Corporate Criminal Liabilities

  • A major Swedish company in its criminal claims regarding industrial espionage, misappropriation of proprietary information, copyright crime and misappropriation of technical examples. The case involved extensive research of technical evidence related to back-up systems, databases and alike. Based on our prosecution, the defendants were found guilty and received prison sentences. 
  • A major US corporation in a criminal case concerning copyright crime and misappropriation of proprietary information, where the information and material protected by copyright were acquired in connection with an acquisition of a technology company. Following the completion of the transaction, part of the material was transferred to a new competing business entity established by some of the former shareholders of the acquired company. The case involved extensive investigation of a large amount of detailed technical evidence and its legal implications. Based on our prosecution, the main defendants were found guilty of copyright crime and misappropriation of proprietary information. 
  • A major Swedish company as plaintiff in a civil case where the defendants had copied a database and extracted some of its contents for their own database. The case involved extensive research of technical evidence and its legal implications. The client’s claims were successful and the defendants were found liable for the infringement. 
  • A Finnish company in a damages litigation regarding the application of the Unfair Business Practices Act in a case where the defendant – a major retail chain – had copied a retail trade system for its own use. The dispute was successfully settled out of court. 
  • A sports magazine in an alleged trademark infringement and industrial property crime case. Following our successful defence, the client was acquitted of the charges. 
  • A Finnish company in criminal investigations regarding liability for environmental damage due to alleged emission of cyanide. The proceedings ended as the charges against our client were waived. 
  • A Finnish subsidiary of a globally operating energy and oil company in a dispute against a Finnish city regarding liability for a polluted port. The dispute ended in a favourable settlement.