Intellectual Property Enforcement

This article first appeared in IP Value 2005, Building and enforcing intellectual property value, An international guide for the boardroom.

Finland has a technology-intensive industry both in the traditional mechanical (often paper and pulp related) as well as in the electronic, IT and biotech sectors. The most successful technology company during the past few years has without doubt been Nokia. These industries carefully consider the governance of trade secrets, patent strategy, product design and branding which all are factors having an effect on domestic and international success.

The increased demand for entertainment, whether in musical, film or multimedia format, requires a new approach to copyright protection, distribution rights and neighbouring rights. The easy distribution of wireless entertainment also means new standards for the governance and enforcement of intellectual property rights.