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According to a Government Bill (HE 124/2012 vp) that has been given to the Parliament on 4 October 2012, industrial property right as well as copyright matters will be dealt with by the Market Court as of September 2013.

The decision of the CJEU that the functionality of a computer program cannot be protected by copyright is not very surprising, since it repeats the approach previously adopted by the English courts.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently handed down a judgment in the case C-128/11 UsedSoft v. Oracle.

On 18 March 2004, the Finnish Government introduced bill HE 28/2004 to the Finnish Parliament aiming to implement the Digital Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC).

While being involved in interesting licensing arrangements in TMT sector recently, I must admit that this case truly caught my eye in the latest in Hollywood Reporter...

A while back, the founders of a rapidly growing Finnish startup within digital marketing came to see us at Nordic Law.

The new Finnish Market Court Act will move the hearing of intellectual property disputes to Market Court as the first instance as of 1 September 2013.

On 18 March 2004, the Finnish Government introduced bill HE 28/2004 to the Finnish Parliament aiming to implement the Digital Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC).

Companies should make a point of reviewing their intellectual property rights on a regular basis. With a little effort today, it's possible to avoid major and costly problems tomorrow.

Intellectual property (IP) is a critical aspect of the gaming industry, as it protects the unique elements that distinguish a game from others and provide it with value.

Although most companies operating in the Nordic region (whether in the basic industry, service or high-tech sector) tend to be aware of the value of the company’s intellectual property assets (including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, etc.), few have yet drafted an IP strategy laying down a policy and process on how to best protect and preserve IP assets and use IP to generate value for the business.

This year we have covered different crypto phenomena in our 8-part article series. This article focuses on one phenomenon which has huge potential in the current NFT- and...

Generative artificial intelligence ("AI") applications have become increasingly popular, raising questions about the permissibility of text and data mining for training large language models

General-purpose artificial intelligence ("GPAI") models are rapidly transforming the creative and technological landscape, but their reliance on vast datasets — often including copyright-protected works — has ignited complex legal debates.

Open-source software (OSS) is software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify, and enhance for free.

This is the sixth installment of our 8-part series covering different phenomena in the field of cryptographic assets, and today it is time to have a look at copyrights regarding non-fungible tokens, i.e., NFTs.

The upcoming modernisation of the Finnish Copyright Act is the most significant change for copyright legislation in Finland in the last two decades.