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Electronic and Digital Signatures on Assignments and Declarations to be Accepted by the EPO from 1 April 2024
Introduction Electronic and digital signatures have generally not been accepted on agreements or declarations for recording assignments or licences...
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EPO Supports Startups and Sole Inventors with New Official Fee Reductions
From 1 April 2024, the EPO will introduce new official fee reductions for micro-entities and natural persons to “support small and medium-sized...
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First Pan-European Preliminary Injunction Granted by the Unified Patent Court
The first inter partes preliminary injunction for a European Patent with unitary effect (“Unitary Patent”) was granted by the Unified Patent Court...
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First Preliminary Injunction Order Issued by UPC: Are Protective Letters Not So Useful After All?
Now that the first European Unified Patent Court (UPC) orders are being issued, we can start to see some of the theory that has been so widely...
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Protective Letters and the UPC: Mitigating Risks and Safeguarding Business Interests in the New European Patent System
The introduction of the new unitary patent and Unified Patent Court will significantly affect the freedom to operate of many doing business in...
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Berggren Series on 2022 EPO Guideline Revisions: Amendments to Description
In this first article in our 2022 series covering updates to the European Patent Office’s Guidelines for Examination, we look at changes made to...
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United States Applicants, What Are Your Priorities? EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal Reviews Joint-Applicants Approach To Priority Claims in G1/22 & G2/22
A new referral to the European Patent Office’s Enlarged Board of Appeal has the potential to affect the validity of priority claims made in huge...
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Copyright law under EU DSM Directive in Finland: important lessons for everyone
EU copyright legislation consists of two regulations and 11 directives that harmonise the essential rights of authors, producers, broadcasters and...
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Inappropriate Sharing of Personal Data During the COVID-19 Pandemic: 3 Short Stories from Europe
The Covid-19 pandemic has received its share of attention over the past 20+ months, and this also includes important legal issues related to data...
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IP litigation and alternative dispute resolution options in Finland
In any IP dispute, the first issues to determine are the validity, strength and scope of protection of the IP right in question. In Finland, the...
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New EDPB Guidelines on Data Protection by Design and Default: What You Need to Know in Less Than 4 Minutes
The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) recently published new guidelines for data protection by design and by default (Guidelines 4/2019 on...
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Non-Traditional Trademarks in Europe – Put on Your (Trademark-Protected) Red Shoes and Sell
Trademark law modernization, largely enacted by EU Member States in 2019, paved the way for the acceptance of new and innovative graphically...
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In Landmark Ruling CJEU Closes Loophole in EU Net Neutrality Regulation
On 15 September 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued a landmark ruling (decision in joined cases C-807/18 and C-39/19) in...
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M-Files: "Berggren katsottiin hyväksi yhteistyökumppaniksi"
Ohjelmistoyritys M-Files Oy:lle Berggren tarjoaa täyden palvelun teollisoikeuksien hallintaa patentoinnista tavaramerkkien hallintaan saakka.
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Hartwall: "Saamme Berggreniltä nopeaa, tehokasta ja laadukasta palvelua"
Berggren on toiminut juomavalmistaja Hartwallin tavaramerkkiasiamiehenä jo useiden vuosikymmenten ajan. Vuosien varrella tavaramerkkejä on rekisteröity paljon niin Suomeen kuin muuallekin maailmaan. Hartwall on tyytyväinen Berggreniltä saamaansa tehokkaaseen ja laadukkaaseen palveluun.
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Cailap: "Yhteistyö vahvistaa asiantuntijuutta ja takaa ainutlaatuisuuden"
Cailap Oy on 40-vuotias suomalainen perheyritys, joka suunnittelee ja valmistuttaa kauneuteen ja pukeutumiseen liittyvä kuluttajatuotteita, kuten aurinkolaseja ja hiustarvikkeita. Yritykselle tuotteiden uniikki muotokieli on tärkeää, ja muun muassa sen takaamiseksi Cailap on tehnyt yhteistyötä IPR-talo Berggrenin kanssa.
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