Mr. Folke Johansson
Mechelininkatu 1a
00180 Helsinki
Finland
I graduated from the University of Technology Helsinki (now Aalto University) with an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 1991 with a focus on integrated circuits and semiconductors. I started working in a patent agency in 1991 and qualified as a Finnish patent attorney in 1992 and as a European patent attorney in 1996.
Between 1995-2010 I worked in various positions in the IPR department of Nokia Corporation. During 2004-2010 I was a member of the IPR management team. My work at Nokia included patent drafting and prosecution as well as oppositions, as well as management of Nokia's outside patent associates. Later I managed one of Nokia's 3 patent portfolios where the overall portfolio included about 10 000 patent families and the one I managed about 3500 patent families. I handled a lot of patent assertions, patent licensing and litigation for Nokia. During 2008-2010 I managed the IPR for Nokia's mobile phones business unit.
In 2010 I started at the Helsinki based patent agency Papula-Nevinpat as Director of the patent department. In addition to managing the department, my work has focused in particular on helping clients with patent assertions, patent licensing and litigation.
M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (University of Technology Helsinki, 1991)
Experience & Qualifications
- Electrical engineering
- Electronics, IT and telecommunications
- Software; computer-implemented inventions
- Licensing and IP-related agreements
- Patent drafting
- Patent litigation
- Patent oppositions
- Patent prosecution
Roles in FICPI
- Finnish
- Swedish
- English
- German