Company
Meet our team of dedicated professionals, each bringing their unique expertise and passion to help drive our success.
Us
Tapio Kankaala
Director | IP Attorney
Tapio has over 26 years of experience with international patenting and also other IPR issues. He has a strong competence in IPR strategy to support business management in achieving business goals. Tapio can advise how to avoid the most dangerous and expensive risks related to international IPR issues. Tapio has successfully drafted and argued many hundreds of Finnish, International, European, United States, Canadian, Chinese, Japanese, South Korean, Australian, Indian, etc patents. His client companies have achieved great investments and acquisitions.
Jarkko Konola
Jarkko Konola is a highly experienced patent attorney and IPR manager with extensive expertise in the ICT sector. He is a Finnish patent and trademark attorney and an EU trademark and design attorney.
Jarkko holds an M.Sc. in Information Technology and began his career in 1999 as a part-time patent engineer at Sonera. He later joined Nokia, specializing in protecting mobile phone innovations and managing patent risks.
He has since worked at F-Secure, Dispelix, and Nordic Semiconductor, further expanding his expertise in patents and trademarks across emerging technologies.
Jarmo Bergbacka
Sales Manager | Innovation process and financing advisor
Eight years of experience as a quality and product engineer in the mobile phone industry. Fifteen years of experience as an entrepreneur, working as a consultant, in the fields of electromechanics, metal, wood processing and construction industries. Business management consulting, product development, Innovations and problem solving.
Paralegal and renewal services
To be able to offer the best possible administrative services for our customers, we have taken a strategic decision to set-up the administration, ongoing prosecution management and renewals in close cooperation with RightHub – a company dedicated to technology and services focused on Intellectual Property.
With the necessary skills and resources, we have lined up a large team to provide a personalised and high-quality administrative service that is aligned with industry best practices.
Portfolio management
- We help with all the necessary steps to keep your portfolio up to date, day in and day out. Making sure that due dates are met and that actions are taken at the right time.
- Through the Team you can also get help with other specific projects related to your IP Portfolio such as preparation of Power of Attorney document(s), coordination of signatures, recordal projects, transfer of cases, compiling information, data verification and a lot more.
Renewals
- The Service covers a wide range of payments, including pending applications, granted rights, supplemental protection and patent term extensions across all jurisdictions worldwide.
- We will provide you with upcoming deadline reminders, ensuring you don’t lose any important Intellectual Property rights.
- We offer you to set your cases on Auto-pay to ensure approved renewals are made on your behalf, with no action required.
The core team is based in the Nordics, but we also have team members in the UK and the USA, meaning you can collaborate with a ‘local’ knowledgeable and professional team.