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Patenting Antibody and Cell Therapies – What to Do and What Not to Do
By Joanna Applequist, Louise Jonshammar, Niklas Mattsson | Posted on September 28, 2020
Antibody drugs and cell therapies are at the heart of new biotechnology science. Not only do they show great promise when it comes to curing disease and helping patients, but also in creating value and growth. Biotech companies need to protect their scientific results and the corresponding investments with strong and durable patents. This is...
Filed under: Webinars
Tags: antibodies, Biotechnology, cell therapies, EPO, Litigation, patents
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...
Filed under: Insights
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...
Filed under: Insights
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...
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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...
Filed under: Insights
Tags: china, CNIPA, green technology, new technology, patents, PPH, Priortised Patent Examination
Upcoming amendments to China’s Copyright Law
By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on June 24, 2020
Long-awaited amendments to China’s Copyright Law introduce punitive damages for the first time, provide greater powers to the authorities when investigating infringement and capture the rapid developments in digital technology First enacted in 1991 and amended in 2001 and then 2010, China’s lawmakers began reviewing the third amendment (Draft) to the Copyright Law on April...
Tags: china, copyright, digital technology, enforcement, Infringement, punitive damages
Brands must take extra caution against counterfeits during Covid-19 pandemic
By Mette Parlev | Posted on June 5, 2020
Enhanced online brand protection and anti-counterfeiting measures are needed due to the current pandemic: as demand from e-commerce consumers increases, so does the market for counterfeits. Background A recent report from EUROPOL, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, provides an overview of how criminals are adapting to profit from the covid-19 pandemic. Findings include that...
Filed under: Insights
Tags: anti-counterfeiting, Coronavirus, COVID-19, enforcement, EU, Europe, trademarks
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...
Filed under: Webinars
Tags: commercial, investments, IP, patents, portfolio, strategy
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