Thousands of requests concerning a prohibition of registration submitted to the Finnish Patent and Registration Office – the online form for registration prohibitions is still running slowly

Due to the data breach at Valio, over 10,000 requests concerning a registration prohibition were submitted to the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) last week and over the weekend, and the number is rising. The exceptionally high number of requests concerning a prohibition of registration is causing delays in accessing the online form, with waiting times of between 20 seconds and two minutes. Filling out the form is also slow.The supplier of the form system has been working on the problem since last Thursday, but unfortunately, the issue has not yet been resolved. Customers can