Erik specializes in intellectual property law, contract law and dispute resolution and litigation. He has been involved in several high-profile design, trademark and copyright litigations in Sweden and internationally. He also has experience in international contract negotiations.
He assists the firm’s clients, big and small, and also foreign legal counsels, in both questions concerning commercialization and strategy as well as in disputes before courts, IP authorities and arbitration boards.
Since 2018, Erik has been ranked as Rising Star/Notable Practitioner Sweden by MIP IP star and as Key Lawyer in Legal 500 since 2021.
- Contract law
- Data protection
- Design
- Dispute resolution and Litigation
- Domain names
- Intellectual property law
- IP law disputes
- Media and Market law
- Trademarks, trade names and GIs
- Trademarks, trade names and GIs
Industry
- The art and music industry
- The wine industry
2014
Senior Associate, Advokatbyrån Gulliksson
2008-2014
Junior Associate, Advokatbyrån Gulliksson
2009-2011
Law clerk, Lund District Court
2008
LL.M., Lund University
2007
Commercial contract law and European competition law at Utrecht University
- The Swedish Bar Association
- The Swedish Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, SFIR
- The Swedish Association for the Protection of Copyright, SFU
- FIF – Föreningen immaterialrättsligt Forum
- OriGIn - Organization for an International Geographical Indications Network
The Legal 500
2021
Key Lawyer
""Senior associate Erik Esaiasson is a pleasure to work with and is particularly strong in matters with an EU nexus""
IP Stars
2022-2024
Notable Practitioner Sweden
2018-2021
Rising Star
- Gulliksson safeguards Amarone against conflicting Swedish trademark registrations
- ATG wins dispute in the Patent and Market Court of Appeal against Svenska Spel regarding company name
- Major changes to EU design law on the horizon
- No rights reserved - open data
- ATG wins trademark dispute in the Patent and Market Court against Swedish and American clothing companies