Finland: Patent

The Helsinki Local Division of the Unified Patent Court examined infringement proceedings involving EP 3 295 663, with AIM Sport Development AG asserting patent rights against multiple TGI Sport entities across European jurisdictions. The case included a counterclaim for revocation, requiring the court to analyze validity under Articles 54, 56, and 123(2) EPC alongside infringement claims under Article 69 EPC.

Chinese technology startup DeepSeek has made a significant impact on the AI industry with the launch of two large language models (LLMs) that rival the performance of dominant tools developed by US tech giants.

Attorneys Antti Hannula and Pinja Hoffrichter successfully advised Riihi Säätiö s.r. in a precedent on foundation law in the Finnish Supreme Court (KKO:2024:35). The Supreme Court confirmed our view of interpretation.

The implementation of Brexit is approaching, and a no-deal Brexit seems increasingly likely. Follow these instructions to ensure the validity of your Intellectual Property in the UK even after the end of the year 2020.

The startups' yellow brick road to success is most often paved with a well-written shareholders agreement (SHA).

A while back, the founders of a rapidly growing Finnish startup within digital marketing came to see us at Nordic Law.

Universities lie in the core of successful, leading economies in the world. They have traditionally been thought of as the places for higher education and basic research, but serve increasingly also other than purely public interests.

Finland has a technology-intensive industry both in the traditional mechanical (often paper and pulp related) as well as in the electronic, IT and biotech sectors. The most successful technology company during the past few years has without doubt been Nokia. These industries carefully consider the governance of trade secrets, patent strategy, product design and branding which all are factors having an effect on domestic and international success.

On 18 March 2004, the Finnish Government introduced bill HE 28/2004 to the Finnish Parliament aiming to implement the Digital Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC).