Who is Bryn Aarflot?
Bryn Aarflot AS is a privately owned consulting firm, providing assistance to inventors, companies and other intellectual property right owners within all areas of intellectual property law. Read more
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An agreement for patent prosecution highway (PPH) between the Norwegian Industrial Property Office and United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) entered into force as from 1 November 2011. Read more
The very observant reader might recall our article in the November/December 2010 regarding the practice adopted by the NIPO with respect to marks that were said to be perceived as so called ”model indications” only. Read more

A new Designs Act came into force in Norway 1 July 2010, enabling protection also for moving designs. So far only a few moving designs have been registered. Read more

The deadline for national/regional phase filing of a PCT application in Norway and in the EPO is 31 months from the earliest priority date. However, the remedies available to the applicant if the deadline is missed are quite different in Norway. Read more

By way of administrative proceedings, Julius Sämann Ltd opposed the registration of Balev Eood’s trademark for an aircraft body (device) and argued that it was confusingly similar to their established trademark protection for Little Trees/Wunderbaum. Read more