EIP unveils life sciences hub in Scandinavia
Patent law firm EIP has opened a new regional hub in Stockholm, Sweden with a focus on the life sciences.
According to the firm, ensuring it has an on-the-ground presence in the Nordic region is a strategic move given the region’s highly intensive patenting landscape.
Denmark, Finland and Sweden are all in the top five of countries with the most post patent applications per capita, according to the European Patent Office.
The new office will focus especially on the life sciences, chemistry and digital sectors in the region.
The new Sweden office will be led by patent attorney Inga-Lill Andersson, who has a background in chemistry and biotech and joins from AWA, where she headed the chemistry team in Stockholm before taking on the role as business area manager for North Sweden.
She will be joined by Rikard Kånge, a patent attorney who specialises in polymer chemistry, surface chemistry and medtech. He joins from a position as partner at Groth & Co, where he worked for five years. Before this, he worked alongside Anderssen at AWA, focusing on clients within life science, pharma and medtech.
Ida Christensen will also join the team as she departs law firm Brann. She has worked mainly with biotech and medtech clients, but also as a patent examiner at the Swedish Patent Office responsible for the training and examination of fellow examiners.
EIP has hired digital expert Daniel Enetoft, who was previously CEO at a deep tech company developing artificial intelligence (AI) products and brings with him extensive experience of both private practice and working in-house. Enetoft is based in the Lund/Malmö area of Sweden where he will work, as well as working from EIP’s Stockholm office.
Commenting on this development and hires, Magnus Hallin, CEO of EIP, said: “The expansion into Sweden is fantastic news as it gives us a base in the Nordics from which to support our existing clients in the region and also welcome new clients in the future.
“This expansion shows EIP’s commitment to growth in highly innovative countries where patents are core to development. Sweden is a hub for talent, and I am delighted that EIP will now have a base in the region from which to grow.
Also sommenting on the development, Andersson said: “Myself and the rest of EIP’s new Sweden team are excited to be part of this new venture and are thrilled to be joining at such an exciting time for Swedish innovation across various sectors.
“We hope that we will contribute to EIP’s development more widely, and also look forward to expanding our horizons internationally and bringing our combined expertise to clients, both existing and new.”
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