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Attorneys-at-Law Trust Ltd
The decision of the CJEU that the functionality of a computer program cannot be protected by copyright is not very surprising, since it repeats the approach previously adopted by the English courts.
Attorneys-at-Law Trust Ltd
The Software directive has since been replaced by Council Directive 2009/24/EC but without relevant alterations in substance in this regard, and therefore the principles expressed here are still valid...
Finland
Merilampi Attorneys Ltd
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.
Merilampi Attorneys Ltd
A referral from the Finnish Supreme Court to the CJEU brings clarity to the notion of acting in the course of business in trade in trademark infringement cases.
Castren & Snellman Attorneys
The Tokyo Olympics have been delayed to next year, but issues relating to Olympic marketing and responsibility are as current as ever.
Waselius & Wist
After 1 January 2021, UK is no longer part of the EU. Consequently, EU trademark applications and Community design applications filed after 31 December 2020 will no longer receive protection in the UK.
Corsearch, Inc.
Redesigning a city's brand identity is a massive undertaking.
Papula-Nevinpat
Back in 2010, the Chinese Government made a projection that by 2015 more than 1 million invention patents would be filed annually in China.
Attorneys-at-Law Trust Ltd
While being involved in interesting licensing arrangements in TMT sector recently, I must admit that this case truly caught my eye in the latest in Hollywood Reporter...
Attorneys-at-Law Trust Ltd
Greetings everyone, I just thought that I share this if someone has missed this important piece of European patent law reform and advancements in Finland!
Attorneys-at-Law Trust Ltd
Inspired by several Finnish companies, like many other interest groups, having expressed their concern regarding the level of renewal fees of the Unitary Patent, I thought of writing about a slightly different protection regime...
Boco IP
It has been concluded in April in the European Union that a reform of trademark legislation, namely the trademark regulation and Directive, will take place.
Hannes Snellman
Of two long-debated IP initiatives, the one concerning centralization of Finnish IP disputes has reached its goal and the other one concerning EU wide patent protection has reached a remarkable milestone.
Attorneys-at-Law Juridia Ltd.
The EU General Court has issued a ruling in the so-called CITIGATE case that further specifies which kind of protection is afforded to trademark families.
Borenius Attorneys Ltd
The expansion of the generic top-level (gTLD) domain space will impose new challenges for trademark owners.
Borenius Attorneys Ltd
A discussion on the milestone changes in the Finnish intellectual property landscape, which means that intellectual property matters, which now are being processed by various bodies, will be centralized and dealt with by the Market Court as of September 2013.
Borenius Attorneys Ltd
As part of a larger strategy addressed by the Finnish Government to enhance the effective use of intellectual property in Finland, the Finnish Trademark Act was issued to be revised.
Merilampi Attorneys Ltd
The new Finnish Market Court Act will move the hearing of intellectual property disputes to Market Court as the first instance as of 1 September 2013.
Borenius Attorneys Ltd
The President of Finland, Mr. Sauli Niinistö, signed the new legislation in a presidential session held on 31 January 2013, confirming that the proposed changes shall enter into force as of 1 September 2013.
Merilampi Attorneys Ltd
The Court of Appeal of Helsinki held that products containing markings with four stripes infringed the well-known three-stripe mark of Adidas.
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