Waselius & Wist’s intellectual property and technology law specialists provide proactive and strategic advice on how companies can protect and enforce their intellectual property rights in trademarks, patents, trade names, design, copyright, know-how and trade secrets. We also have a good track record of assisting clients accused of infringing rights.
Our specialists are also experienced in the negotiation and drafting of IP licenses and have acted as both counsel and arbitrators in a number of IP and IT licensing disputes. We have during the past years been involved in several telecom transactions on both an international and a domestic level. The review of IP intense agreements and arrangements also forms a considerable part of the due diligence work in connection with company acquisitions.
Our brand protection team offers full scale trademark and design portfolio management, including strategic advice on trade mark and design protection, domain name registration, clearance searches and reports, trademark and design prosecution services, administrative proceedings, monitoring and enforcement.
We have a niche competence in trade secrets matters and have acted for several clients against previous employees and cooperation parties for misuse of trade secrets when transferring to a new employer or ending commercial cooperation. We take these matters very seriously and do not hesitate to ask the police to commence investigations if there are clear indications of misuse and unlawful disclosure of trade secrets.
Our team has a strong knowledge in marketing law and advise clients in a wide variety of matters from marketing clearances to disputes dealing with unfair business practice and misleading marketing before the Market Court. The firm has assisted major clients in their implementation of e-commerce systems and thereto related marketing law and data protection issues.
”Åsa Krook and Bernt Juthström complement each other within the field of IP.”
”thorough groundwork, well-considered advice and quick feedback.”
”Waselius & Wist are responsive, service-minded, and always provide advice and assistance at the top level.”
”Waselius & Wist is a great law firm in the Finnish market that has broad experience in advising on a great variety of IP-related matters. The practice’s focus is on both non-contentious transaction work and prosecution and contentious IP litigation. Waselius & Wist has a wide client portfolio covering national Finnish and multinational companies which shows the level of trust among their clients and the firm’s professionalism.”
”Always give deep and thorough advice. Experienced lawyers with a good reputation.”
Representative cases in Intellectual Property and Technology