Announcements 2023

Limited liability companies and co-operatives: File a notification of beneficial owners with the Finnish Trade Register immediately free of charge
Changes to the Patent and Utility Model Regulations and the Patent Handbook from January 2024
Changes to fees for commercial patent, trademark and design services from 1 January 2024
Limited liability companies and co-operatives: Submit your financial statements and your company avoids deregistration
Trademark and design right documents are now available in the PRH Document Service
We have deregistered companies that have not filed their financial statements for registration
Schedules for registration notifications to the Finnish Trade Register towards the end of the year
Our customer service point will be closed for the entire day on Thursday 30 November – our telephone advisory service will be closed from 13.00
Changes in PCT fees from 1 January 2024
Schedules for registration notifications to the Finnish Trade Register towards the end of the year
Limited liability companies and co-operatives: File a notification of beneficial owners with the Finnish Trade Register immediately free of charge
Changes to patent, SPC and utility model fees from 1 January 2024
Changes to trademark fees from 1 January 2024
Changes to filing financial statements 1 January 2024: Fee of 100 euros unless you file financial statements electronically in the online service at ytj.fi
Trademark and design right documents will be included in the PRH Document Service
Trade Register, Register of Associations and auditors: Changes to handling fees from 1 January 2024
Limited liability companies and co-operatives: File your financial statements by 28 February 2024 to avoid deregistration
New Virre feature: download electronically sealed register extracts
Schedules for registration notifications to the Finnish Trade Register towards the end of the year
Progress of the Finnish Patents Act reform
Schedules for registration notifications to the Finnish Trade Register towards the end of the year
Beware of misleading messages about trademarks
Our telephone advisory service opens at 12.00 on Mon 23 October 2023
Limited liability companies and co-operatives: File a notification of beneficial owners with the Finnish Trade Register immediately free of charge
Protect your intellectual property: SME Fund open for grant applications
Schedules for registration notifications to the Finnish Trade Register towards the end of the year
Changes to our online patent services in 2024
Limited liability companies and co-operatives: Submit your financial statements and your company avoids deregistration
PRH customer service point in Helsinki opens at 13.00 on Tuesday 3 October
Limited liability companies and co-operatives: File your financial statements by 9 January 2024 to avoid deregistration
Schedules for registration notifications to the Finnish Trade Register towards the end of the year
The Business Registers Interconnection System (BRIS) warns companies of scam letters
Limited liability companies and co-operatives: File a notification of beneficial owners with the Finnish Trade Register immediately free of charge
Limited liability companies and co-operatives: Submit your financial statements and your company avoids deregistration
Limited liability companies and co-operatives: File your financial statements by 15 November 2023 to avoid deregistration
PRH to begin PPH cooperation with the patent office of Brazil in August
Our software patent guide helps you protect your software-related inventions
Company and organisation search at ytj.fi: print button added and display of the code of the main line of business improved
Protect your intellectual property: SME Fund still open for grant applications
Limited liability companies and co-operatives: Submit your financial statements and your company avoids deregistration
Changes to Trade Register extracts and Virre Information Service from 8 June 2023
Changes to the prices of the Information Service of the Finnish Register of Associations on 1 June 2023
The unitary patent system will start on 1 June 2023
Our telephone exchange and customer service close at 15.00 on 3 May
Participate in the Quality Innovation Award arranged by the Finnish Quality Association
Protect your intellectual property: SME Fund grant for charges paid to a public authority when applying for a patent
Company and organisation search at ytj.fi: improvements to printing and to showing the code of the main line of business
New company search function at ytj.fi
Rectification of the Patent Information Service: missing Supplementary Protection Certificates have been added
New system at prh.fi
Intellectual Property for SMEs – webinar for SMEs 28 March 2023
Intellectual Property for SMEs – webinar for SMEs 28 March 2023
Some Supplementary Protection Certificates missing from Patent Information Service
Break in the email distribution of news and announcements published on the PRH websites starting Monday 6 March
The unitary patent system will start on 1 June 2023
Our revamped patent and utility model services
Our online patent and utility model services will be revamped in February
How to protect yourself and your company from scams
Limited liability companies and co-operatives: File a notification of beneficial owners with the Finnish Trade Register immediately free of charge

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