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).

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 1097/2019 in Finnish.
  
• Open decree 1097/2019 in Swedish.

Trade Register

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

Register of Associations

• Associations Act
  

Register of Foundations

• Foundations Act (pdf) (amendments up to 248/2001 included)
• Business Information Act (pdf) (amendments up to 1491/2001 included)
• Auditing Act (pdf) (amendments up to 1141/2015 included)

Auditor oversight

• Auditing Act (pdf) (amendments up to 1141/2015 included)

Trademarks

• Trademarks Act
  
• Trademarks Decree
  
• Act on Collective Marks

Design rights

• Registered Designs Act
  
• Registered Designs Decree
  

Patents

• Patents Act
  
• Patents Decree
  
• Patent Regulations

Utility models

• Act on Utility Model Rights
  
• Decree on Utility Model Rights
  

Authorised Industrial Property Attorneys

• Act on Authorised Industrial Property Attorneys (pdf) (amendments up to 22/2014 included)