Employment law
Our services related to employment and employee inventions
We provide comprehensive assistance to our clients in legal matters related to employment and employee inventions. Our support spans the entire lifecycle of employment, from recruitment to termination, as well as the development of guidelines, processes, and reward models for employee inventions.

Suvi Julin
Lawyer, Patent Attorney, European Trademark and Design Attorney
- suvi.julin@berggren.fi
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+358 43 824 8789
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+358 10 227 2115
Our expertise
Employment law
We assist our clients with everyday legal matters related to employment, from recruitment to termination.
Examples of employment law assignments:
- Employment agreements
- Executive contracts
- Non-compete clauses
- Protection of trade secrets and addressing violations
- Workplace data protection issues
- Termination procedures
- Employment-related disputes
Employee Inventions
We assist our clients with various issues and development projects related to employee inventions, such as drafting and developing employee invention policies and processes, designing reward models for employee inventions, addressing matters related to invention compensation, and handling complex international issues regarding employee inventions. We also provide support in disputes concerning employee inventions.
Our expertise in employee invention legislation is extensive. We are familiar with its specific nuances and practices across different industries. We strive to offer practical solutions to legally challenging questions.
Examples of assignments related to employee inventions:
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Drafting employee invention policies with appendices
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Defining reward models
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Developing processes for handling invention disclosures
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Training management and employees on employee invention practices and legislation
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Conducting international studies on employee inventions and their regulation
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Litigation concerning employee inventions
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Requesting decisions from the Employee Inventions Board
Contact us

Arttu Ahava
Lawyer, European Trademark and Design Attorney
- arttu.ahava@berggren.fi
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+358 40 538 9654
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+358 10 227 2390

Kaisa Fahllund
VP of IP & Technology Legal, Lawyer
- kaisa.fahllund@berggren.fi
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+358 40 731 1313
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+358 10 227 2276

Elisa Huusko
Lawyer, European Trademark Attorney
- elisa.huusko@berggren.fi
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+358 50 337 6836
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+358 10 227 2329

Suvi Julin
Lawyer, Patent Attorney, European Trademark and Design Attorney
- suvi.julin@berggren.fi
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+358 43 824 8789
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+358 10 227 2115

Iiro Nurminen
Licensed Legal Counsel, European Trademark and Design Attorney
- iiro.nurminen@berggren.fi
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+358 50 568 5940
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+358 10 227 2357
Related blogs
Employee inventions in Finland – claims and disputes concerning employee inventions
Employee inventions are subject to the Act on the Right in Employee Inventions (the Act) in Finland. The Act is partly compulsory.
Read moreEmployee inventions in Finland – employers' rights and obligations -part 2
This article, the third in a series on employee invention issues, focuses on employers' rights and obligations in Finland.
Read moreEmployee inventions in Finland – invention remuneration
Employers must pay particular attention to managing invention processes to secure their rights under the Finnish Employee Inventions Act.
Read moreEmployee 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.
Read moreEmployee inventions in Finland – inventors’ rights and obligations
In our first article in the series discussed rights to an invention. Rights to an invention belong to an inventor.
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