Rune is part of our Life Science team and represents our clients in proceedings before the European Patent Office. Rune’s clients range from small biotech startups to established pharmaceutical companies. Rune is one of the few patent attorneys with extensive experience in national patent ligation in Denmark and Sweden and has currently been engaged in 10 court cases before the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court, the Danish Eastern High Court, and the Patents and Market Court in Stockholm.
After obtaining his Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry, he moved to the US to conduct research at The Scripps Research Institute in San Diego within the field of total synthesis of the complex natural products. Once he returned to Copenhagen in 2015, he joined LEO Pharma A/S as research scientist in the medicinal chemistry department. In 2016, Rune started his patent career and obtained the title of European Patent Attorney in 2021.
Year Joined Firm: 2018
Education/Alumni: University of Copenhagen
Network Memberships: epi, ADIPA
