Riikka Palmos

Working for Papula-Nevinpat since 1995
firstname.lastname@papula-nevinpat.com

+358 9 348 00 626     +358 40 524 6454

Assistants
Annikki Hämäläinen, Riitta Karjalainen, Sarianna Suominen, Eija Suutarinen, Sabrina Bielefeld

Languages
Finnish, English, Russian, Swedish (German)

Educational background
LL.M., University of Helsinki (1995)

Study focus
Criminal Law

Memberships
STY (the Finnish Association for Industrial Property Rights), SPAY (The Association of Finnish Patent Attorneys), INTA, PTMG

Special know-how
Preliminary examinations, trademark strategies, Finnish and foreign trademark registrations, international trademarks, agreements, licences, disputes, oppositions, appeals

Other experience
Riikka is a Master of Laws and EU trademark attorney in the head office of patent and trademark agency Papula-Nevinpat in Helsinki. She joined Papula-Nevinpat in 1995, and she also is a partner of the company.

Riikka specialises in the trademark rights and practices in Russia and in the states created in the territory of the former Soviet Union. She has more than fifteen years of experience in the trademarks in the territory of the former Soviet Union, including changes in the trademark legislation and practices, licensing and assignment of trademarks, protection of well-known trademarks, registration of domain names, infringement cases and registration processes in the Russian Patent Office. Riikka also has experience in Finnish and EU trade mark processes, and she handles cases relating to international trademarks.

Riikka has written a number of articles about the trademark rights and practices and gives regularly lectures and presentations in several seminars in the field of Intellectual property rights.

Riikka is a senior partner in the company.