25.01.2017

Procopé & Hornborg collaborates with the University of Helsinki

Procope & Hornborg’s attorneys Asta Siponen and Jusse Rissanen is currently teaching a course in litigation. The course is conducted in collaboration with the University of Helsinki.

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07.12.2016

Council adopted EU-US Data Protection Umbrella Agreement

The past couple of years have been a data protection roller-coaster for companies, starting with the Schrems decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union revoking the EU-US Safe Harbour framework and leading to a frantic situation where companies that had relied upon Safe Harbour to transfer data to the US quickly had to find new solutions. Then came the by some long-awaited and by others dreaded General Data Protection Regulation.

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07.12.2016

Market Court rules on use of BMW, MINI and Rolls Royce trademarks

In a recent case from the Market Court (MAO:641/16), the plaintiffs Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited sued a person, whose company “Panama” was engaged in repairing cars, for trademark infringement. Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft owns the trademarks “BMW” and “MINI” and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited owns the trademark “Rolls Royce”. Panama referred to the trademarks on its website to market its services.

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