Patent Litigation 2025

FINLAND Trends and Developments Contributed by: Rainer Hilli, Mikael Segercrantz, Johanna Lilja and Johanna Flythström, Roschier

Johanna Lilja is specialised in intellectual property (IP), with a focus on patent litigation. She has first and second chair trial experience of IP litigation before the Market Court and the

Johanna Flythström is specialised in strategic and commercial intellectual property (IP) and technology issues, with an emphasis on IP and technology disputes and

Finnish Supreme Court, involving questions on infringement, equivalence, invalidation, burden of proof, infringing acts, availability of preliminary injunctions and damages. Johanna has represented clients in various fields of industry, including pharmaceuticals, telecommunications (eg, SEP litigations with FRAND defence), engineering, energy and shipping. Johanna is a UPC representative, and also has experience in technology-related arbitration proceedings (ICC, FAI). Johanna is described as “fantastic”, “extremely approachable” and as having “an excellent knowledge base on all IP-related topics” (Chambers 2024). She is President of the Finnish AIPPI Group.

licensing in various technical fields. She has extensive experience in patent litigations before national courts in Finland and the Unified Patent Court, and in co-ordinating multi-jurisdictional disputes. She is admitted to practice in Finland and California. She currently serves as the Second Deputy Reporter General of AIPPI, and has also served as the President of the Finnish Association for Industrial Property Rights. She frequently lectures and writes in the field of IP. Johanna is described as “a world-leading IP strategist” who is “exceptionally talented” and “quick and smart” (Chambers 2024).

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