Actor Jasper Pääkkönen commented “Calcanic dispute” before the court proceedings in the Helsinki Court of Appeal.
The controversy of actress and presenter Jasper Pääkkönen’s calculator will continue today in the Helsinki Court of Appeal on Monday.
Pääkkönen comments to Iltalehti in the morning before the trial starts.
– I think the district court has made the wrong decision, Pääkkönen downloads right from the start.
He told the media before moving to the courtroom in his own words what the case was. According to Pääkkönen, the so -called Kalsarijärjen is whether the other side, Source & Co Oy, which sells the right business of The Other Danish Guy, the right to use Pääkkönen’s name, image and brand in their marketing.
Jasper Pääkkönen expressed his sharp opinion on the district court’s previous decision. Matti Matikainen
– Nothing has ever been agreed. In my view, the district court has misjudged the evidence because no evidence has been made to have agreed on such.
Pääkkönen adds that the agreements have not been concluded in writing or orally.
– My justice does not fit in the fact that if no such thing has been agreed that the company should use my image and name in its advertising campaign without a contract.
According to Pääkkönen, there has been a Brand Ambassador agreement between the parties, which has been claimed, among other things, on the publication of social media. Pääkkönen has not agreed to these.
– Nothing is expected, nothing is obliged from you, everything is agreed separately, every thing is going through one by one. You don’t have to do anything you don’t want, Pääkkönen says the company promised.
In the opinion of Pääkkönen, despite his promises, the TV, radio and online ad campaign without compensation. He immediately points out after seeing a TV commercial that he has sent sharp feedback on cheating on his confidence.
When asked by Pääkkönen if he is still a small shareholder in the company, he says he has not been familiar with it.
– As far as I know I’m. I haven’t been interested in speaking. The association I used to go to the company is really tiny, he recalls.
Pääkkönen told the media prior to the legal proceedings that he would never have agreed to that advertising campaign. Matti Matikainen
Pääkkönen owns 2.5 % of the company, which he describes as meaningless.
He previously claimed EUR 300,000 in damages from the company in the district court. Pääkkönen says that the amount is based on the estimation of the field experts in the field of the advertising campaign.
-I would never have agreed to make such a completely inferior Kalsari-TV advertising campaign for this compensation. By no means would I have even considered, Pääkkönen says emphatically.
– I think that the amount should have been so big that it wouldn’t make sense for the company to pay for it. Personally, I would never have made this amount, he says.
Pääkkönen commented on the CEO of the counterparty company Tommi to the source.
– We have no beer contacting this issue for years.
Pääkkönen also describes the broader importance of his trial. He says that in the future other celebrities could be afraid that their images will be used without permission for advertising purposes if the company can only claim that things have been agreed.
Pääkkönen strongly believes that he will win in the Court of Appeal.
– There is no other possible end result here, he sums up.
Jasper Pääkkönen arrived at the Helsinki Court of Appeal on Monday morning. He strongly believes he will win in the processing. Matti Matikainen
This is about it
Jasper Pääkkönen sued the lingerie brand in the summer of 2022 and claimed EUR 300,000 from the company. The Helsinki District Court dismissed Pääkkönen’s action in the summer of 2023.
The other party in the dispute is Lähdi & Co Oy, which sells The Other Danish Guy, which is auxiliary business name, with a brand ambassador Pääkkönen at the time of the event in 2021. Pääkkönen appeared, for example, on the cover of Helsingin Sanomat in the company’s calculator advertisement.
According to Pääkkönen, such an ad had not been agreed. Pääkkönen felt that he was only involved in podcast recordings and only for the purpose of publishing pictures to promote podcast.
Iltalehti follows the trial in this story.