Legislation related to our administrative sector

Below you will find unofficial English translations of Finnish legislation related to our administrative sector. The links go to Finnish legislation database Finlex or to our website.

You will find links to all acts and decrees on our website in Finnish and in Swedish.

Further provisions on our activities are given in the Act on the Finnish Patent and Registration Office. Read the Act on the Finnish Patent and Registration Office in the Finnish legislation database Finlex (amendments up to 578/2013 included).Open link in a new tab

Our fees are based on the Decree of the Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment on the Chargeable Services of the Finnish Patent and Registration Office.

• Open decree 2022-2023 in Finnish. (pdf, 0.7 MB)
  
• Open decree 2022-2023 in Swedish. (pdf, 0.7 MB)

Trade Register

• Business Information Act (pdf)Open link in a new tab (amendments up to 1491/2001 included)
• Limited Liability Companies Act (pdf)Open link in a new tab (amendments up to 981/2011 included)
• Limited Liability Housing Companies Act (pdf)Open link in a new tab (amendments up to 547/2010 included)
• Co-operatives Act (pdf)Open link in a new tab (amendments up to 1488/2001 included)
• Accounting Act (pdf)Open link in a new tab (1336/1997)
  

Register of Associations

• Associations Act
  

Register of Foundations

• Foundations Act (pdf)Open link in a new tab (amendments up to 248/2001 included)
• Business Information Act (pdf)Open link in a new tab (amendments up to 1491/2001 included)
• Auditing Act (pdf)Open link in a new tab (amendments up to 1141/2015 included)

Auditor oversight

• Auditing Act (pdf)Open link in a new tab (amendments up to 1141/2015 included)

Trademarks

• Trademarks Act Open link in a new tab
  
• Trademarks Decree Open link in a new tab
  
• Act on Collective MarksOpen link in a new tab

Design rights

• Registered Designs Act Open link in a new tab
  
• Registered Designs Decree Open link in a new tab
  

Patents

• Patents Act Open link in a new tab
  
• Patents Decree Open link in a new tab
• Patent Regulations (pdf, 0.3 MB)

Utility models

• Act on Utility Model Rights Open link in a new tab
  
• Decree on Utility Model Rights

Authorised Industrial Property Attorneys

• Act on Authorised Industrial Property Attorneys (pdf) Open link in a new tab(amendments up to 22/2014 included)