Emkei Law is a boutique firm run by Mattias Karlsson.

Besides extensive education, Mattias Karlsson has specialized on Intellectual Property Law for the past 15 years, where he has handled all aspects of Intellectual Property Law for everything from the smallest start-up, one-person company to large multinational corporations with very extensive IP portfolios.

Authorizations
European Trademark Attorney
European Design Attorney

Previous Experience
AWA Sweden AB, 2004-2019
Archibald Law, 2002-2003
Möndal District Court, 1999-2001

Education
LL.M., Intellectual Property, Queen Mary University, London, 2002
LL.M., University of Lund, 1999

The focus of the activities is you, your business and your needs.

Emkei Law has no agenda of its own.

During long time, Emkei Law has collected extensive experience that has created knowledge and opportunity to help you in the best way.

Emkei Law sees no need to make things complicated. A basic goal is to simplify for you and tailor all services to your needs in each individual case.

Emkei Law also strives to be as transparent as possible. If you wish, you have the opportunity to have extensive insight into all aspects of the work done on your behalf.

A fundamental aspect of Emkei Law is honesty; in the treatment of you and in the work that is performed on your behalf.  In addition, Emkei Law only debits for work performed (as well as any applicable official fees), nothing else. There are no hidden surcharges or other fees.

Being a small boutique firm, Emkei Law has no substantial overhead or other similar costs. This provides the opportunity to offer you very high quality services at a very competitive pricing.

Emkei Law primarily works in the following fields

Intellectual Properties
Marketing
Contracts
Business Law
Family Law
Disputes

Emkei Law has an extensive network of collaborators in Sweden, Europe and beyond and can therefore help you all over the world.

Below, you will find some further information about the service areas listed above. There is also a separate section on IP related issues.

If you have any question regarding these services or what Emkei Law can do for you, please contact Emkei Law for a discussion on in what manner Emkei Law can assist you.

Intellectual Properties
Emkei Law handles all aspects of Intellectual Properties (IP). The services comprise everything from filing applications to protecting IP in courts. Emkei Law can assist you with everything that you may need that is related to IP and can also help you develop strategies for individual IP rights or your whole IP portfolio. You will find more information about IP in the separate section below.

Marketing
The application of marketing laws typically affects most actions taken by a company when carrying out its business. Emkei Law has extensive experience and can help you evaluate whether certain marketing actions are at risk of breaching relevant marketing laws. In addition, marketing laws may also be used to protect the goodwill, recognition and other features of not only your business but also your signs, products and services. Emkei Law is well-versed in this area and can assist you in deciding whether such protection may exist and how to use it in the best way for your business.

Contracts
Every important business relationship you have should be based on a contract. Why? Because clearly drafted contracts allow all parties to the contract to know what rights and obligations they have. There should be no doubt on how important aspects are to be handled or decided. The “handshake deal” works well when everything goes well, but when any disagreement arises, experience shows that the parties have very different opinions on the content of the deal. This is why Emkei Law advocate written agreements for all important matters, so that you and the other parties can address issues beforehand and that you may develop your business knowing that all parties to the contract agree on how important aspects of the business relationship are to be handled.

Business Law
Emkei Law is happy to help you with certain areas of business law. Assistance is given when you start your company, including drafting all necessary documents and help secure that you and other owners of the company can work safely knowing that the foundation of the company is secure and that ownership issues are handled. Emkei Law can also help you with various agreements, from employee agreements to global franchise and distribution agreements. If you are thinking about investing in another company, Emkei Law can help you by performing Due Diligence on all IP related assets to evaluate the true value of the concerned company. Concerning other issues of business law, Emkei Law is able to assist you through a network of specialists on all areas of business law.

Family Law
Are you thinking about living together with your partner or getting married? Emkei Law can help you draft necessary documents, including prenuptial agreements, to secure that certain property will not be affected if you decide to end the relationship or marriage at some point. Do you wish to create a legally binding will to handle your estate? Then you will get help to draft such documents to give the effect that you desire. Have you decided to end your partnership or marriage? In this case, assistance will be given to you during the process to secure that your rights are observed. In the event that someone close to you passes, you can get help in this difficult situation and make sure the estate is handled and divided in accordance with the law and any applicable wills. If you have other issues concerning your family life, please contact Emkei Law for a discussion on how you can get the assistance you need.

Disputes
Emkei Law have extensive experience of handling disputes. If you find yourself in a situation where someone else has a claim against you or where you have a claim against someone else, Emkei Law can assist you in analyzing your situation, your strengths and weaknesses. Based on this and considering how you wish to handle the matter, you will get advise on how to best proceed considering the particular aspects of the concerned matter.

Further on IP Law

The following sections lists some of the services that concern IP.

Strategies
It is much easier to make decisions when you have a road map. Emkei Law will help you develop strategies for either separate rights, such as a trademark, or for all of your IP rights. Emkei Law can also help you develop a strategy on how to evaluate new ideas and products, to facilitate secure management of all the value created within your business.

Applications
Filing applications is much more than the actual filing. You need to consider what to protect, for what, in what manner and where to protect it. Even though one may adopt certain standards for applications, each case may need individual considerations. Emkei Law will help you to get the best protection possible for all your rights in each individual case.

Watching
In order to protect your rights, you need information about what others are doing, especially your competitors. Through watching your IP rights and in certain cases selected competitors, you can gain important information and an opportunity to act swiftly in those cases that you consider that there is a conflict with your own rights. Correct information and speedy action typically facilitates handling of conflict situations. Emkei Law can tailor watching to your particular needs.

Litigation
Litigation comprises all legal actions against third parties. This includes anything from oppositions and cancellations to infringement proceedings before administrative authorities and courts. With extensive experience, Emkei Law can assist you with litigation in all aspects and make the most of the particular situation.

Clearance
The most important factor to consider concerning any IP right is if you can use it without the risk of infringing someone else’s prior right. It does not matter how good your IP right is or could be, if you cannot use it. This is why clearance is so important. Emkei Law can assist you with all aspects of clearance and tailor all clearance to your needs in the specific case. Emkei Law is able to assist you not only in Sweden but in Europe and most other parts of the world as well.

Agreements
There are many agreements that are needed in order to protect your business and your rights. You need agreements to secure that you have the full right to commercialize your IP in any way you desire. You need agreements to secure that parties that you collaborate with cannot block your own use of your rights, now or in the future. You need agreements to manage your business when you expand to new areas. Maybe you have some agreements already? Emkei Law can review and update them to secure that your IP rights are not compromised. Maybe you have not had time to address the issue of agreements? Agreement are needed at every stage of from the creation of IP to their full commercialization. Emkei Law is able to draft any type of agreement for you that relates to IP rights or IP assets, whenever you need it.

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