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Protecting Biological Drug Innovations
By AWA | Posted on November 11, 2020
Learn how to protect biological drug innovations during this webinar from Stockholm Science City (In Swedish). Ulrika Munter and Nora Spjuth share their experiences working with intellectual property in this field and Linus Plym Forshell from the Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) provides an overview of IP strategies in the pharmaceutical sector. This webinar is in Swedish.
Tags: biological, drugs, innovations, patents, PRV
How the amended Norwegian Trade Marks Act will affect applicants and owners
By AWA | Posted on October 30, 2020
The upcoming amendments to the Norwegian Trade Marks Act align law and practice with the EEA, but also provides opportunities for trademark owners and applicants in terms of enhanced registration and protection scope as well as considerations for alternate filing strategies The European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Committee decided on February 7, 2020, to implement...
Tags: EEA, NIPO, Norway, Trademark Directive (EU 2015/2436), trademarks
Easing the Pain for SMEs – Effectiveness of External IP Counsel
By AWA | Posted on August 31, 2020
In this interactive webinar moderated by Cathrin Johansson, panellists Malin Wennberg and Anneli Jönsson take a closer look at some of the IP challenges facing SMEs and how utilising external IP counsel can help to ease the pain. They provide hands-on advice from experiences where AWA has acted as an in-house IP department or external...
Boost for brand owners as Denmark introduces Product and Market Surveillance Law
By AWA | Posted on August 21, 2020
On 4 June 2020 the Danish Parliament passed the Product and Market Surveillance Law, which concerns product safety and provides increased powers to the authorities to take action against online retailers such as Amazon, Wish and AliExpress in a move that can be seen as a boost for brand owners. Denmark’s latest legislation supplements Regulation 2019/1020 on...
Tags: brands, Denmark, market surveillance, online, products, Trademark
China Patent Law Update: Second Reading of Draft Amendments
By AWA | Posted on August 11, 2020
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress released the second reading of the draft amendments to the PRC Patent Law in July, with comments on the draft due by August 16, 2020. Compared to the previous draft amendments in 2019, the most significant change reinstates partial design protection. This was suggested in an earlier...
Amendments to Hong Kong’s Trade Marks Ordinance paves the way for Madrid Protocol
By AWA | Posted on July 7, 2020
The Trade Marks (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 was gazetted on June 19, 2020. While the Amendment does not introduce any substantive changes to the underlying Hong Kong trademark laws, it does provide a basis in Hong Kong Law for the application of the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid...
Tags: Hong Kong, Intellectual Property, IP, Madrid Protocol, trademarks, WIPO
Court decisions highlight challenges using copyright to protect designs in Denmark
By AWA | Posted on June 24, 2020
Two eagerly-awaited decisions from the Danish courts serve as a reminder that registered design rights offer greater protection over copyright in cases concerning lookalike products Both designers Ilse Jacobsen with rubber boots and Anne Black with a hanging flower pot, vase and jar with lid stated these products enjoyed copyright protection, but as seen in...
Tags: copyright, Denmark, design rights, designs, Infringement, marketing
How to fast track patent applications in China through prioritised patent examination
By AWA | Posted on June 24, 2020
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is often used by applicants to expedite patent examinations. In China, an alternative to speed up examinations is the prioritised patent examination. Prioritised patent examination is not a new concept in China. It was first introduced in 2012 and most recently amended in 2017 in the Administrative Measures for Prioritised...
Tags: china, CNIPA, green technology, new technology, patents, PPH, Priortised Patent Examination
Fine Tuning Commercial IP Portfolios: Value, Cost Savings and Investing in the Future
By AWA | Posted on June 2, 2020
There has never been a better time to review your company’s IP portfolio than in the current business climate. This interactive webinar considers ways to fine tune the portfolio to generate cost savings, highlight the importance of IP to key decision makers, align IP and commercial interests as well as getting a jump start on...
Tags: commercial, investments, IP, patents, portfolio, strategy
Danish outerwear brand Rains wins court battle against Zara
By AWA | Posted on May 28, 2020
This case concerns whether three raincoats produced and marketed by Zara infringed on two raincoats from Rains, the Long Jacket and Parka Coat, under the Danish Copyright Act and the Danish Marketing Act. The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court handed down its judgement on May 15, 2020 between Rains Aps and Zara Denmark A/S and...
Tags: copyright, designs, marketing, Rains, Zara
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