The history of LOGOS begins in 1907 when Sveinn Bjornsson, who later became the first president of Iceland, established the Counsel Office. The Counsel Office was also the first law firm ever opened in Iceland.
In the year 2000, The Counsel Office merged with another law firm called Adalsteinsson and Partners, which was established in 1969 by Ragnar Adalsteinsson. This marked the beginning of LOGOS which became the largest law firm in Iceland with a powerful team of lawyers and assistants who specialise in services for the business community using their broad range of experience on behalf of our clients in all aspects of business law practice.
As a part of the natural development of the largest and oldest law firm in Iceland, the London office was set up by
Gudmundur J. Oddsson and opened in January 2006. For many years our firm has been instrumental in the expansion of the Icelandic economy as well as being the preferred partner of those looking to invest in Iceland. It was therefore a natural step for the firm to set up offices in London, which was and remains the most important financial centre in the world for Icelandic related businesses. The London office has grown steadily over the years and now has three partners and a total of eleven highly qualified lawyers who hold both British and Icelandic qualifications. LOGOS was the first Icelandic law firm to set up an office in London.
Intellectual property, information technology and telecommunications is one of our fastest expanding fields of practice. Our experts have vast experience and training in this field and we are able to meet different needs of our clients which operate in wide range of the industry sectors.
IP rights are often companies’ most important business assets. These can be trademarks, patents, or works protected by copyright, such as software, design, architecture, films, TV content, advertisments or music, to name a few examples. We assist clients to optimize such products by advising in the creation, exploitation and enforcement of IP rights.
Our expert areas include:
- Copyright
- Trademark
- Patents
- Designs
- Protection of trade secrets and know-how
- Media, e-commerce and marketing
LOGOS’ projects in the field are diverse and they include advice on the protection of intellectual creations, such as the registration of trademarks, and all range of IP related agreements, such as licensing and distribution agreements, agreements on the creation and exploitation of software, music publishing agreements, agent agreements, copyright assignment and terms regarding the use of software and other IP protected material. In addition, our experts handle court cases involving IP rights and other disputes, including disputes before the Patent Office concerning trademarks.
In addition to our expertise in the field of IP rights we have the possibility to quickly put together a team of highly qualified specialists from the firm's other practice areas to offer comprehensive legal advice in each specific matter. This includes working with the firm's tax and mergers and acquisition team in transactional work and with competition specialists in licensing arrangements.
Prospective clients who would like to learn more about our work in this practice area are invited to contact the below listed partners.
Rankings (2019)
Legal 500
LOGOS is listed as a "Tier 1" firm in TMT and IP
Chambers Europe
LOGOS is listed as a "Band 1" firm in Intellectual Property
