PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
OFFICE: Stockholm
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Direct phone: +46 8 677 54 89
Mobile phone: +46 709 25 25 16
[email protected]
Data Protection and Privacy
Dispute Resolution
Intellectual Property and Marketing
IT and Telecommunication
LANGUAGES: English and German
Henrik Bengtsson
Partner / Advokat
Henrik Bengtsson specialises in intellectual property and trade secrets law, advertising
law, IT law, privacy and litigation within these areas. Henrik Bengtsson has a noncontentious focus on Internet issues, data protection and licensing. He has successfully
represented clients in some hundred IP, trade secrets and advertising cases in litigation
and arbitration. Henrik Bengtsson has published the leading Swedish book on IP
enforcement and has published and lectured extensively on Internet subjects such as
email advertising, digital evidence, liability for web service providers and unauthorised
computer access.
EXPERIENCE
Partner, Advokatfirman Delphi Stockholm 2007–
Associate, Advokatfirman Delphi Stockholm 2001–2006
IP Legal Counsel, Framtidsfabriken AB 2000–2001
Associate, Advokatfirman Delphi Stockholm 1998–2000
EDUCATION
LL.M., Lund University 1998
RANKINGS
Recommended, Intellectual Property & Media, tier 1, Legal 500, 2017
Recommended, IT and telecoms, tier 1, Legal 500, 2017
Recommended, Dispute resolution, tier 2, Legal 500, 2017
Recommended, Intellectual Property, band 2, Chambers Global, 2017:
“Interviewees praise Henrik Bengtsson for his "high level of knowledge" and his "ability to explain
difficult things in an easy manner." He is noted for his work on high-profile copyright litigation. His
recent highlights include representing Wikimedia Sverige in The Supreme Court.”
Recommended, Intellectual Property, band 2, Chambers Europe, 2017:
“Interviewees praise Henrik Bengtsson for his "high level of knowledge" and his "ability to explain
difficult things in an easy manner." He is noted for his work on high-profile copyright litigation. His
recent highlights include representing Wikimedia Sverige in The Supreme Court.”
Recommended, TMT: Information Technology, band 2, Chambers Europe, 2017:
"Henrik Bengtsson focuses on IT and data protection and also handles IP issues related to the sector.
He also advises clients on contentious issues related to data privacy and recently represented
Google in a right to be forgotten case before the Stockholm District Court.”
IP Stars Managing Intellectual Property Handbook (Copyright and Trademarks), 2017:
”He is very talented” ”ambitious, highly skilled practitioner who knows what he is talking about.”
Recommended, Information Technology Law, Best Lawyers, 2017
Recommended, Intellectual Property Law, Best Lawyers, 2017
Expert Guides: Trade Marks, 2016
Recommended, Information Technology, Who’s Who Legal, 2016
Recommended, WTR 1000 The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, 2015:
“Modern, dynamic and progressive commercial firm Delphi has a glowing reputation in IP circles,
thanks in large measure to the consistently superb output of persuasive litigator Henrik Bengtsson.”
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“He has a deep knowledge not only of IP law, but also of procedural law. Great on enforcement, he
is always quick to get to the heart of a matter. Excellent in trademark suits, he also shines on trade
secret cases.”
Recommended, LMG Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, 2015
Recommended, Intellectual Property, band 2, Chambers Europe, 2015
Recommended, TMT: Information Technology, band 2, Chambers Europe, 2015
Expert Guides: Information Technology, 2015
Recommended, IAM 250 The World’s Leading Patent & Technology Licensing Lawyers, 2014:
“Henrik Bengtsson is best known for his expertise on trade secrets and the intersection of IP and
competition law, but is also a good first port of call for patent holders.”
Recommended, Managing IP, Trade Mark, 2014
Highly recommended, Intellectual property, Legal Experts EMEA, 2013
Recommended, Internet & e-Commerce, Who’s who Legal, 2013
Recommended, Intellectual Property, Best Lawyers, 2012
Recommended, Life sciences: intellectual property, PLC Which Lawyer, 2012
Recommended, Managing IP, Copyright, 2010
MEMBERSHIPS
Swedish Bar Association
Swedish Copyright Association
Member of the board, Swedish Anti-Counterfit Association (SACG)
The Swedish Computer Society
ADBJ - The Swedish Society for Computer & Law
PUBLICATIONS
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”In the borderland between copyright and freedom of information”, article in Liber Amoricum
professor Jan Rosén, p. 97-126, 2016
Thomson West; International Privacy Guide, Chapter on Sweden, 2010
Thomson West; International Privacy Guide Electronic Direct Marketing, Chapter on Sweden,
2010
Thomson West; International Privacy Guide Employee Electronic Monitoring Sweden, Chapter
on Sweden, 2010
Unauthorised computer access, Ny Juridik No 4/09, Thomson Reuters
» Preliminary injunctions and securing of evidence in trade secret cases. Stockholm University
Law Journal (Juridisk tidskrift) no 2 2008-09 p. 241-261
New case-law under the Personal Data Act, Computers & Law No 62
Legal implications of the Swedish Design Council’s Decisions, Nordic Intellectual Property Law
Review no 2/2006
Copyright ”cracking” judgment, Computers & law no 89
Copland v. the United Kingdom Judgment from the European Court of Justice regarding
monitoring of employee’s use of phones, e-mail and the Internet, Computers & law no 90
Swedish Act on the protection of Trade Secrets in Swedish Case-Law II, Ny Juridik no 3/2005
Swedish Domain Name Dispute. A review of the Swedish UDRP cases, Nordic Intellectual
Property Law Review no 3/2005
Works for hire in view of new case-law, Ny Juridik no 4/2005
Intellectual Property Enforcement, (book), Norstedts Juridik 2005
Infringement Search – three years after the implementation in Swedish law, Brand News no
1/2002
Extended constitutional protection for Internet and electronic databases, Computers & Law no
69
The ECJ interprets the Data Protection Directive, Computers & Law no 70
E-commerce in Relation to Consumers, Ny Juridik no 2/2002
Swedish Act on the protection of Trade Secrets in Swedish Case-Law, Ny Juridik no 4/2002
Data-base Aided IPR Due Diligence, Law & IT Anthology (Ed. Peter Seipel) SOU 2002:112
New case-law under the Personal Data Act – part 2, Computers & Law no 62
The Cigar Wars - Cuban Legal Efforts to Protect Cigar Trademarks and The Havana Designation
of Origin, World Trademark Law Review
Trademark protection of colours per se, Brand News no 10/2002
Swedish Case regarding colour per se trademarks, Nordic Intellectual Property Law Review no
4/2002
Border Control of Intellectual Property Rights, (book) Swedish chapter on border control 2002
Sweet & Maxwell
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Infringement Search (Swedish Anton Pillar Order), Nordic Intellectual Property Law Review no
4/2000
Implementation of the distance agreement act, Computers & Law no 60
Marketing of Pharmaceuticals on the Internet, Pharma Industry no 4/1999
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