Magnus Tonell

Partner

Magnus works mainly with intellectual property law, trade secrets and market law, IT law, with a particular focus on commercial contracts and dispute resolution within the aforementioned areas.

Magnus has many years of experience working on several significant cases within the field. Magnus is a frequently invited lecturer in the above subjects. Magnus has lectured at Stockholm and Uppsala Universities and also at leading course providers such as BG Institute and Faculty Courses VJS as well as law firms and organizations such as the Swedish Association for Intellectual Property (SFIR) and the Swedish Copyright Association (SFU).

Magnus has written a large number of articles within his areas of expertise. He is also the author of the books "Secretism Agreements and the Legal Protection of Trade Secrets", Jure förlag 2014 and "Agentlagen – a Comment", Norstedts Juridik 2014. Magnus also regularly writes expert comments on intellectual property law for Blendow Lexnova and the magazine Brandnews. Magnus is also one of the authors of the Crito modules for assignment agreements and license agreements, respectively, which are published and provided by Norstedt Juridik (Crito is an internet-based tool for business lawyers and other lawyers that contains commercial agreements with practice and comments).

Contact details

Magnus Tonell, Partner

Specialist Areas

Intellectual Property Law

IT Law

Career

Next Law (formerly Next Advokater), Partner, 2025-

Next Advokater (formerly ADN Law), Partner, 2020-2025

Law Firm Fylgia, Attorney, 2010-2013

AGL Advokater, Attorney/Associate Attorney 2006-2010

Administration of Literary Rights in Sweden, Negotiating Attorney, 2001-2006

Membership

Swedish Bar Association (2009 – 2025)

Academy of Intellectual Property, Marketing and Competition Law (IMK), Uppsala University

Member of Practitioners Council (Praktikerrådet)

Member of the Swedish National Group of AIPPI

Member of the Swedish Anti-Counterfeiting Group (SACG)

Member of the Swedish Association for the protection of Intellectual Property (SFIR)

Member of the Swedish Copyright Association (SFU)

Languages

  • Swedish
  • English

Education

Bachelor of Laws, Stockholm University, 2001

Studies in Business Administration, Stockholm University

Publications

  • Marketing law and "influencers" - advertising, PR or reflection of one's own opinion? 2018, Brandnews
  • AThe Agency Act - A commentary on the Commercial Agency Act, etc., 2014, Norstedts juridik, Norstedts Gula Bibliotek
  • Publishing on the Internet - on responsibility for the content of external posts on websites, 2013
  • In the borderland of intellectual property rights (collected works), 2012, Jure förlag
  • Secrecy and intellectual property rights - parallel forms of protection, 2012, Patenteye (1/2012)
  • Non-disclosure agreements - and the legal protection of trade secrets, 2012, Jure förlag
  • Exploitation of celebrities' names and faces, 2011, Brandnews
  • Journalism, PR or advertising? – some market law aspects, 2011, Infotorg juridik
  • Litigation of damages in the event of infringement of industrial property rights or attacks on trade secrets, 2011, NIR- Nordic Intellectual Property Rights
  • Agreed silence, 2010, Patenteye (3/2010)
  • Ipred - New weapon against unidentified infringers, 2009, Pointlex, Infotorg Juridik
  • VAT on copyright compensation - a genuine problem, 2009, NIR - Nordic Intellectual Property Rights / Tax News
  • The right to and responsibility for the content of commercials, 2009, Brandnews (BN 5-6/2009)
  • On the border between market law and freedom of the press, 2008, Brandnews (BN 5/2008)
  • Legal protection the only antidote to plagiarism, 2008, Pointlex Infotorg Law
  • Licensing of merchandising rights, 2007, Brandnews (BN 1/2007)
  • Legal protection - an integral part of the brand-building process, 2007, Brandnews (BN 4/2007)
  • Compensation for suffering or other harm in the event of copyright infringement - especially on the calculation of compensation, 2006, NIR 3/2006
  • Expert comments on intellectual property law - Blendow Lexnova
  • Copyright restrictions – copyrighted works as evidence in civil cases, 2019 (Pia Järvengren Gerner co-author)
  • Marketing rights and “influencers” – editorial content, PR or advertising? 2018 (Pia Järvengren Gerner co-author)
  • Calculating damages in intellectual property infringement – ​​fair compensation, 2018
  • Determining penalty amounts in marketing law cases, 2018 (Pia Järvengren Gerner co-author)
  • Something about protection for well-known brands in comparative advertising, 2017 (Pia Järvengren Gerner co-author)
  • Copyrighted works as evidence in civil cases, 2017
  • The implementation of directives leads to a new law on trade secrets, 2017
  • An expensive story when Nestlé loses in extensive trademark dispute against Orkla, 2017 (Pia Järvengren Gerner co-author)
  • New important EU ruling on copyright, 2016 (Thorbjörn Öström co-author)
  • Trade secret protection is harmonized within the EU, 2016
  • Modernizing copyright in the digital single market, 2016 (Thorbjörn Öström co-author)
  • New court for intellectual property and market law cases, 2016 (Jan Lindén co-author)
  • Interpretation of copyright license agreements – especially on the specification principle and the specialty principle, 2015
  • Non-competition clauses in employment relationships – what can be agreed upon? 2015
  • Limitations of trade secret protection – and something about the relationship to intellectual property disposals of databases, 2015
  • Two sides of the trademark law coin; Part 1 – something more about the criminal law assessment principles in cases of intentional trademark infringement, 2014
  • Commercial intellectual property law – the criminal dimension, 2014
  • Family and artist names in trademark law, 2014
  • The development of trade secret protection, 2013
  • Some aspects to consider when registering trademarks and designs without examining relative grounds for registration, 2013
  • Relative grounds for registration and genuine use in trademark law, 2013
  • Collective copyright, 2013
  • Interim decisions – prerequisites and risks, 2013 (Tobias Eltell co-author)
  • Something about the legal protection of computer programs – cases from the Court of Justice of the European Union, 2012
  • Copyright protection for maps etc. – does copyright provide investment protection? 2012
  • Warning letters – especially in the event of attacks on trade secrets, 2012
  • Courts on the Internet, 2012
  • An interesting case on trademark licenses, 2012
  • New trademark law 2011
  • Agreed confidentiality in commercial relationships – an introduction to the content and function of confidentiality agreements, 2011
  • Calculation of damages – especially on the conditions for simplification of evidence, 2011
  • Limitation of damages, 2011
  • Agreed copyright – rules and principles for interpreting copyright license agreements, 2011
  • Protection of trademarks when using sponsored links in search services on the Internet – an account of the rulings of the European Court of Justice on the matter, 2011 (Anna-Karin Abdon co-author)
  • Protection of one’s own image and name in advertising contexts, 2011
  • Blogging law – on the responsibility for the content of external posts on websites, 2011