A highly recognized survey Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) has ranked our partner, attorney-at-law Esa Korkeamäki as a “Patent Star 2016” and a “Trade mark Star 2016”. According the IPStars 2016 -publication ”The IP department of law firm HH Partners is headed up by Esa Korkeamäki. The firm is seen in trade mark litigation as well as technology matters…
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Breakfast seminar on May 18, 2016: Using open source in the enterprise
HH Partners Attorneys-at-law Ltd in collaboration with Cybercom and Black Duck Software will organize a joint breakfast seminar on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 concerning e.g. the following topics:
– The state of open source software
– Open source compliance in the enterprise
– How to identify and manage security risks in open source
– Open source usage at Cybercom
International recognition for HH Partners’ IPR expertise
Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) is one of the most prestigious and comprehensive international publications in the field of IPR and has been active since 1990. MIP has recently published the results of the up-to-date research IP Stars 2016 – Trade Mark / Copyright Firm Rankings. According to the publication, HH Partners has been ranked among the best IPR experts in the fields of Trade Marks and Copyright.
Read MoreFranchising – International Comparative Guide by Global Legal Group
The 2016 edition of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Franchise has been published. The guide covers 24 jurisdictions, including major markets such as Brazil, China, Germany, England & Wales, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Romania, Spain and USA. The topics covered include regulation, business organizations, competition law, brand and intellectual property, liability, governing law, real estate, online trading, joint employer risk and vicarious liability.
Read MoreHH Partners shines in international rankings
The success, lawyers and quality of law firms is compared and ranked regularly by various international publications. Such publications include e.g. Best Lawyers, Chambers Europe, Who’s Who Legal and Legal 500. The classifications by fields of law and the review methods of the publications vary, but it is common to the publications that the information on lawyers and law firms is collected from their customers, competitors and other law firms.
Read MoreCreative Commons 4.0 licenses translated into Finnish with the assistance of the experts at HH Partners
The official Finnish translation of the international Creative Commons 4.0 license family has been published. The translation is the first translation worldwide of the new license family. The English license texts have been translated into Finnish in the copyright advice project of the University of the Arts, Helsinki, and financed by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. The Finnish translation was done by Attorney-at-law, Partner Martin von Willebrand, Associate Henri Tanskanen and Authorized Translator Liisa Laakso-Tammisto / IDE Oy Translation Agency. The translation work has been directed by Copyright Attorney Maria Rehbinder of the University of the Arts, Helsinki, and cooperation with the Creative Commons organization has been coordinated by Researcher Tarmo Toikkanen of Aalto University. From the left: Maria Rehbinder, Martin von Willebrand, Tarmo Toikkanen, Henri Tanskanen and Liisa Laakso-Tammisto. Photo by Mikko Säteri, CC BY 4.0
Read MoreExpertise in open technologies at HH Partners
In its communication, HH Partners, Attorneys-at-law, now distinguishes open technologies as a specific area of expertise. The open technologies practice forms a part of the wider technology practice of HH Partners. “For some time now, we have been receiving a clear message from our clients: it is hard to find high-quality legal expertise in questions related to open technologies, and the know-how of HH Partners in the field is highly valued,” says Martin von Willebrand…
Read MoreArticle: Legal tools in creation of an open source business
The legal rules often play a key role when it comes to business models in software businesses and notably in free and open source software projects. This is particularly true when the project owner wants to maintain some level of control over the software and the project itself. The balance between control and freedom is achieved by legal tools and policies, such as licenses, compliance policies, contracts, trademarks, organization rules, contribution policies, only to name a few.
Read MoreArticle: Protecting the business of a gaming company – IPRs in games
This article was first published in IPRinfo 2/2012. Games and the gaming industry have progressed in leaps during the last 30 years. From simple storytelling via computers, we have come to a compelling and multilateral form of entertainment drawing from literature, movies and sports. Games offer an unprecedented possibility for human creativity in storytelling, and sweep the audience along to the storytelling, and to the production of the game’s content. According to estimates the global game industry was valued at 65 Billion USD in 2011. Currently the time and money spent on games is increasing, and the upward trend seems permanent. This article presents the basis of an IPR strategy of a gaming company. It gives an overview on how the choices made in an IPR strategy may affect a company’s practical choices, taking into account the company’s industrial environment. The Basis of an IPR Strategy An IPR strategy consists of (i) the identification of the central business elements to be protected, (ii) the tools – such as intellectual and industrial property rights (IPRs) – available to be used in such protection and (iii) the application of the tools within the business of the company. A strategy aims to…
Read MoreLegal 500 recommends HH Partners as a leading law firm
Legal 500 publisher has issued its 2012 edition, the results of their most recent review of Finnish law firms. HH Partners was recommended widely, in nine out of 10 researched areas. Legal 500 series of guides reviews the strengths and strategies of law firms in over 90 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, North and South America, and the Caribbean.
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