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Jun 20, 2019
Åsa Krook, Lasse Laaksonen, Ben Rapinoja, Borenius Attorneys Ltd, Finland
First published at www.borenius.com

The New Finnish Trademarks Act entered into force on 1 ...


Åsa Krook, Lasse Laaksonen, Ben Rapinoja, Borenius Attorneys Ltd, Finland, First published at www.borenius.comThe new Finnish Trademarks Act entered into force on 1 May 2019. With the new act, Finland finally implements the revised EU Trademark Directive, enforces the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks and brings the present trademark regulation originating substantially from 1964 up to date. The reform also introduces amendments to the related legislation such as the Finnish Company Names Act, the Criminal Code and the relevant procedural acts. The current provisions concerning collective marks and control marks are included in the new Trademarks Act, and the current Act on Collective Marks is annulled.
The new act brings certain changes to the current application and renewal proceedings, such as mandatory online filing of trademark and renewal applications. The new act also introduces new classification rules and restricts the scope of protection for black and white figurative trademarks. Under the new act, black and white trademarks will not cover all colour variations but only the version in black and white. The requirement for  read more