MIKKOLA JUSSI

Lawyer, European Trademark Attorney

Jussi Mikkola is a European trademark attorney at Papula-Nevinpat. He is also a partner in the company.

Jussi first started his intellectual property career in 2002 at Papula-Nevinpat as a Trademark Attorney. During 2003 – 2004 he completed training at the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM). From 2004 to 2007 he worked as a Trademark Attorney in a Finnish patent agency.

Jussi rejoined Papula-Nevinpat in 2007 where he currently 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.

In 2022–2023, Jussi was a member of the INTA Legislation and Regulation Committee. He was appointed to the INTA Harmonization of Trademark Law and Practice Committee for the years 2024–2025.

He has also been ranked in many renowed IP reviews over the years:

  • Managing IP: IP Star 2021
  • World Trademark Review: highlighted individual 2021
  • Who’s Who Legal: recommended 2021

Special expertise

Appeals, Consulting, Counterfeits, Counterfeits in CIS member states and Russia, Disputes, Domain services, International trademark registrations, Legal services – Russia, Legislation in CIS member states, Licensing and assignment agreements, Oppositions, Searches, Trademark litigation, Trademark processes, Trademark registrations, Trademark strategies

Assistant

Tiina Turunen

Languages

Finnish, English, Swedish, Spanish

Education

LL.M., University of Lapland, 2003

Memberships

AIPPI, INTA, STY (the Finnish Association for Industrial Property Rights), SPAY (The Association of Finnish Patent Attorneys), PTMG, Finnish IT Law Association, FICPI and Finnish Anti-Counterfeiting Group where he also was the Chairman during 2009 - 2010.

Assistant

Tiina Turunen