Month: April 2021

First Icelandic Motion Marks

The Icelandic Intellectual Property Office has issued its ISIPO Gazette for April, where the first Icelandic motion marks are published. Motion marks are an example of non-traditional trademarks now registrable following the entry into force of an amendment of the Icelandic Trademark Act on 1 September 2020. GH Sigurgeirsson IP, LEX’ IP boutique subsidiary, represented… Read more »

Legal 500 ranks LEX as a top tier firm yet again

The Legal 500 analyses the capabilities of law firms across the world, with a comprehensive research programme revised and updated every year to bring the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market. In the 2021 edition, LEX was ranked in Tier 1 in all nine practice areas, the only Icelandic law office to be… Read more »

District Court of South Iceland rendered a judgment where Eyrarbúið ehf. was ordered to pay Plús film ehf

Last week the District Court of South Iceland rendered a judgment where Eyrarbúið ehf. was ordered to pay Plús film ehf. ISK 20.166.583 as well as penalty interest and legal costs. The dispute arose in relation to a documentary film, Eyjafjallajökull Erupts, that a company owned by the filmmaker Sveinn M. Sveinsson produced in co-operation… Read more »