Tatu and Patu applied for patent from the PRH

Alongside with their many other activities, children’s book characters Tatu and Patu are also prolific inventors. However, until recently, they did not have any patents granted by the PRH.

According to Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen, the authors of the Tatu and Patu books, the automatic morning chore machine is by far the most popular of their inventions. The authors would also like to have one in their own household.

Thus, the brothers submitted a patent application for their morning chore machine. After carrying out a thorough examination, PRH experts concluded that the morning chore machine meets the basic requirements for patenting.

To promote patent awareness, Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen were happy to authorise the PRH to apply for a patent on behalf of Tatu and Patu. They receive a large number of cooperation proposals, but they only accept the most enticing ones and then always wholeheartedly.

Read more about Tatu’s and Patu’s patent application at prh.fi (in Finnish).

Fennia Prize awarded to two users of intellectual property rights

In the Fennia Prize design competition, the PRH awarded an honourable mention and a prize of EUR 5,000 for successful use of intellectual property rights.

The IPR Excellence honourable mention went to two companies: to Konecranes Global (for patents and design rights of C and S series hoists) and to Woodio (for patents and trademark protection of wood composite wash basins).

The Fennia Prize awards are given to companies and organisations that make strategic use of design in their business operations.

Go to designforum.fi to read more about the competition.

Nordic Smart Government 3.0, a joint project of Nordic trade registers, outlined the vision for a digital ecosystem for financial administration. Go to our YouTube channel to watch the project’s closing event (in Finnish).