We will help you to enforce your rights, to stop the unauthorized use of works and to collect fair compensation for the unauthorised use of your works. We will estimate the merits of your case, help to collect the evidence, and contact the infringer. The goal is to enable the easy restitution of the rights with a settlement. However, we will help you to enforce your rights in a court of law if we don't reach a settlement.
You can notify the infringements online, provide us with the relevant background information - we will take over from there. Our first job is to check the merits of the claim, collect and store evidence and contact the infringing party.
In most cases, our charge is under 200€ for an assignment.
We will keep you updated about the progress of the case with email.
You should react to the infringements as soon as possible. Then it's easier to make the unauthorized use stop, and settle the case.
Internet enables easy copying and distribution of pictures, movies, and music. It tempts many companies and people into using works protected by copyright.
It's not easy for the copyright owner to start actions to find the infringements, reach the infringers, negotiate the compensation, and make the settlement agreement. We do this for the copyright owner, easily on the internet.
You can order the service only via our website. After you give us your contact information and the information about your works and the infringement, we can start the process.
Our aim is to make starting the process as easy as possible. That way we can keep the costs down, and therefore minimize the cost risk of the copyright owner.
The service is provided by Turre Legal Oy. Turre Legal is one of the most experienced copyright law firm in Finland.
If needed, we will get a court decision about the infringement. After that, the collection of the payment can be enforced by the authorities.
We will send the email to the infringer either in Finnish, or in English. We have contacts to a network of copyright lawyers in other countries who can take over the process if needed.
The court has seen as a reasonable compensation the price that would have been used in the legal market. The price can be different for different works. Often, the price range for photographs is from tens of euros to hundreds, or even a couple of thousand. We also collect the negotiation fees from the infringer.
Our fee is at least 150 €. If we manage to collect more than 300 €, the fee is 50 % of the collected sum. If we don't manage to collect any payment, we don't charge you anything.
Yes. However, we have noticed that the claims are more credible if they are made by a lawyer.
We have acted in several copyright proceedings, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. Lawyers' fee in a typical copyright case is about 5 000 - 15 000 €. The party that has lost the case, pays the fees. The Market Court also charges a court fee which is 500 € from individuals and 2 000 € from companies.
Civil copyright cases were transferred to the Market Court in 2015. Legal expenses insurance does not usually cover the proceedings in special courts or IPR matters (including copyright and photo cases).
As a copyright owner, you get to decide how you want to enforce your copyrights or you want to enforce them at all. You will not lose your rights, even if you don't enforce them.
Lawyer's fee is dependent on the outcome of the case. You don't pay anything for the legal services, if we are unable to collect payments.
The order you make via the web form, applies only to the settlement and negotiations that take place with the infringer. If it's necessary to go to court, we will make a separate assignment with you.
You can also contact the infringer yourself. However, it's often easier and more efficient to use a lawyer. It's also more likely to lead to results.
Typically, a copyright lawyer charges by the hour. Copyright lawyer's fees are usually more than 250 €/h.
In this service, billing is based on the successful negotiations. We charge you only if we succeed to negotiate a settlement with the infringer.
We make an agreement on an assignment with the customer before going to court. Therefore, it's important that the customer's contact information is accurate and up to date.
Most likely your presence in court is not necessary.
The lawyer on the case collects compensation to our client funds account. From there, we forward your part of the money to your bank account within two months of the payment.
We will inform about the progress you via email.
If you've given up your rights to a copyright organization (composition/arrangement/lyrics),it is possible that they have an exclusive right to act on the case. Be in touch with the organization to clarify the matter.
