Global menu

Our global pages

Close

People search

Filter by:
 
Kati Rantala , Specialist Counsel

Kati Rantala

Specialist Counsel

Attorney at Law, Trademark Attorney

Languages

Finnish, English and Spanish

Practice areas

  • Intellectual property
  • Privacy, data protection and cybersecurity
  • Sport
  • Technology

Practice notes

Kati focuses on issues related to intellectual property rights and handles infringement, annulment, and other judicial proceedings, as well as other cases related to the protection of intellectual property rights. Kati has experience especially in trademarks, but also in designs, domain names, patents, copyrights, company names, slavish imitation and unfair competition matters. Kati also specialises in data protection and sports law.

Kati’s recent experience includes:

  • representing Osaühing Aldar Eesti against Alko Oy after Alko Oy had claimed that trademark SuPerAlko infringed Alko’s trademarks and trade name
  • representing DT Trade Oy against Abloy Oy in dispute concerning the alleged infringement of Abloy Oy's trademarks.
  • representing Arla Oy against Valio Oy in a dispute concerning the invalidation of Valio Oy’s trademark registration for VOIMARIINI
  • representing Julius Sämann Ltd., the holder of WUNDER-BAUM trademarks, in the Market Court in a trademark dispute concerning the infringement of Julius Sämann Ltd.'s well-known WUNDER-BAUM trademarks
  • representing the wholesale company F-Safety Oy against Kuomiokoski Oy after Kuomiokoski Oy had claimed that the children’s ANGRY BIRDS winter boots F-Safety Oy has had manufactured infringe the design rights of Kuomiokoski Oy’s KUOMA footwear.
  • represented the importing company IP-Agency Finland Oy against Wellmen Oy in a dispute concerning the cancellation of a design registration related to SELÄTIN sporting equipment after Wellmen Oy had asserted that IP-Agency Finland Oy and its retailers had infringed the rights to the product in question.
  • representing a large Finnish media company in a dispute concerning the invalidation of the counterparty’s patent after the counterparty had asserted that the client infringed the patent in question
  • representing an old Finnish metal company in a dispute concerning unfair business practices (counterparty’s false and misleading advertisement)
  • advising both national and foreign clients in trademark registration and trademark opposition proceedings before OHIM and the Finnish Patent Office as well as cancellation proceedings before OHIM

Memberships:

  • Finnish Bar Association
  • The Association of Finnish Lawyers
  • Finnish AIPPI Group
  • Finnish Association for Industrial Property Rights
  • Finnish Sports Law Association
  • Finnish IT Law Association
  • Finnish Anti-Counterfeiting Group
  • Finnish Fashion Law Association
  • The Finnish Copyright Society
  • ICAMA

Kati works at our office in Helsinki.

Print Friendly and PDF

© Eversheds Sutherland 2021. All rights reserved. Eversheds Sutherland is a global provider of legal and other services operating through various separate and distinct legal entities.

Eversheds Sutherland is the name and brand under which the members of Eversheds Sutherland Limited (Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP and Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP) and their respective controlled, managed and affiliated firms and the members of Eversheds Sutherland (Europe) Limited (each an "Eversheds Sutherland Entity" and together the "Eversheds Sutherland Entities") provide legal or other services to clients around the world. Eversheds Sutherland Entities are constituted and regulated in accordance with relevant local regulatory and legal requirements and operate in accordance with their locally registered names. The use of the name Eversheds Sutherland, is for description purposes only and does not imply that the Eversheds Sutherland Entities are in a partnership or are part of a global LLP. The responsibility for the provision of services to the client is defined in the terms of engagement between the instructed firm and the client.