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Berggren is full-service European IP law firm headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. The firm has about 80 professionals, including 30+ qualified…
Berggren Oy | European Union | 21 Jan 2022
The European Unified Patent Court: Coming Soon to a European Patent Near You
The Unified Patent Court is a new European Union court with jurisdiction over infringement and revocation actions for a new Unitary Patent as well as…
Berggren Oy | European Union, Finland | 17 Jan 2022
Copyright law under EU DSM Directive in Finland: important lessons for everyone
The EU Digital Single Market (DSM) Directive, part of EU copyright legislation, strives to modernise rules in the digital environment. This article discusses one particular issue that must be solved prior to the publication of the Finnish government's proposal for amendments to the copyright law to implement the EU DSM Directive – namely, the scope of permission that online content sharing......
Berggren Oy | European Union, Finland | 10 Jan 2022
Copyright law under the EU Digital Single Market directive in Finland: Important lessons for everyone
The EU Copyright Law consists of 2 regulations and of 11 directives that harmonize the essential rights of authors, producers, broadcasters and…
Berggren Oy | European Union, Finland | 17 Dec 2021
A Cautionary Tale of Data Breaches and the GDPR (Revisited) after Hacker Steals Extremely Sensitive Data of 40.000 Psychotherapy Patients: The Decision, the Fine and the Lessons Learned
The Finnish Data Protection Authority has now issued its decision in the data breach case involving Vastaamo Oy and has ordered a fine of EUR 608.000…
Berggren Oy | European Union | 22 Nov 2021
Video didn't kill the (in-person) oral proceedings star redux: EPO EBA now explains why
In July 2021, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) issued an order in the referral G 1/21. The referral concerned whether holding oral proceedings in the form of a videoconference without the consent of all parties violates article 116(1) of the European Patent Convention. While some may have been slightly disappointed by this order as it left certain questions open, the EBA has now published......
Berggren Oy | European Union | 1 Nov 2021
Video Didn´t Kill the (in-person) Oral Proceedings Star Redux: The EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal Now Explains Why
In July 2021, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (“EBA”) issued an order in the referral G 1/21, as we immediately reported in this article. The referral…
Berggren Oy | European Union, Germany | 29 Oct 2021
Ferrari v. Mansory Design, CJEU Judgment in C-123/20: Publication of whole product can be sufficient for unregistered Community design protection of parts of that product
The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) on 28 October 2021 ruled that designers are not required to separately publish each part of a…
Berggren Oy | Denmark, European Union, Finland, etc. | 25 Oct 2021
Inappropriate Sharing of Personal Data During the COVID-19 Pandemic: 3 Short Stories from Europe
The Covid-19 pandemic has received its share of attention over the past 20+ months, and this also includes important legal issues related to data…
Berggren Oy | European Union | 21 Oct 2021
Designs in European Union
Berggren Oy | Belgium, European Union | 6 Oct 2021
License to kill (software) bugs: CJEU issues landmark decision in C‑13/20
Debugging software failures requires a significant amount of time, namely 620 developer hours a year, at a cost of approximately $61 billion…
