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Attracting Capital – Guiding the Growth Journey
By AWA | Posted on July 2, 2021
In a series of programs initiated by AWA Denmark, the focus will be on what potential growth entrepreneurs should do when they wish to attract capital for their growth journey. In the first program, European Patent Attorney Stefan Borch Bilfeldt has invited CEO and co-founder Marie Lommer Bagger, Measurelet, and investor Henrik Harboe in the...
Tags: capital, funding, investment
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...
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...
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...
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...
Filed under: Insights
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
Guide: EU Trademarks after Brexit
By AWA | Posted on December 17, 2020
EU trademarks will no longer be protected in the UK after Brexit. What will happen to your EUTM depends on whether it has been registered or not on exit day: December 31, 2020. Registered EU trademarks Your registered EU trademark right will be automatically cloned into a UK trademark registration. You will not need to...
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Tags: applications, Brexit, EU Trademarks, renewals, trademarks, UK
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.
Filed under: Webinars
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...
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