• Astri M. Lund Partner

    Separate security interest in IPR?

    26/11/2010

    Partner in Grette, Astri M. Lund, is commissioned by the Ministry of Justice to consider the question whether to allow the creation of separate security interests in intellectual property rights. She has also been asked to draft a proposal for legislation that covers at least the rights that may be registered in an intellectual property register.

  • Jarle Roar Sæbø Partner

    Centrebet PTY Ltd sued in Norway - Supreme Court Approves

    20/10/2010

    Mr Bjarte Baasland used various internet based betting services for a number of years, and in the end he had accumulated a total loss of approximately 7,5 million Euros. Centrebet was one of two services he used the most, and in 2009 he initiated legal proceedings against the Australian company. Mr Baasland claims that he was a gaming addict and that Centrebet should have stopped his gaming and should not have enticed him to further gaming. The legal proceedings were initiated in Norway, and Centrebet asked the court for a dismissal, claiming that Norway was not an applicable legal venue. Both the City Court and the Appeal Court accepted Centrebet's argument and wanted to dismiss the case. However, the Supreme Court turned it all around, and Centrebet will now be part of legal proceedings before Norwegian courts.

  • Jarle Roar Sæbø Partner

    New "top domain" in Norway - be aware!

    15/10/2010

    A top domain constitutes the last letters of an Internet address, e.g. “.no” and “.com”. The top domain is therefore the ending of all web addresses and email addresses. In some countries, for instance in England, a separate domain under the top domain to be reserved for businesses was established, namely the domain “.co”. As a result one sees that web addresses and email addresses in England very often end in “.co.uk”. If one, for example, should visit the BBC’s homepage, one needs to go to the web address www.bbc.co.uk. This is also true in some other countries which have established such “.co” domains, which have either been reserved for businesses or have been open to all.

  • Jarle Roar Sæbø Partner

    Open Source Code in Mergers and Acquisitions

    12/10/2010

    The use of open source code is growing every day, and in some sectors the use of such code has exceeded all reasonable expectations. As always, such “new” phenomena provide both opportunities and challenges. The latter includes the many pitfalls that open source code generates in business takeover situations.

  • Jarle Roar Sæbø Partner

    Digitisation and online accessibility of Europe’s cultural heritage

    30/08/2010

    The Commission’s Reflection Group on Digitisation, established in April 2010, has now launched its consultation and seeks views on how to boost the online presence of Europe’s cultural heritage. The purpose is to speed up the online accessibility and preservation of cultural works across Europe.

  • Jarle Roar Sæbø Partner

    Supreme Court’s take on piracy and privacy

    06/08/2010

    It is a well known fact that the Norwegian authorities do not prioritize criminal prosecutions of individuals that infringe copyright legislation by making movies, music, software etc available through various file sharing services on the Internet. It also seems to be a widespread conception that users anonymity is absolute in regard to other civilians, and that such user therefore are safely outside the reach of the copyright holders. The latter is now confirmed to be a misconception.

  • Øystein Flagstad Partner

    Email Marketing in Norway

    08/02/2010

    While not being a member of the European Union (EU), Norway is bound to implement most EU legislation - including the e-Privacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC) and the e-Commerce Directive (Directive 2000/31/EC) - by the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement. The e-Privacy Directive's provisions on email marketing were implemented into the previous Norwegian Marketing Act, with effect from 1 February 2005. With effect from 1 June 2009, the provisions on email marketing passed to § 15 of the new Norwegian Marketing Act, without material changes.

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