We publish trademark registrations in the Trademarks Gazette, which comes out twice a month. After the Gazette has come out, anyone is entitled to lodge an opposition against a trademark published in it.
You must submit your opposition in writing by sending two copies to the NBPR within two months from the publishing day. You must give your grounds for the opposition and specify which goods or services are concerned. Oppositions must be filed in Finnish or Swedish.
The applicant is notified of the opposition and invited to give a statement addressing the opposition. The registration is then retried on the basis of the application documents, the opposition and the applicant’s statement. A trademark registration can be revoked either totally or in part on account of an opposition.