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Intellectual property protection in Finland
Finland general info
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden to the West, Norway to the North and Russia to the East, while Estonia lies to the South across the Gulf of Finland. Politically, it is a parliamentary republic with a central government based in the capital of Helsinki, local governments in 336 municipalities and an autonomous region, the Åland Islands. From the 12th until the start of the 19th century, Finland was a part of Sweden.
IP Legal Base in Finland
	Patents Act
	Copyright Act
	Trademarks Act
	Design Protection Act
	Utility Model Act
International organizations/agreements
	Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
	Trademark Law Treaty
	Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs
	WIPO Copyright Treaty
	WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
	Patent Law Treaty
	Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
	Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
	Patent Cooperation Treaty
	Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification
	Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
	Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
	Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
	Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
	Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
	Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
Patent Office Contact Details
	Finnish Patent and Registration Office
	Sörnäisten rantatie 13 C, Helsinki, (FI)
	Mailing address: FI-00091 PRH, FINLAND
	Phone: +358 29 509 5030
	Fax: +358 29 509 5328
	Email: registry@prh.fi
	www.prh.fi
IP registration costs
Fees associated with registration of IP rights in Finland are available in the fee calculator.
	Brief summary is based on the information provided by Fenix Legal on 12.08.2025
	Please contact us if the above information is not in conformity with Finnish IP Laws.