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SwapKids: The app for divorced parents (and their kids)

By AWA | Posted on June 27, 2017

Going through a divorce is never easy. Adding kids to the equation makes everything even harder. Danish start-up entrepreneurs Mikkel Eskesen and Søren Christiansen want to simplify communication between divorcees and put the children first with their app SwapKids. “It is hard to communicate with somebody you might not want to talk to. SwapKids offers...

Tags: app, children, Danish, Denmark, Divorced, entrepreneur, Kids, Parenting, Parents

COVFEFE anyone?

By AWA | Posted on June 5, 2017

On 30 May, Donald Trump tweeted “Despite the constant negative press covfefe” and he started a world-wide buzz of speculations of the meaning of this slightly confusing word. Soon thereafter, Per Holknekt, the founder of the Swedish clothing company Odd Molly International AB, claimed to have the right to the trademark COVFEFE and explained his...

Tags: COVFEFE, Donald Trump, trademarks

Helping babies breathe

By AWA | Posted on June 2, 2017

After spending endless nights making prototypes in a basement, doctors Kjell Nilsson and Gunnar Moa finally solved the riddle on how to help prematurely born babies breathe. Over 30 years later, their innovation has saved the lives of thousands of children all around the world – and still continues to do so. Struggling to cope...

Tags: babies, children, CPAP, Innovation, Intellectual Property, licencing, medtech, Neores, Patent

Sustainable development goals set the need for disruptive innovation and new leadership

By AWA | Posted on June 1, 2017

On 25 September 2015, countries adopted 17 sustainable development goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all in a historic UN summit. The goals are followed by an extensive list comprising of 169 targets to ensure the three core elements of sustainable development, i.e. economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection, are harmonised. These goals...

Tags: SDG, UN, United Nations

Women supporting women in IP Law

By AWA | Posted on April 27, 2017

Outnumbered in a male dominated industry, the women in Intellectual Property Law are creating global networks to actively promote and help each other out – in work as well as in life. Carol Thorstad-Forsyth is a Partner at US law firm Fox Rothchild LLP. With a degree in the field of Electrical Engineering, she is...

Tags: AIPLA, Asia, Denmark, Intellectual Property, IP, network, Promotion, Support

Damage liability for preliminary injunction

By AWA | Posted on April 4, 2017

New Scandinavian case law clarifies a patent or trademark owner’s liability to pay damages for a wrongfully issued preliminary injunction. Background In Intellectual Property (IP) litigation in the Scandinavian countries, IP owners often try to get so-called ‘preliminary injunctions’ issued against the accused infringer. If granted, a preliminary injunction will allow the IP owner to...

Tags: Denmark, IP, patents, preliminary injunction, sweden, trademarks

BEPS from an IP perspective, Part 2

By AWA | Posted on March 27, 2017

Part 2: Transfer Pricing documentation requirements From 1 April 2017, BEPS action 13 guidelines on transfer pricing (TP) documentation will be effective in Sweden. Action 13 is an effort to make MNEs global financial situation more transparent. It is a three-tiered based approach including a master file, local files and country by country reporting (CbCR)....

Tags: awa strategy, beps, IP, transfer pricing

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