Interviews
Interview: Will patent filers have to change practices after European Commission’s €462.6 million fine against big pharma’s Teva?
By AWA | Posted on November 26, 2024
The European Commission recently fined pharmaceutical giant Teva €462.6 million for artificially extending patent protection by pursuing divisionals and spreading misleading information about a competing product to hinder its market entry and uptake. Margrethe Vestager, the Commission’s Executive Vice-President in charge of competition policy, commented that the decision “reaffirms the Commission’s commitment to competition enforcement...
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Tags: antitrust, competition, divisionals, EU, patents, Teva
The invention causing a storm at music festivals this year – Lapee
By AWA | Posted on July 29, 2019
When people think of music festivals they think of bright lights, loud music, alcohol and crowds of people coming together. They rarely consider the practical aspects of using the toilet at these festivals. For women, the reality is a less than desirable situation with endless lines for portable toilets, but on the other hand men...
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Tags: Denmark, entrepreneur, Intellectual Property, Patent, startup, Trademark
ExThera Medical: Drug resistance
By AWA | Posted on November 19, 2018
Based in Martinez, California (US), ExThera Medical (ExThera) has developed a state-of-the-art device that filters harmful bacteria and viruses from patients’ blood in a dialysis-like circuit. This device, named Seraph, is proving to be a promising alternative for treating drug-resistant bloodstream diseases, which remain a significant health concern worldwide A serious blood problem Bacterial bloodstream...
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Tags: blood, bloodstream, exthera medical, Intellectual Property, patents, San Francisco, seraph, USA
Affibody molecule: A molecule that can detect breast cancer
By AWA | Posted on October 31, 2018
Every month is breast cancer awareness month for Swedish Biopharmaceutical R&D company Affibody, which has developed unique molecular technologies to localise cancerous tumours and individualise drug treatment for patients Director of Alliance and IP Management at Affibody Caroline Ekblad has been with the Solna based company since 2007. She started out working with research, but...
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Tags: Affibody, Albumod, biopharmaceuticals, breast cancer, cancer, diagnostics, Intellectual Property, molecules, patents
Kwick: The electronic receipt solution
By AWA | Posted on October 16, 2018
If you have ever been on a business trip or made a company purchase, you probably know how tedious it can be having to keep and present stacks of paper receipts afterwards. Enters Kwick – receipt handling done electronically (and easily) Problem vs solution Like many great business ideas, the concept of Kwick started with...
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Tags: app, AWA, bank, credit card, electronical solutions, Kwick, patents, receipts
Science Park Jönköping: Where ideas turn into businesses
By AWA | Posted on September 4, 2018
Science Park Jönköping offers budding entrepreneurs business development opportunities and expert support along the way About 15 years ago, a few Jönköping students had a vision to capture the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of their peers. After receiving funding from the university, they started a creative centre which would be the start of Science Park Jönköping. When...
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Tags: business, company, entrepreneur, Jönköping Science Park, science park, start-up, startup
Brenderup: An IP road of trials and errors
By AWA | Posted on August 17, 2018
When it comes to the question of investing in your intellectual property or not, trailer manufacturer Brenderup has experienced both sides of the coin. Dating back to the 1930s, Brenderup has a long and proud history. Swedish trailer manufacturer Fågelsta and Danish equivalent Brenderup joined forces after growing independently of each other and becoming members...
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Tags: AWA, Brenderup, design protection, infringment, Intellectual Property, IP, Jönköping, patents
Going West: AWA and Haug Exchange Programme
By AWA | Posted on June 21, 2018
AWA IP attorneys are crossing the pond to build relationships and work alongside top US IP firm Haug Partners LLP in Manhattan, NYC It has been a successful beginning for the budding exchange programme between the two IP law firms AWA and Haug Partners LLP. Following a pilot project and discussions involving European Patent Attorney...
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Tags: AWA, Exchange Programme, Haug Partners LLP, IP law firms, Manhattan, NYC, sweden, US
HitchSwitch: The name of the game
By AWA | Posted on June 5, 2018
Attorney by trade Jake Wolff trusted his gut feeling and quit his day job to start his own business helping newlyweds changing their name Deriving from New York City, Jake today lives in New Jersey with his wife and two kids. “It all started when I got married and my wife wanted to change her...
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Tags: AWA, change your name, Chinese Trademark Review and Adjudication Board, domain name, EU, Haug Partners LLP, hitchswitch, IP, marriage
Freedrum: He bangs the drums
By AWA | Posted on May 22, 2018
They say necessity is the mother of invention. When August Bering’s young son wanted to learn how to play the drums, the entrepreneur came up with the easy-to-use (and silent) solution Freedrum. With a diverse background in music and computer programming, August is a trailblazer in different areas of innovation. “New ideas and projects have...
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Tags: drum set, drums, entrepreneur, Freedrum, gyroscopic sensor, Intellectual Property, music, social media marketing
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