Folke Johansson, Markku Simmelvuo and Marina Smirnova named as WIPR Leaders 2023

24.7.2023

Papula-Nevinpat’s Folke JohanssonMarkku Simmelvuo and Marina Smirnova have again been named as IP Leaders in the 2023 edition of World Intellectual Property Review’s WIPR Leaders.

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 the patent as well as in the trademark category.

WIPR Leaders features more than 2,500 professionals from 68 countries.

See the full WIPR Leaders 2023 here.

 

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