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Papula-Nevinpat again recognized as one of Finland’s leading practises in the 2019 Edition of WTR 1000

21.2.2019
Article

In the survey taking place for the ninth year, Papula-Nevinpat was ranked in the Silver Category in the prosecution and strategy sector.

Supplementary protection certificate extends the patent term by up to five and a half years – but who’s entitled?

20.2.2019
Blog

The term of a pharmaceutical or plant production patent can be extended by a maximum of 5 years, up to 25 years altogether. Who is entitled and under which conditions? To find out read the blog by our experts Katja Feiring and Erja Partio.

Folke Johansson, Markku Simmelvuo and Marina Smirnova listed as WIPR Leaders 2019

14.2.2019
Article

Folke Johansson, who heads our firm’s patent department, and Markku Simmelvuo, our Managing Director, were both ranked in the patent category in Finland. In Russia, Marina Smirnova was ranked in both the patent and trademark categories.

Technology hype disconnects businesses from the product development reality

18.1.2019
Blog

Our CDO Teemu Lang is blogging about AI hype. Artificial intelligence, or machine-learning algorithms, is a technology that is disruptive to our business as well, and enables new products and business models.

We protect your IP rights with more than 150 experts

  • Markku is an active contributor to Finnish as well as international IP organizations in order to develop and promote the Finnish patent expertise and the entire IP field. Markku is currently president of the Association of Finnish Patent Attorneys, and a member of the Board of the Finnish AIPPI Group. He is also a member of the Finnish Industrial Property Group, organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.

    SIMMELVUO MARKKU
    Managing Director, European Patent Attorney

  • Jussi Mikkola is responsible for preliminary examinations, Finnish and foreign trademark registrations, international trademarks, agreements, disputes, domain names, counterfeit cases, oppositions and appeals. He is also authorized to represent clients before all courts in Finland.

    MIKKOLA JUSSI
    European Trademark Attorney

  • Marina Smirnova is a Patent and Trademark Attorney and a partner at Nevinpat, St. Petersburg. She has worked with patents and trademarks since 1985, and regularly participates in international conferences such as AIPPI, INTA, PTMG, ECTA, Marques.

    SMIRNOVA MARINA
    Patent and Trademark Attorney

  • Anssi Tullila started working at Papula-Nevinpat in 1998. He has extensive experience in identifying and handling inventions, drafting and prosecuting patent applications.

    TULLILA ANSSI
    European Patent Attorney

  • Timo joined Papula-Nevinpat in 2017. He works at our office in Tampere, offering IP services for customers in the Pirkanmaa, Satakunta, Central Finland, Savo, and Ostrobothnia regions.

    KUOSMANEN TIMO
    European Patent Attorney

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