Päivi Pessala has worked in the IP sector and with Kolster between 1987–1996 in Helsinki and in Tampere since 2001. She has vast experience with IP issues in all process stages of domestic and foreign patent and utility model applications, from the initial research and application stages to official actions and responses and finally to the registration of protection and the management of rights. A versatile education in the field has deepened her extensive knowledge of the protection of technological innovations.