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Thomas Rieber-Mohn

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CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS
Allehelgensgate 2, entrance A
NO-5016 Bergen
PO Box 394 Sentrum
NO-5805 Bergen
Norway
Languages Norwegian, English

Thomas Rieber-Mohn has extensive experience with assisting businesses that one way or another deal with intellectual property rights. He has extensive practical and theoretical knowledge of the full range of intellectual property rights, including industrial rights such as patents, design rights and trademarks as well as "artistic" rights such as copyright etc., and cases regarding unlawful product imitation and parasitic activity under Norwegian marketing and competition law. Rieber-Mohn litigated a wide specter of cases regarding plagiarism and copyright infringement, trademarks and patents. He also advises large and medium sized companies and organizations on IPR strategy as part of the company's overall business strategy.

Rieber-Mohn covers a wide range of industries, including oil and energy, technology and industry, fisheries, media, entertainment, arts and culture, academia, architecture, IT and software, design and communications etc.

He is one of two practicing Norwegian lawyers with PhD within IPR.

Rieber-Mohn has extensive experience in dispute resolution and litigates an average of 5-10 cases per year, also before the Supreme Court. He also provides regular assistance in transactions and due diligence processes.

Rieber-Mohn has also extensive experience in contract negotiations and drafting/revision of contract documents, both in national and international relations.

Rieber-Mohn has worked extensively with R&D-projects and commercialization of research results, and has worked closely with the TTO covering the leading academic institutions in Bergen, including regular assistance with establishment of companies, shareholder agreements, technology transfers and license agreements, corporate structuring, employee matters, negotiation and dispute resolution etc. He has also held board positions within this segment.

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Relevant experience

  • 2008 - Lawyer, CMS Kluge Advokatfirma AS (prev. Kluge Advokatfirma AS)
  • 2004 - 2008 Ph. D researcher, University of Oslo
  • 1998 - 2004 Lawyer, Advokatfirmaet Schjødt
  • 1991 - 1992 Officer, Norwegian navy
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Memberships & Roles

  • External examiner, tutor and lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo and the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen
  • Member, the Bar Association’s expert committee of Intellectual Property Law and Marketing Law
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Awards & Rankings

Thomas Rieber-Mohn has been recommended within  Intellectual Property by Chambers every year since 2014, and by Legal 500 since 2015.

Thomas Rieber-Mohn is well versed in trade mark disputes and copyright matters. He also advises on commercial IP mandates pertaining to R&D and licensing agreements. One source notes that he is "a very creative lawyer," while a second respondent adds: "He efficiently calms down the severity of the case and makes a strategy of stripping it down to nothing in the correspondence, which stops the other side from taking the next legal step."
Chambers, Intellectual Property 2022

 

 

 

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Education

  • 2009 Doctoral degree (Ph.D), University of Oslo
  • 2001 Master degree (LL.M.), University of New South Wales 1
  • 1998 Cand. jur., University of Bergen
  • 1992 Officer’s school, Norwegian navy
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