Chambers Review
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Intellectual Property - Finland
What the Team is Known For
Castrén & Snellman houses a much-admired practice that handles a broad range of IP matters, including trade mark infringement cases, patent disputes and brand protection issues. The team also advises on marketing and advertising matters, and is retained by a sizeable client roster that includes technology, manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies.
Strengths
Castrén & Snellman has a very solid IP practice. It has quite a senior team with lots of experience.
Castrén & Snellman can provide input on our strategy when drafting or responding to letters.
Work Highlights
Castrén & Snellman acted for Meyer Turku and Meyer Werft on criminal law proceedings related to copyright offences, violation of trade secrets and industrial espionage.
Notable practitioners
Sakari Salonen regularly advises clients from the manufacturing and technology industries on issues related to portfolio management and brand protection issues, including representing them in patent and trade mark infringement and invalidity proceedings and anti-counterfeiting matters.
Sakari Salonen responds immediately and takes quick action.
Sakari is always friendly and energetic, which helps in tricky or challenging situations and negotiations.
His commercial awareness is excellent.
He has a great understanding of IP matters and is able to provide insightful thoughts from a strategic point of view.
Hanna Paloheimo is head of Castrén & Snellman's life sciences practice. She advises pharmaceutical companies on a broad range of issues, including patent disputes, regulatory matters, marketing law and the intellectual property aspects of commercial agreements.
Hanna Paloheimo has a technical background.
Kim Parviainen assists clients with a broad range of relevant mandates, including trade mark prosecution and enforcement matters, patent infringement proceedings and trade secrets litigation.
Kim Parviainen is a sharp lawyer.