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IPRs need team work - Unicorns are a team effort
Unicorns are a team effort. Studies say that 18% of startups fail because of team problems and 14% of startups fail because they haven’t built the...
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First Decision of the Helsinki Local Division: Prior National Proceedings Cause Ineffective Withdrawal of Opt-Out
The Helsinki local division of the Unified Patent Court has now rendered its first decision since the Unified Patent Court started operating in June...
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Employee inventions in Finland – claims and disputes concerning employee inventions
Employee inventions are subject to the Act on the Right in Employee Inventions(1) (the Act) in Finland. The Act is partly compulsory and governs:...
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Employee inventions in Finland – employers' rights and obligations -part 2
Employee inventions are subject to the Act on the Right in Employee Inventions¹ in Finland. The Act is partly compulsory and governs: rights to an...
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Employee inventions in Finland – invention remuneration
Employee inventions are subject to the Act on the Right in Employee Inventions(1) in Finland. The Act is partly compulsory and governs: rights to an...
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Employee inventions in Finland: ensuring proper transfer and assignment of IP rights to employers
Employee inventions are subject to the Act on the Right in Employee Inventions¹ in Finland. The Act governs the principles relating to when and under...
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EMPLOYEE INVENTIONS IN FINLAND – INVENTORS’ RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
Employee inventions are subject to the Act on the Right in Employee Inventions (656/1967) in Finland (the “Act” or the “Employee Inventions Act”)....
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Protect and prosper abroad
Entering into international markets in any scale is always a challenge and an opportunity to your business. There are the questions related to new...
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PRACTICAL TIPS COMPANIES CAN USE FOR MANAGING EMPLOYEE INVENTIONS IN MULTINATIONAL SETTINGS
Management of employee inventions in multinational companies can be challenging. How do companies meet the requirements of various national laws and...
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GDPR COMPLIANCE TIPS FOR HEALTHTECH INDUSTRY
The European Union General Data Protection Regulation, commonly known as GRPR, can be challenging for any company. This is even more true for...
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New EDPB Guidelines on Data Protection by Design and Default: What You Need to Know in Less Than 4 Minutes
The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) recently published new guidelines for data protection by design and by default (Guidelines 4/2019 on...
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CAN USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY BE COMPATIBLE WITH GDPR?
Facial recognition technology offers a range of possibilities for controlling access to certain premises or events, for example, to prevent...
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KEY GUIDELINES FOR PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING CONSENTS IN EU
The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published updated guidelines for personal data processing related consents under the EU’s General Data...
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ENSURING YOU HAVE VALID CONSENT UNDER GDPR: KEY EDPB GUIDELINES
The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published updated guidelines concerning consent with respect to personal data processing under the EU´s...
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Key Aspects of the EDPB’s Statement and Guidance on Data Transfers Outside the EU Based on Schrems II
The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) adopted a Statement on the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) Judgment in Case C-311/18...
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3 KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR GDPR COMPLIANCE WITH FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
Generally, facial recognition involves identification based on the comparison of newly captured images with images stored in a database, which also...
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KEY GDPR PRACTICE TIPS RELATED TO AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING AND PROFILING
Automated decision-making and profiling constitute personal data processing that may have a significant impact particularly on the rights of the data...
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CJEU Rules EU-US Privacy Shield Invalid – What does this mean for you?
The European Court of Justice issued a significant judgement on 16 July 2020 ruling, inter alia, that the EU-US Privacy Shield framework is invalid....
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Focus on European Tech Transfer
While entering into licensing agreements with companies operating in the European Union, there are certain issues to be aware of. Namely, the...
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