FINLAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Rainer Hilli, Mikael Segercrantz, Johanna Lilja and Johanna Flythström, Roschier
Roschier is one of the leading full-service law firms in the Nordic region, with offices in Hel- sinki and Stockholm. The firm’s award-winning intellectual property practice, with more than 40 practitioners, frequently represents clients in all types of intellectual property-related matters. Roschier provides clients with strategic, trans- actional and licensing advice, and represents them in litigation and arbitration, both as co-or- dinating and as local counsel. The firm regularly represents clients before Finnish and Swedish authorities and courts, including the Courts of Appeal and Supreme Courts, the UPC and the
CJEU. The team regularly advises on strategi- cally important patent litigations in all sectors of technology, such as advising Eli Lilly and Com- pany Limited in patent invalidation proceedings related to Eli Lilly’s product CIALIS® (tadalafil); advising Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) in de- fending the validity of an SPC protecting the product Janumet®; representing Novartis in the enforcement of patent rights related to the product Gilenia®; and representing Nokia in its SEP litigation against OPPO/OnePlus in Finland and in Sweden.
Authors
Rainer Hilli is a partner with expertise in intellectual property matters, and leads Roschier’s intellectual property practice. He is one of the most experienced patent advisers in the Nordics
Mikael Segercrantz focuses his practice on intellectual property (IP), regulatory matters, and marketing and consumer law, including litigation. He has extensive experience in IP
and frequently advises on complex patent matters, including enforcement strategies, litigation, arbitration, licensing, regulatory and transactional advice. His experience covers multi-jurisdictional patent litigation in the pharmaceuticals, chemicals and telecommunications sectors. Rainer is praised as “a highly skilled negotiator and litigator with excellent understanding of business and global dynamics” (Chambers, 2022). He is a UPC representative and has appeared several times before the CJEU. He is an advisory board member of the European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW), and frequently writes articles and gives lectures about patent-related topics.
litigation before Finnish courts, the Unified Patent Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union, both as first and second chair. The proceedings have related to patents, trade marks, copyright, design and other IP rights, and involved questions such as preliminary injunctions, infringing acts and invalidity claims. Mikael is described as “brilliant, strategic and very responsible, while also being excellent with clients”, and as “able to explain complicated legal scenarios” (Chambers, 2024). Mikael is the President of the Finnish Association for Industrial Property Rights (STY).
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