Sini Petsalo

Sini Petsalo has extensive experience in assisting our clients in intellectual property and technology matters in support of their business operations.

Sini is specialized in identifying and protecting industrial rights (trademarks, design rights, patents) essential to the clients’ business, monitoring and defending their rights and assisting in IP portfolio management and strategic utilization of IP rights. Sini has experience especially in handling brand related disputes. In patent disputes and litigation, her technical and legal background enables efficient assistance for clients before national courts and the UPC. As a patent attorney, her area of expertise is energy technology (power plant and process technology).

Sini has been working at Kolster since 2019. Before joining Kolster, she worked in administrative and district courts in duties related to the application of the law as well as at Fortum as a project manager in the field of energy technology.

Sini believes that effective IP protection is often achieved by combining different IP protection types and therefore the ability to provide comprehensive assistance in different areas creates particular efficiency and depth in cooperation.

IP-expertise

• Preliminary searches of patents and trademarks
• Trademark, design and patent applications and application processes
• Oppositions, revocations, invalidations, appeals
• Legal proceedings
• Infringement matters
• Counterfeit products and customs surveillance cooperation
• Unfair business practices
• Contracts
• Employee inventions
• Technology commercialization
• Strategic advice, risk management and training related to IP rights

Technical Expertise

• Energy and process technology
• Power plant and combustion technology
• Energy efficiency, process modelling
• Renewable energy sources
• Environmental technology
• Electrical energy technology

Client Industries

• Automotive
• Biotechnology
• Consumer goods
• Energy
• ICT
• Media and entertainment
• Paper and forest industry
• Freight and logistics
• Natural resources
• Financial services
• Chemistry
• Oil and gas
• Public services
• Software
• Telecommunications
• Information and communications
• Natural sciences
• Health
• Technology
• Industrial machinery and equipment
• Measuring instruments and technology
• Mining
• Pharmaceutical industry
• Renewable energy

Professional Memberships

• ECTA – European Communities Trade Mark Association
• SPAY - The Association of Finnish Patent Attorneys
• LES Scandinavia - Licensing Executives Society