The Managing IP 2017 Copyright ranking has now been published. Eversheds/Heinonen & Co reached Tier 1 also in this field. Eversheds/Heinonen has been the only Finnish firm specialising in intellectual property rights to be ranked in all of the categories of the Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars 2017 publication. Furthermore, Petteri Häkkänen has been listed

read more / 5.4.2017

Eversheds/Heinonen & Co has won the “Finnish IP Firm of Year 2017” award in a global survey organised by the Managing Intellectual Property magazine. Managing IP Global Awards winners were announced at the Global Award Dinner in London on 9 March. The grounds for the awards will be presented in the May issue of Managing

read more / 31.3.2017

Heinonen & Co, Attorneys-at-Law, Ltd and its parent company Eversheds Attorneys Ltd. expand their patent operations by acquiring the patent filing business of the prominent IPR Partners Ltd. – Through this merger, our strong know-how in the field of IPR expands even further, stated Harri Tolppanen, the Managing Partner of Eversheds Attorneys. As a result of

read more / 31.10.2016

All enterprises, corporations and private individuals can now register .fi and .ax domain names regardless of their domicile. The registration is carried out through a registrar. The right to a domain name can only be obtained through registration, and domain names are granted in the order of their application. This is why it is important

read more / 8.9.2016

Along with the new legislation, the internationally known registry-registrar model will be taken into use. As of 5 September 2016, every fi-domain name holder will need a registrar that administers domain names on behalf of the holder and domain names can be renewed only via a registrar. What will change? Every domain name holder must

read more / 9.8.2016

UK’s decision to leave the EU is a historical event which will lead to substantial changes and significant uncertainty especially with respect to trade directed at the British market. The country will now have to re-establish its relationship with the EU. What will this mean to EU trademarks? Nobody knows. The regulations concerning EU trademarks

read more / 28.6.2016

Eversheds Attorneys Ltd. successfully represented the footwear wholesaler F-Safety Oy in a design right dispute in the Market Court. Kuomiokoski Oy claimed that the children’s ANGRY BIRDS winter boots that F-Safety Oy has had manufactured infringe the design rights of Kuomiokoski Oy’s KUOMA footwear, demanding F-Safety Oy and its distributors to stop the infringement. F-Safety

read more / 2.6.2016

The Legal 500 EMEA 2016 has recommended Eversheds Attorneys Ltd. as Top Tier Firm in Intellectual Property. Additionally Hanna-Maija Elo was ranked as “leading individual” in Intellectual Property. Legal 500 EMEA 2016: Intellectual Property Kukka Tommila Eversheds Attorneys Ltd’s team of 30 lawyers is led by Hanna-Maija Elo. The firm acted for Bunge Finland in

read more / 19.4.2016

The IPR team of Eversheds Attorneys Ltd has been top ranked in Chambers Global 2016. Several partners have been appreciated by their work with clients. Quotations from the Chambers Global guide The “highly experienced and practical” Hanna-Maija Elo is recognised for her broad practice, covering trade mark infringement, design and commercial name rights, and copyright,

read more / 15.4.2016

The most important change for trademark proprietors in the new trademark regulation concerns new EU trademark classification practices that will require several proprietors to respond promptly. Active measures will be necessary for EU trademarks based on applications that were filed before 22 June 2012 applying class headings of the international Nice classification system. Under the

read more / 1.3.2016