projects the arctic challenge, right to own picture

Do foreigners have the same personal protection rights as Norwegians? Yes, replied the Supreme Court, after we had conducted snowboarder Andy Finch’s case against Tromsø 2018 that he had a ‘right to his own picture’.

Leader of the lawfirm’s TIME group partner Joakim Marstrander on a regular basis represents the world’s biggest snowboard arranger The Arctic Challenge and member of the TTR (ticket to ride) league with all legal work, i.e. license agreements, consultancy work and dispute resolution. He represents different snowboarders and action sport personalities, amongst others the Californian snowboarder Andy Finch regarding “illegal use of image” in a law suit that recently was ruled upon by the Supreme Court of Norway.

One of the principle queries that was resolved was the question to what extent foreign personalities would enjoy the same rights to commercial use and protection of own images as Norwegians. The Supreme Court case will have huge influence on the protection international stars will have against illegal use of images when they are visiting Norway.