Lars Karnøe

Potter Clarkson Legal in Copenhagen, the Danish legal practice of the full-service intellectual property firm Potter Clarkson, was recognised as Intellectual Property Advisory Firm of the Year in Denmark at the 2024 Corporate INTL Global Awards. The practice is led by partner Lars Karnøe, an experienced intellectual property lawyer and litigator who heads the firm's Copenhagen legal team.

Potter Clarkson is a full-service intellectual property firm whose history dates back to 1889. It helps businesses, organisations and individuals identify, protect, commercialise and enforce the value of their ideas and brands, with work spanning patents, trade marks, designs and copyright. The firm operates from offices in Copenhagen, London and Nottingham, together with a strong presence across Sweden, and brings together legal, technical and commercial expertise in coordinated service to its clients. Its Copenhagen office provides Danish businesses and international clients active in the Nordic region with access to this wider network.

Within Denmark, Potter Clarkson Legal focuses on specialist dispute resolution and intellectual property advisory work. Under Lars Karnøe's leadership, and with the support of a dedicated team, the practice advises on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, acting for clients who need to defend or assert their patents, trade marks, designs and other rights in the Nordic market. This litigation and advisory capability sits at the heart of the recognition the firm received, reflecting a practice built around resolving contentious IP matters as well as guiding clients on the strategic management of their intellectual property.

Lars Karnøe brings more than twenty-five years of experience gained at established Danish firms, with specialist strength in the food sector alongside his broader IP work. He holds panel and committee positions with the International Trademark Association and a European trademark body and lectures externally at the University of Aarhus, engagement that reflects his standing in the intellectual property community. His leadership gives the Copenhagen practice a combination of deep technical knowledge and practical litigation experience, qualities that are central to advising clients on how best to protect and enforce valuable intangible assets.

For clients, an intellectual property adviser of the year is one that can move fluently between the strategic and the contentious, helping to build and manage a portfolio of rights while also standing ready to enforce those rights when they are challenged. Potter Clarkson Legal's position within a long-established international IP firm allows it to draw on wider expertise across patents, trade marks and designs, while its Copenhagen base gives clients local insight into Danish and Nordic practice.

The Corporate INTL Global Awards recognise leading advisers and firms across jurisdictions and practice areas, drawing on research into the market to identify those demonstrating particular expertise. The 2024 award to Potter Clarkson Legal as Intellectual Property Advisory Firm of the Year in Denmark underlines the firm's standing in Danish intellectual property work and the specialist capability that Lars Karnøe and his team bring to clients in the region.