global