Lassi Saarela

Lassi Saarela helps Kolster’s clients protect technical innovations and designs, and leverage them to gain a competitive advantage.

Lassi serves as a European Patent Attorney and Design Attorney at Kolster. He has extensive experience in comprehensive protection strategies and dispute resolution, particularly in the manufacturing and consumer goods sectors. He holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and, before his IPR career, worked in industry focusing on production planning and development.

Lassi is also an IPR trainer, tailoring company-specific training programs for the staff of Kolster’s client companies.

He emphasizes the importance of protecting all aspects of product development and utilizing the IPR portfolio to defend competitive advantage. A strong IPR portfolio can open new cooperation opportunities with competitors instead of leading to disputes, and strengthens one’s position in negotiations.

IP expertise

• The patenting process from drafting applications to granted patents and oppositions
• Invention evaluation
• Freedom-to-operate (FTO) analyses
• Expert opinions on the scope of patent protection
• Patent infringement assessments
• IPR strategy and consulting
• Design protection process from drafting design applications to granted rights
• Production and finalization of design representations (images/renderings)
• Expert opinions on the scope of design protection
• Design infringement assessments
• Dispute resolution and litigation
• IPR training and workshops

Technical expertise

• Mechanical engineering
• Production technologies
• Production economics
• Internet of things (IoT) in the manufacturing industry

Client industries

• Automotive
• Consumer goods
• Paper and forest industry
• Industrial machinery and equipment
• Measuring instruments and technology
• Tire industry
• Sports equipment and products
• Construction industry
• Floating construction

IPR sector memberships

• epi – Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office