We conduct legal assessments and give practical recommendations for all brand infringement cases. Our services include professional drafting and responding to warning letters. We also support clients in dispute settlement negotiations, litigation, and domain name disputes. Our expertise extends to a wide range of brand infringement scenarios, including:
Trademark disputes
Trademark infringement arises when a party uses a trademark that is identical or similar to an existing one without the owner's consent, potentially causing market confusion or harming the original trademark's reputation. Such infringements can result in legal actions, including claims for damages, reparations, or injunctions to halt further infringement.
Company name disputes
Trademark infringement occurs when a party uses another party’s company name without authorization, leading to market confusion or harming the original company name's reputation. This often happens when a similar trade name is used in a business, misleading customers and creating unfair competition. Such infringements can result in legal actions, including claims for damages, or injunctions to prevent continued infringing operations.
Design right disputes
Design right infringement happens when a party uses a design, layout, or decoration created by someone else without the owner's permission. This can include copying the appearance of a product or using a very similar design in commercial activities. Such infringements can result in legal actions, including claims for damages or injunctions to prevent further use.
Domain name disputes
Domain name infringement occurs when a party uses another company's name, trademark, or individual's name as a domain name without proper authorization. This can cause confusion and harm the reputation of the original rights holder by misleading people into believing the website is associated with the original brand or organization. Legal action in such cases may include claims for infringement of the domain name holder's rights or requests for the transfer of the domain name.
Copyright disputes
Copyright infringement occurs when a party uses a copyrighted work created by someone else without proper authorization. This includes activities such as copying, distributing, or publishing music, literary works, images, films, or software without the copyright holder's consent. Such infringements can result in legal actions, including claims for damages, compensation, and injunctions.
Disputes relating to patents and utility models
Patent infringement occurs when a party uses an invention protected by a patent owned by someone else without the patent holder's permission. This can involve manufacturing, selling, using, or importing the invention without authorization. Such infringements can result in legal actions, including claims for damages and injunctions. Determining patent infringement is often complex and requires a detailed investigation of how the alleged infringing activity relates to the protected invention. Therefore, patent infringement cases are typically handled in cooperation with patent attorneys.
Trade secret disputes
A breach of trade secrets occurs when an individual or organization obtains, uses, or discloses another company's confidential information without proper authorization. This confidential information can include business strategies, customer lists, product development data, marketing plans, or other proprietary details crucial to the company's success and competitive edge. Breaching trade secrets can result in liability for damages.
Unfair commercial practices
Unfair commercial practices involve conduct that is unfair to another business. This can include deceptive or misleading advertising, unfair product comparisons, exploiting the reputation of another's trademark, or similar actions. Such practices can result in liability for damages and injunctions.
Counterfeit products
Counterfeit products are illegal copies or imitations of genuine items protected by trademarks. We represent brand owners in all legal actions related to counterfeit goods. Our efforts include customs surveillance and seizures, investigations and monitoring of shops, stores, events, and Finnish auction and sales websites, as well as test purchases to identify counterfeit items.
We take pride in our collaboration with REACT - The Anti-Counterfeiting Network. We assist their global members, comprising over 300 brand owners, in effectively removing counterfeit products from the Finnish market.
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