Petri Rinkinen specialises in IP and technology, dispute resolution, and life science and is the contact person at Castrén & Snellman for intellectual property matters. His expertise includes patents, trademarks, domain-names, and trade secret issues, as well as data privacy issues. He is also an experienced litigator, having acted in numerous patent and trademark infringement cases. Mr Rinkinen is also a well-recognised expert in franchising and is one of the legal experts used by the Finnish Franchising Association. He is a frequent lecturer on IP-related matters and franchising issues.