YOUR STRATEGIC UP AND LEGAL PARTNER - GATEWAY TO THE EUROPEAN IP WORLD
For the IP world, Kolster is a trusted business partner in Europe, providing a full range of services from patents, trademarks and designs to licensing and other IP agreements, conflict management and litigation.
Finland is a world leader in high-technology patents. As a result, our attorneys are used to working with high-technology fields, such as biotechnology, ICT and other highly innovative branches. These patent-intensive fields are directly reflected in our company’s resources: you can always find the best IP expert for your needs.
“We find it important that we are able to gather client specific teams based on the needs, for each technology branch and client case. Our patent and trademark experts and lawyers work in close cooperation in IP strategy and dispute resolution issues to find the best and most cost-effective solutions”, says Director of Patents, Tapio Äkräs.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER TO BOOST YOUR BUSINESS
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A full range of intellectual property and legal services providing reliable and high-quality work
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80 IP and legal experts: European patent attorneys, European trademark and design attorneys, lawyers, IP specialists and administrators – one of the most experienced IP expert teams in Europe
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Our patent prosecution expertise gained by making 300-400 first filings, 300 EPO filings, 1 000 national filings, and 2 500 office actions annually. About 2 000 EP patents are validated in Finland through Kolster.
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Our trademark prosecution expertise gained by filing hundreds of applications each year for national, European Union trademark and international trademark registrations; as well as national, Community designs and international design registrations
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Our legal expertise in technology transfers, licensing, commercial agreements, transactions, litigation, EU funding for collaborative research and innovation projects (“Horizon 2020”)
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Our special expertise in China: Kolster China Desk™ services. The Chinese market is a strongly growing business area, in which we operate as an IP partner for European enterprises entering the Chinese markets, and Chinese companies entering the European markets.