OUR PEOPLE

  • ANETTE RASMUSSEN
  • METTE PARLEV
  • LISA WEBSTER

Anette Rasmussen
Managing Partner, Advokat (L)
anette.rasmussen@awalaw.dk

Anette leads AWA Law Advokater ApS as Managing Partner. She began her career in intellectual property law in 1998 as an examiner at the Norwegian Patent Office. Her experience encompasses all aspects of IP law including copyright, utility model disputes and patents, but with a strong focus on trademarks, GIs, domain names and marketing practices. Anette is well-versed in European IP legislation.

She assists clients in enforcing their IP rights through settlement negotiations and litigation, including before national IP offices, the Danish courts and the General Court (ECG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

Anette advises clients from a diverse range of industries including pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, mechanics and luxury and consumer goods, providing advice on worldwide strategy, prosecution and enforcement of IP rights, infringements, ownership and validity disputes.

Awards and Rankings

Anette continues to be ranked as a leading IP lawyer by major industry publications and legal directories including: Managing IP, The Legal 500, Chambers, World Trademark Review and World IP Review.

 She has been recognised as one of “The Top 250 Women in IP” by Managing IP and one of 80 “Influential Women in IP” by World IP Review. Anette’s enforcement and litigation work has also earned her a silver banding leading individual ranking as well as a gold banding leading individual ranking for prosecution and strategy by World Trademark Review.

In 2017, Anette was accepted into the biographical dictionary service Kraks Blå Bog. Comparable to Marquis Who’s Who, Kraks Blå Bog includes people that make lasting contributions to Danish society.

Anette served as elected President of ECTA from 2020 to 2022 and was part of ECTA’s management from 2016 to 2022. She continues to be a member of ECTA’s Supervisory Board.

ECTA consists mainly of attorneys with trademark, design, copyright and internet-related topics as well as anti-counterfeiting, working to improve and influence European legislation and practice.

Education:

  • Master of Law, University of Copenhagen, 1994
  • Magister Legum LL.M., Bayrische Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg, Germany, 1996

Admissions:

  • Danish Bar, 2010
  • Danish High Court, 2018

Languages:

  • Danish
  • English
  • German
  • Norwegian

Memberships:

  • Association of Danish Intellectual Property Attorneys (ADIPA)
  • Danish Bar Association
  • ECTA, Supervisory Board and Advisory Committee
  • International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
  • Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Groups (PTMG) 

Industry Recognition:

Krak’s Blå Bog – Admitted as of 2017

Chambers and Partners – Ranked individual for intellectual property

The Legal 500 – Recommended individual for intellectual property

World Trademark Review – Leading individual for prosecution and strategy and for enforcement and litigation

Managing IP – Listed as a trademark star and one of the “Top 250 Women in IP”

World IP Review – Recognised as a leader in trademarks and selected as one of 80 “Influential Women in IP”

 

Mette Parlev
Advokat (L)
mette.parlev@awalaw.dk

Mette is a highly experienced lawyer within a broad area of the corporate and commercial field. She has extensive litigation experience and was admitted to appear before the Danish High Court in 2007.

Mette’s experience allows her to provide clients with a unique business-oriented approach towards intellectual property law and strategy. Her clients include intellectual-property rich businesses as well as companies engaged in media and entertainment.

Mette advises on contracts including license agreements, non-disclosure agreements, material transfer agreements, agreements regarding joint ownership of IP and entertainment contracts.

She also has extensive experience with infringements, parallel imports, evidence collection, injunctions, trade secrets, litigation, domain names and M&A due diligence.

Education:

  • Master of Law, University of Copenhagen, Cand. Jur., 2002
  • National University of Singapore, LL.M., 2011

Admissions:

  • Danish Bar, 2005
  • Danish High Court, 2007

Languages:

  • Danish
  • English

Memberships:

  • Danish Anti-Counterfeiting Group (DACG)
  • Danish Bar Association

Industry Recognition:

 The Legal 500 – Recommended individual for intellectual property

Lisa Webster
Advokat
lisa.webster@awalaw.dk

Lisa’s experience includes all aspects of IP law, but with a strong focus on trademarks, copyright and marketing practices.

Lisa works closely with clients within a various of different industries such as media and entertainment, clothing, cosmetics, design and art, food and beverage and pharmaceuticals.

Lisa provides legal advice on IP strategy, prosecution and enforcement of IP rights, infringements, ownership and validity disputes and also assists clients in enforcing their IP rights through settlement negotiations and litigation.

Furthermore, Lisa has years of experience with drafting and negotiating contracts including license agreements, non-disclosure agreements, transfer agreements, music contracts and also, IP due diligence.

Education:

  • Master of Law, University of Copenhagen, 2005 

Admissions:

  • Danish Bar, 2008

Languages:

  • Danish
  • English

Memberships:

  • Danish Bar and Law Society