MIKKOLA HEIDI
Administrative Director, Lawyer, European Trademark Attorney
Helsinki
firstname.lastname@papula-nevinpat.com
Heidi Mikkola is an administrative director and a European trademark attorney at Papula-Nevinpat. She is also a senior partner in the company.
Heidi started her IP career as a Trademark Attorney at Papula-Nevinpat in 1994. She has twenty years of experience in trademark protection, registration processes and infringement cases in Finland and the Western Countries (EU and USA). In addition, Heidi is profoundly familiar with the trademark legislation and practices of Russia and the CIS countries.
Heidi has written a number of expert articles in major publications of the field, such as IP at the Border, Managing Intellectual Property, IP Strategy Yearbook, Getting the Deal Through Trademarks 2007.
Special expertise
Appeals, Consulting, Counterfeits, Counterfeits in CIS member states and Russia, Customs registration applications, Disputes, Domain services, International trademark registrations, Legal services – Russia, Licensing and assignment agreements, Oppositions, Searches, Trademark litigation, Trademark processes, Trademark registrations, Trademark strategiesLanguages
Finnish, English, French, Swedish
Education
LL.M., University of Helsinki, 1994
Memberships
Finnish Anti-Counterfeiting Group, ECTA, INTA, Marques, SPAY (Association of Finnish Patent Attorneys), STY (Finnish association for the protection of intellectual property), Union