Brynhildur Pálmarsdóttir Appointed Head of Legal Affairs

Brynhildur Pálmarsdóttir has been appointed Head of Legal Affairs at the Icelandic Intellectual Property Office (ISIPO).

Since 2013, Brynhildur has worked as a Legal Expert and Deputy Director, responsible for industrial intellectual property rights , in the Ministry of Higher Education, Industry, and Innovation, and before that in the Ministry of Industries and Innovation. She also temporarily served as Head of Legal Affairs at the ISIPO from 2019 to 2020 during a leave of absence from the Ministry.

Previously, Brynhildur worked as a committee secretary at Althingi – the Icelandic Parliament from 2008 to 2011 and as a trademark attorney at Árnason Faktor from 2006 to 2008 and again from 2011 to 2013.

Brynhildur holds a Cand.jur degree from the University of Iceland and an LL.M. in European Intellectual Property Law from Stockholm University.