Ulla Wennermark
Attorney at Law, Member of the Swedish Bar Association
EU Trademark Expert
Accredited Mediator, CiArb
Member, Boards of Appeal for trademarks in Norway
Former Member, EUIPO Boards of Appeal (10 years)
Former member, Boards of Appeal for trademarks in Denmark (5 years)
Founder and owner of wennermark.eu
After deciding in almost 5000 trademark appeal cases as a Member of the Boards of Appeal at EUIPO (the EU Trademark and Design authority), Ulla now provides qualified consultation services to trademark professionals via her own law firm, primarily in matters related to EU trademarks and designs. Her clients are trademark agencies worldwide and enterprises that handle trademark matters in-house. In parallel to her consulting business, Ulla is also member of both the Danish and the Norwegian Boards of Appeal for trademarks.
Professional experience
2016-… Wennermark Advokatbyrå AB, Sweden (wennermark.eu). Founder and owner.
2015-… Member, Norwegian Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights
2015-2020 Member, Danish Board of Appeal for Patents and Trademarks
2011-… Mediator (CiArb)
2009-… Lecturing EU Trademark law to Master level students at the University of Stockholm, Sweden
2005-2015 Member, Boards of Appeal, EUIPO (OHIM), Spain
1989-2005 Attorney at Law, Trademark and Design Attorney & Co-head, IPB A/S (now AWA patent), Denmark
1986-1988 District court Law Clerk, Helsingborg tingsrätt (District Court of Helsingborg), Sweden
1982-1985 Ass. Legal Counsel, Colgate-Palmolive A/S, Glostrup, Denmark
1980-1982 Head Clerk, Näringsfrihetsombudsmannen (the Swedish Monopoly Authority), Stockholm, Sweden
Education
1975-1979 LL.M., University of Lund, Sweden
1977-1978 European Community Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Courses, Accreditations
2010: WIPO, Workshop for mediators in Intellectual Property disputes, Robert H. Mnookin and Gary J. Friedman, Geneva, Switzerland
2009: Accreditation Mediator CiArb (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators)
2009: Preparation for accreditation as Mediator, CiArb, Alicante, Spain
2008: Mini-MBA, MCE (Management Center Europe), Alicante, Spain
2008: Advanced Mediation Course, Miryana Nesic, Hellenic Mediation and Arbitration Centre, Alicante, Spain
2005: Attorney at Law, Denmark
2003: Professional representative, Designs, OHIM, Alicante, Spain
2001-2005: Nordic representative, Community Trademark & design Committee, INTA
1998-2005: Danish representative, Law Committee, ECTA
1997-2001: Danish representative, Comparative Advertising Committee, INTA
1995-1996: Accreditation, Association of Danish Intellectual Property Attorneys (ADIPA)
1996: Professional representative, Trademarks, OHIM, Alicante, Spain
1995: Associated member PTMG (Pharmaceutical Trade Mark Group)
1989-1990: Intellectual Property Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
1985: Comparative Contract Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
1975-1981: Courses in Business Administration, National Economy, Statistics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Languages
Danish – negotiation level
(lived in Denmark 23 years)
English – negotiation level
(predominant working language)
Norwegian – negotiation level
French – legal considerations in the area of IP
Spanish – legal considerations in the area of IP
(lived in Spain 10 years)
German – legal considerations in the area of IP
Presentations
Brandeye (Sweden)
Danish Intellectual Property Office
ECTA (Ireland, Italy, Rumania)
EUIPO/OHIM (Spain, Denmark)
ERA (Spain)
FICPI (Sweden)
INTA (USA)
Swedish Bar Association
Swedish Intellectual Property Office
The Day of the IP Rights/ IP-Rettens dag (Denmark)
The Trademark Day /Varumärkesdagen, IBC, (Sweden)
VIRK (Sweden)
Publications
“Bevisen som (kanske) inte kom in försent – fortsättningen i EU-domstolen”, BrandNews No.2, 2018
“Weakly distinctive elements of signs in the assessment of likelihood of confusion – Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?”
LIBER AMICORUM – EUIPO 20 YEARS OF THE BOARDS OF APPEAL AT EUIPO,
Celebrating the past, looking forward to the future
“Italien är inte EU”, BrandNews No.6, 2017
“Euro English hotar inte svenska språkets ställning inom unionen”, BrandNews No.5, 2017
“Översättningar skapar skillnader inom EU”, BrandNews No.3, 2017
“Bevisen kom inte in för sent”, BrandNews No.6, 2016
“Mängder av infallsvinklar i Alicante”, BrandNews No.3, 2016
“EUIPO-domare tillbaka i Sverige”, BrandNews No.2, 2016
“10 goda råd vid argumentation hos OHIM/EUIPO”, BrandNews, No. 1, 2016
“Nu är det ‘nya’ EU-varumärket nära”, BrandNews, No. 6, 2015
1994-2014 about 70 articles, mostly about the EU Trademark and Design law, in ECTA’s newsletter, in INTA’s publications, and especially in BrandNews,
Memberships
PTMG (Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group)
SFIR (Svenska Föreningen för Immaterialrätt / Swedish Association for IP Law)
Sveriges Advokatsamfund (The Swedish Bar Association)
VIRK (Västsvenska Immaterialrättsklubben)