Works as a patent, design and trademark attorney in Stockholm.
Erik holds a Master of Science in Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). He is a European Patent Attorney, an authorized trademark and design attorney before the EUIPO, and a certified Swedish patent attorney.
Erik began working in the field of intellectual property in 1989 as an examiner at the European Patent Office. He then worked as a patent consultant from 1992 to 1998 at a patent firm in Värmland. From 1998 to 2006, he was employed as an IP consultant at a major patent firm in Stockholm, before founding his own patent firm in 2006, which he ran until 2015. He was then employed as a Senior IP Adviser at SHL Group from 2015 to 2019 and continued as a patent consultant at a patent firm in Stockholm until 2021. Since 2021, Erik has served as of counsel to Bjerkén Hynell.
Over the years, Erik has handled numerous national and international patent and design cases. He has drafted a large number of patent applications across a wide range of technical fields, including equipment and systems for the pulp industry, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, vehicle technology, medical devices, telecommunications, industrial pumps, chemical-free liquid purification, internet-based software solutions, and general mechanical inventions.