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MedTrace receives $30 million investment fuelling US expansion and new business area

By AWA | Posted on May 13, 2021

AWA’s client MedTrace Pharma A/S has received nearly $30 million from Swiss-based Swisscanto Invest and Danish investors ATP and BankInvest. MedTrace has developed a fully automated technology that makes radioactive water clinically available to patients in need of diagnostic heart imaging. Radioactive water (15O-water), currently used on occasion for various scans, will now be produced...

Tags: investment, MedTrace, patents, technology

CellaVision acquires exclusive rights to novel microscopy technology

By AWA | Posted on April 8, 2021

AWA’s client CellaVision has signed an agreement to acquire the exclusive rights to a patent portfolio on Fourier Ptychographic Microscopy, a novel microscopy technology from Clearbridge BioPhotonics. CellaVision is an innovative, global medical technology company that develops and sells leading systems for routine analysis of blood and other body fluids in health care services. AWA...

Tags: CellaVision, due dilligence, patents

EPO releases Patent Index 2020: Applications stable despite pandemic, healthcare innovation soars and the US tops geographic origin of applications outside of Europe

By AWA | Posted on March 18, 2021

The European Patent Office (EPO) released its Patent Index 2020 this week. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, filings remained stable with increases in applications from the medical technology, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. These increases helped to counter declines seen in some sectors like mechanical engineering. Top Industries As a result of the current global situation, it...

Tags: EPO, Patent Innovation Index 2020, patents

China’s highest court awards largest ever damages in Vanillin trade secrets case

By AWA | Posted on March 9, 2021

The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) handed down its decision on February 26, 2021. Almost immediately, the business and intellectual property communities were paying attention to a case that would have otherwise gone unnoticed. The reason was simple – the highest ever damages for a trade secrets case had been awarded by the SPC – Rmb...

Tags: china, SPC, trade secrets

China amends Guidelines for Patent Examination

By AWA | Posted on February 24, 2021

Following the fourth amendment to the PRC Patent Law by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress in October 2020, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) initiated a comprehensive review of the Guidelines for Patent Examination (Examination Guidelines 2019). The Decision to Amend the Guidelines for Patent Examination (Examination Guidelines 2021) was issued by the...

Tags: china, CNIPA, Guidelines, Patent, PRC Patent Law, prosecution

China introduces compensation for patent terms

By AWA | Posted on December 15, 2020

On October 17, 2020, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress passed amendments to the PRC Patent Law, which come into force June 1, 2021. The amendments cover three key areas: 1) Strengthening the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of patentees; 2) Promoting the implementation and application of patents; and 3)...

Tags: china, compensation, innovative drugs, patent terms, patents

An Introduction to IP

By AWA | Posted on November 24, 2020

The first of a series of webinars gives you a short introduction to the different areas in IP. Hear about patents, trademarks, design protection and domain names. Rasmus Kvist Lund what the different areas within IP can be used for when you wish to protect your invention. This webinar is in Danish.

Bad news for WhatsApp as Norwegian Board of Appeal refuses to register logo

By AWA | Posted on November 23, 2020

With a reported total of more than 500 million users globally, many of us will have used or at least heard of WhatsApp. In a recent decision dated 24 September 2020, the Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights ruled against WhatsApp in its appeal against an earlier decision of the Norwegian Industrial Property Office...

Tags: distinctiveness, NIPO, Norway, trademarks, What's App

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Laura Stravinskaite

Laura Stravinskaite

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Ashley Zhao

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Troels Peter Rørdam

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Mikkel Roed Trier

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