NIR-mötet 2024 i Helsingfors

Max Oker-Blom

NIR-mötet 2024 i Helsingfors

The Nordic IP Meeting 2024 in Helsinki

By Max Oker-Blom

From Nordiskt Immateriellt Rättsskydd nr 4 2024

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NIR-mötet 2024 i Helsingfors

Av Max Oker-Blom[*]Ekon.dr och jur.lic, associerad forskare vid Hanken Svenska handelshögskolan, Handelsrätt, Helsingfors samt medlem av organisationskommittén.

Det nordiska immaterialrättsmötet (”NIR-möte”), som arrangeras vartannat år, hölls denna gång, det vill säga den 1–3 september 2024, i Helsingfors. Det var det 36:e (XXXVI) mötet i ordningen. Vid mötet deltog sammanlagt 140 immaterialrättsspecialister från alla nordiska länder.

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Mötets teman var förhållandet mellan artificiell intelligens, AI, och immaterialrätt, den enhetliga patentdomstolens, UPC:s, första år sett ur nordisk synvinkel samt bevisningen vid nordiska immaterialrättsprocesser. Mötet började traditionsenligt med en redogörelse över det immaterialrättsliga rättsläget i ettvart nordiskt land. Redogörelserna hölls av advokat Nicolaj Bording, advokat Karin Cederlund, advokat Åsa Krook, advokat Asdis Magnusdottir och advokat Anne Marie Sejersted.

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