Henri Kaikkonen is a partner in Bird & Bird's Helsinki office and Head of our Finnish Intellectual Property Group. His focus areas are contentious IP matters, brand protection and commercialization of digital assets. Henri has extensive experience in contentious IP and Tech matters. Having represented clients in all kinds of IPR infringement and invalidation actions, preliminary injunctions and IP related damages claims, he focuses on contentious trademark, patent and unfair business practices disputes. His litigation expertise also covers trade secrets, copyrights, database rights, marketing, consumer protection, technology transfers and distressed IT projects. On the non-contentious side, Henri regularly advises in local, EU and international brand protection, oppositions and office actions, as well as in the creation and development of IP strategies. Much of his work is also about ensuring marketing campaigns and product launches are done lawfully.
Bird & Bird
The IP litigation department at Bird & Bird is headed up by Henri Kaikkonen, who ‘masters the legal issues relating to patents’, trade mark and unfair business practice disputes, brand protection work, and IP licensing agreements. The team frequently acts in trade mark disputes and enforcement work (areas of focus for Mikko Nurmisto), R&D and licensing issues, trade mark portfolios and disputes, as well as patent infringements. Dispute resolution group head Tom Vapaavuori is also experienced in trade secret matters.
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- ‘The team's strengths are people, cooperation and holistic professionalism down to every detail. Appreciated for the clear justifications for every decision or proposal. In addition, it has been easy to deal with the team as they have active present proposals on how to proceed in each case.’
‘Henri Kaikkonen is quick in his responses, also thinks extensively about the business case in question and presents his thoughts in plain language.’
‘Henri Kaikkonen and Mikko Nurmisto both have very good expertise in the field of trade mark law and other IP matters. They provide the service very efficiently and know what they are doing. I can always trust that my trade mark and other IP matters are handled well everywhere.’
‘I appreciate Henri Kaikkonen's no-fuss and straight-forward attitude.’
‘They have a very strong IP practice, especially in patent litigation.’
‘Henri Kaikkonen is an excellent communicator. He masters the legal issues relating to patents and our clients have liked how well he has been able to describe the process in a structured manner.’
‘From the firm we have utilised mainly Henri Kaikkonen's services in IP Rights and his vast knowledge has been an invaluable support for our business especially in complex cases where the answer is not clear from the first review.’
Key clients
- Warner Bros. Discovery
- Monster Energy
- Metso Corporation
- Tempur Sealy
- Glaston Corporation
- Valoo Täyskuitu
- Isojoen Konehalli
- Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company
- Holiday Club
- The Finnish Red Cross Blood Service
- Swappie
- Sulapac
- Saarni Cloud
- Mainframe Industries
- Logmore
- Lightheart Entertainment
- Cyklon Nordic
Work highlights
- Acted for Finnish optic fibre company Valoo Täyskuitu in a strategically important unfair business practice dispute before the Market Court concerning the misleading marketing of 5G mobile subscriptions.
- Advising Finnish glass tempering machine manufacturer Glaston Corporation on international patent enforcement measures, including in Unified Patent Court (UPC) considerations.
- Acted for Finnish media group MTV in a strategically important copyright/competition dispute before the Market Court on the legitimacy of the music fees collected by Teosto, the Finnish copyright organisation.
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