Castrén & Snellman

IP Prosecution

Head of IP Prosecution, European Trademark and Design Attorney

I am an intellectual property (IP) specialist and head of our IP prosecution team. I advise clients on all aspects of trademark and design protection, filing strategies, trademark clearance searches and IP portfolio management internationally. I also handle contentious proceedings, oppositions and cancellation actions at the Finnish Patent Office and EUIPO. I have considerable and versatile experience of designs globally, and have been involved in numerous cases of design infringements as a consulting specialist responsible for preparing infringement evaluations. I work for clients across a variety of industry sectors. I lecture on IP related matters as well.

I am a European Trademark and Design attorney with the right to represent clients before EUIPO. I am also an authorised Finnish Trademark and Design Attorney.

Before joining C&S, I have worked as a head of trademark and designs, team manager and as a head of marketing in firms specialised in IP prosecution as well as with a telecommunications firm overseeing and managing their design portfolio. Before joining a private IP practice I worked several years at the Finnish Patent Office.

International Trademark Association (INTA), member of Trademark Office Practices Committee European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA) AIPPI UNION, member of the Designs Commission MARQUES Finnish Fashion Law Association Finnish Anti-Counterfeiting Group (FACG) The Finnish Marketing Association