Hulda Árnadóttir, partner and María Kristjánsdóttir, associate, recently published this article on Pharmaceutical trademarks in Iceland in Pharmaceutical Trademarks: A global Guide 2010/2021 This article first appeared in Pharmaceutical Trademarks: A Global Guide 2020/2021, a supplement to World Trademark Review, published by Law Business Research – IP Division. To view the guide in full, please… Read more »
On September 10, 2019 the District Court of Reykjavík dismissed cases brought by plaintiffs that claimed that the operating licenses of Fjardalax and Arctic Seafarm in Patreksfjordur and Talknafjordur should be annulled. In addition to the dismissals of the claims the District Court rejected the plaintiffs’ arguments on their merits. On behalf of LEX, the… Read more »
Guðmundur Ingvi Sigurdsson, a lawyer at LEX, was a legal advisor to Ancala Partners regarding Ancala Partners’ investments in HS Orka hf. Ancala Partners purchased the shares from Jarðvarmi ehf., a company owned by fourteen pension funds, that owned 33,4% share in HS Orka, after Jarðvarmi had exercised its pre-emptive right to purchase shares in… Read more »
The Supreme Court today awarded in favour of Grimsnes and Grafnings municipality, in a case filed by Óskar Sigurðsson, a partner at LEX law offices, on behalf of the municipality against the Icelandic state because of the Equalization municipality fund. Four other municipalities, Skorradalshreppur, Hvalfjarðarsveit, Ásahreppur and Fljótsdalshreppur, had filed similar cases against the Icelandic… Read more »
Sjávarsýn, a holding company, which owns a considerable stake in companies such as Ísmar, Gasfélagið, Tandur, S4S, Iceland Seafood, Cargow and Íslensk orkumiðlun recently won a court case against the Icelandic State in the District Court of Reykjavík. The background of the case is that Sjávarsýn merged with its subsidiary Imagine Investment and there was… Read more »
On December the 3rd it was announced on Singapore Stock Exchange that four Icelandic fisheries had secured contracts with Vard Holdings Limited for the design and construction of seven stern trawlers. Eyvindur Sólnes a partner at LEX advised Bergur-Huginn, Utgerdarfelag Akureyringa, Gjögur and Skinney-Thinganes on the transaction. The contract value is approximately NOK 700 million…. Read more »
The Minister of Culture and Education has appointed Hulda Árnadóttir District Court Attorney and partner at LEX law offices, Chairman of the Media Committee as of 20 October 2017. Ms. Árnadóttir previously served as Deputy Chairman of the Committee. In her work at LEX Ms. Arnadottir’s main focus has been on competition and intellectual property… Read more »
The national soccer team of Iceland has for the first time qualified for the FIFA World Cup, that takes place in Russia next year. This is a huge milestone for the sport life in Iceland and has been noticed all over the world as Iceland is the smallest nation ever to qualify to this prestigious… Read more »
On September 7 and 8 2018, the ICC International Court of Arbitration organized a conference and a round table to present international arbitration as an effective tool for international commercial dispute resolution. Furthermore the basic institutions of commercial arbitration and their functioning, as well as their advantages in international business transactions were introduced. Among the… Read more »
NetApp has acquired the Icelandic cloud solution company Greenqloud. Greenqloud was founded in 2010 and is the proud maker of Qstack, the comprehensive Cloud Management Platform that has a proven track record of deploying private cloud solutions at scale for both Service Providers and Global Enterprises. California based NetApp, provides software, systems, and services to… Read more »
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