Experienced trademark prosecution expert Anne Laukkasuo has joined Castrén & Snellman’s intellectual property team. Anne, who is joining us from patent and trademark agency Laine IP, brings to the table over 10 years of IP experience in the private sector. She has vast experience in trademark and design registration and prosecution, IP infringement evaluations and opinions, and IP strategies, portfolio management and audits.
28.4.2022
EU Trademark and Design Attorney Anne Laukkasuo Joins Castrén & Snellman’s Intellectual Property Team
Anne Laukkasuo
‘We are very happy to have Anne join our IP team. She will strengthen our trademark and design prosecution practice, and her unique and international background makes a great addition to our department’, says Nina Mikander, who heads Castrén & Snellman’s IP prosecution practice.
Sakari Salonen, head of Castrén & Snellman’s IP practice, adds: ‘Anne’s experience in IP prosecution and portfolio management will be a great benefit to our clients.’
‘I am very excited to join this top-tier IP team that can deliver IP services in all areas. I am confident that our clients will benefit from my expertise and experience’, says Anne Laukkasuo.
Castrén & Snellman’s Intellectual Property team is one of Finland’s leading and most experienced IP practices. Our versatile team of lawyers and experts covers every area of IP, from protection to commercialisation and enforcement. Our expertise and the solutions we provide have repeatedly been acknowledged in the top tier by international directories such as Chambers Europe and Global, Legal500, Managing IP, World Trademark Review and IAM Patent 1000.
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