Practice Expertise

  • Counterfeited Products and Design
  • Copyright
  • Corporate Criminal Law
  • IP Law
  • Litigation
  • Marketing Law and Consumer Law
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Areas of Practice

  • Counterfeited Products and Design
  • Copyright
  • Corporate Criminal Law
  • IP Law
  • Litigation
  • Marketing Law and Consumer Law
  • Dispute Resolution
  • IP transactions
  • Patent Law
  • Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) Law
  • Trade secrets
  • Trademarks and Domain Names
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Profile

Plesner's Litigation and IP team handles some of the largest and most complex disputes and litigation matters, representing both Danish and foreign clients.

Emil is a partner in Plesner's Litigation and IP team. He has been involved in a wide range of disputes and litigation matters, including regulatory litigation, litigation regarding preliminary injunctions, IP litigation, and litigation concerning marketing and consumer law.

Emil is also the head of Plesner's Marketing and Consumer Law team, which provides advice in all areas of marketing and consumer law, including compliance advice and disputes between businesses and the public authorities. Furthermore, Emil has extensive experience with copyright, as well as media and entertainment law matters.

Emil has a Master's degree in Law from the University of Copenhagen. He is admitted to the High Courts.

Emil also has unique experience from his time as an assistant judge from 2012 to 2015 in the Danish Supreme Court and the Maritime and Commercial High Court (the first instance IP court in Denmark).

Most matters that Emil is involved in require a team approach and the involvement of different types of expertise. Clients frequently seek him and the team out because of their ability to offer strategic advice that is specialized to each client's needs, clear advice and communication, and commercial understanding.

Education
2009 Admitted to the bar, 2007-2009 Tutor, Law of Property, University of Copenhagen, 2006 Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen, 2005 University of Melbourne Law School

Areas of Practice

  • Counterfeited Products and Design
  • Copyright
  • Corporate Criminal Law
  • IP Law
  • Litigation
  • Marketing Law and Consumer Law
  • Dispute Resolution
  • IP transactions
  • Patent Law
  • Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) Law
  • Trade secrets
  • Trademarks and Domain Names

Professional Career


Professional Activities and Experience
Accolades
  • 2020 2021 2022 Legal 500
  • 2019 Legal 500


Articles

Chapter on Danish Law, "Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights through Border Meassures - Law and Practice in the EU", Oxford University Press, 2011 (co-author)


"Den kendetegnsretlige regulering af annoncørers brug af søgeordsreklamer" (The regulation of advertisers' use of search word advertising under the Danish law on destinctive signs), the Danish Weekly Law Reports (UfR) 2010B.279


"Erstatning ved konkurrenceretsovertrædelser - udvalgte problemstillinger" (Damages in Case of Breach of Competition Law - Selected Problems), Justitia No. 4, 2007 (prize paper - first prize in law, the Danish Competition Authority 2006)

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