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    Finland ranks 4th in Europe for academic patents per capita

    A new report published by the European Patent Office (EPO) today finds that patent applications for inventions originating in European universities have been on the rise over the past two decades, and now account for 10.2% of all patents filed at the EPO by European applicants. In Finland, academic patents represent 10% of all European patent applications filed by Finnish applicants at the EPO in the period 2000-2020.· Leading countries for academic patents are Germany, France, the UK and Italy · Finland ranks 11th as Finnish universities are responsible for 3.1% of all academic patents

    PRH and Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment: Amendments to Finnish Trade Register legislation are being prepared

    The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), has assessed the need to amend the legislation on the Finnish Trade Register. The current legislation has led to situations where reinstating companies, that have been removed from the Finnish Trade Register following a failure to provide statutory information, has not been possible, even though the company’s failure to provide information was unintentional.“We will prepare the legislative amendment soon. The PRH will also suspend the removal of

    PRH has deregistered companies that have not filed their financial statements for registration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has removed from the Finnish Trade Register about 3,600 limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration.Deregistration means that the business is out of action. The deregistered companies had not filed their financial statements despite reminder letters. The PRH had also informed the companies of the procedure using a number of communication channels. See the list of the companies deregistered on 19 August 2024 on the prh.fi website: · Read more about the deregistered

    47,000 companies have not filed their beneficial owner details – the PRH deregisters companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details by 20 November 2024

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite requests to do so. This week, the PRH made an entry in the Finnish Trade Register of limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite the request. These companies will be ordered into liquidation or removed from the Finnish Trade Register if they do not file their notification of beneficial owners by 20 November 2024.Deregistration will take place in December

    47,000 companies have not filed their beneficial owner details – may now risk deregistration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite requests to do so. This week, the PRH sent reminder letters to thousands of limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their beneficial owner details. The PRH may deregister these companies if they – despite reminders – do not file their beneficial owner details by the deadline.According to the Finnish Trade Register Act, all limited liability companies and co-operatives must file details of

    47,000 companies have not filed their beneficial owner details – may now risk deregistration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite requests to do so. This week, the PRH sent reminder letters to thousands of limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their beneficial owner details. The PRH may deregister these companies if they – despite reminders – do not file their beneficial owner details by the deadline.According to the Finnish Trade Register Act, all limited liability companies and co-operatives must file details of

    PRH has deregistered companies that have not filed their financial statements for registration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has removed from the Finnish Trade Register circa 1,500 limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration.Deregistration means that the business is out of action. The deregistered companies had not filed their financial statements despite reminder letters. The PRH had also informed the companies of the procedure using a number of communication channels. See the list of the companies deregistered on 24 June 2024 on the prh.fi website: •         Read more about the

    60,000 companies have not filed their beneficial owner details – the PRH deregisters companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details by 25 September 2024

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite requests to do so. This week, the PRH made an entry in the Finnish Trade Register of limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite the request. These companies will be ordered into liquidation or removed from the Finnish Trade Register if they do not file their notification of beneficial owners by 25 September 2024.Deregistration will take place in October

    60,000 companies have not filed their beneficial owner details – may now risk deregistration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite requests to do so. This week, the PRH sent reminder letters to thousands of limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their beneficial owner details. The PRH may deregister these companies if they – despite reminders – do not file their beneficial owner details by the deadline.According to the Finnish Trade Register Act, all limited liability companies and co-operatives must file details of

    PRH has deregistered companies that have not filed their financial statements for registration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has removed from the Finnish Trade Register circa 900 limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration.Deregistration means that the business is out of action. The deregistered companies had not filed their financial statements despite reminder letters. The PRH had also informed the companies of the procedure using a number of communication channels. See the list of the companies deregistered on 29 May 2024 on the prh.fi website: · Read more about the deregistered

    Limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed financial statements risk being struck off the Trade Register

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister or place into receivership limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration. The third deregistration in 2024 now includes circa 4.700 limited liability companies and co-operatives.The companies in the third deregistration must file their financial statements with the Trade Register by 11 September 2024. See the list of the companies in the deregistration (a reminder recorded on 27.5.2024): · Go to the prh.fi

    Finnish biology inventors selected as finalists for the European Inventor Award 2024

    The husband-and-wife team, Sirpa and Markku Jalkanen, developed a clinical treatment to activate the immune system in fighting cancer cells. They were selected from over 550 candidates as finalists in the ‘SMEs’ category of the European Inventor Award 2024, competing against a French team and a Polish one. The winners will be announced during the ceremony on 9 July in Malta.Igniting the immune system to target cancer Bexmarilimab, the drug developed by this husband-and-wife team, better equips the immune system to fight cancer cells, making it a form of immunotherapy, which is an

    Participate in the Quality Innovation Award and gain valuable feedback on your innovation

    Excellence Finland will host the 17th National Quality Innovation Award event. The competition provides companies, organisations and public administration organisations the opportunity for validation and professional feedback on their innovations. It can also offer developer teams support for launching their innovations on the market or promoting them inside their organisations. PRH a longstanding partner of the competition.The Quality Innovation Award highlights innovations that are evaluated based on novelty value, usability, learning, customer orientation, and profitability.

    60,000 companies have not filed their beneficial owner details – may now risk deregistration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister companies that have not filed their beneficial owner details despite requests to do so.This week, the PRH sent reminder letters to thousands of limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their beneficial owner details. The PRH may deregister these companies if they – despite reminders – do not file their beneficial owner details by the deadline. According to the Finnish Trade Register Act, all limited liability companies and co-operatives must file details

    Limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed financial statements risk being struck off the Trade Register

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister or place into receivership limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration. The second deregistration in 2024 now includes circa 5.200 limited liability companies and co-operatives.The companies in the deregistration must file their financial statements with the Trade Register by 30 July 2024. See the list of the companies in the deregistration (a reminder recorded on 15.4.2024): · Go to the prh.fi website about

    PRH has deregistered companies that have not filed their financial statements for registration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has removed from the Finnish Trade Register more than 1,000 limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration.Deregistration means that the business is out of action. The deregistered companies had not filed their financial statements despite reminder letters. The PRH had also informed the companies of the procedure using a number of communication channels. See the list of the companies deregistered on 18 March 2024 on the prh.fi website: •         Read more about the

    Limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed financial statements risk being struck off the Trade Register

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister or place into receivership limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration. The first deregistration in 2024 now includes ca. 2.500 limited liability companies and co-operatives.The companies in the deregistration must file their financial statements with the Trade Register by  3 June 2024. See the list of the companies in the deregistration (a reminder recorded on 19.2.2024): · Go to the prh.fi website about

    PRH has deregistered companies that have not filed their financial statements for registration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has removed from the Finnish Trade Register circa 600 limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration. Deregistration means that the business is out of action.The deregistered companies had not filed their financial statements despite reminder letters. The PRH had also informed the companies of the procedure using a number of communication channels. See the list of the companies deregistered on 30 January 2024 on the prh.fi website:   · Read more about the deregistered

    Limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed financial statements risk being struck off the Trade Register

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister or place into receivership limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration. The deregistration now includes ca 1.500 limited liability companies and co-operatives.The companies in the 4th deregistration in 2023 must file their financial statements with the Trade Register by 7 May 2024. See the list of the companies in the deregistration (a reminder recorded on 22.1.2024): · Go to the prh.fi website about companies

    Trademark and design right documents are now available in the PRH Document Service

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has expanded the Patent Document Service so that companies can receive trademark and design right documents in the service. The new service was released on 11 December 2023. The name of the service is the PRH Document Service, and it is intended for companies that often deal with intellectual property rights (IPR).You can use the PRH Document Service to receive and download trademark, design right, patent and utility model documents online from the PRH. The service requires identification using Suomi.fi e-Identification and authorisation. You

    PRH has deregistered companies that have not filed their financial statements for registration

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has removed from the Finnish Trade Register circa 60 limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration.Deregistration means that the business is out of action. The deregistered companies had not filed their financial statements despite reminder letters. The PRH had also informed the companies of the procedure using a number of communication channels. The deregistered companies are listed on the prh.fi website: · Read more about companies deregistered on 4 December 2023 in

    Limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed financial statements risk being struck off the Trade Register

    The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), which maintains the Finnish Trade Register, will deregister or place into receivership limited liability companies and co-operatives that have not filed their financial statements for registration. The third deregistration in 2023 now includes about 1.600 limited liability companies and co-operatives.See the list of the companies in the third deregistration (a reminder recorded on 13.11.2023) on the prh.fi website. · Go to the website about companies risking deregistration (in Finnish). 

    EPO and EUIPO announcement: Owning Intellectual Property (IP) rights boosts startups’ ability to raise funds

    The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) published on 17 October 2023 a joint study highlighting how much patents and trademarks can boost the success of European startups. The report shows that, on average, startups that possess these two types of intellectual property (IP) rights during their initial seed or early growth stages are up to 10 times more likely to successfully secure funding.Munich, 17 October 2023 – Today, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have published a new

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