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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
How blockchain can change how we view IP rights
By AWA | Posted on November 12, 2018
Blockchain has lately risen in popularity with uses such as the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, and new applications are implemented or suggested almost daily. As an emerging technology with the possibility to validate, preserve and track digital data, and to provide a platform for low cost and transparent for transactions on a global scale, it has the...
Client-attorney privilege for non-US attorneys: Can clients trust that privileged communications with their patent attorneys will not be disclosed in US courts?
By Mikkel Roed Trier | Posted on November 9, 2018
The legal situation in the US concerning client-attorney privilege for patent attorneys has seen some development in recent years. But, especially for non-US patent attorneys, the situation is still uncertain. A recent order of the US International Trade Commission (ITC), 3Shape, confirms the uncertainty concerning foreign patent attorneys. Federal Circuit decision Queen’s of 2016 introduced for...
Tags: 3Shape, client-attorney privilege, ITC, non-US patent attorneys, patent attorneys, patents, PTAB, Queen's, US
Co-inventorship to a patent had not been proved
By Mette Parlev | Posted on November 7, 2018
On 10 October 2018 the Eastern High Court in Denmark gave judgement in a case between Coloplast and Hollister, regarding claimed co-inventor ship in a patent application. In the case Coloplast claimed to be mentioned as co-inventor on and co-owner of a patent application filed by Hollister. The reason Coloplast claimed to be co-inventor was that...
Tags: Coloplast, Denmark, Hollister, patents
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
The Banksy stunt: The copyright holder’s right to shred the artwork
By AWA | Posted on October 25, 2018
I don’t think anyone has missed the extraordinary event at the Sotheby’s auction in London a couple of weeks ago, where the frame of the picture Girl with Balloon by the anonymous street artist known as Banksy contained a shredder, and the picture began shredding itself just after being sold for $1.4 million. This event...
Tags: art, Banksy, copyright, copyright law, Girl with balloon, london, Sotheby, United Kingdom
Bracing ourselves for a “no Brexit deal”?
By AWA | Posted on October 19, 2018
The point of no return, the date of jumping off the cliff, the end of the conveyor belt, or as we say in Swedish “a dear child has many names” – 29 March 2019 is now very quickly approaching. On 17 October, the EU27 leaders met at the European Council to discuss Brexit, and even...
Tags: 29 March 2019, Brexit, Britain, EU27, Europe, European Union, Intellectual Property, patents, RCD
China’s innovation rise – patent landscape review and outlook
By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on October 18, 2018
For the first time in 11 years China broke into the world’s top 20 most innovative economies in the Global Innovation Index for 2018. The report – which was jointly published by Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organisation – annually ranks 126 economies based on 80 indicators. China’s number 17 ranking is...
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
Creating an effective FinTech IP strategy
By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on October 10, 2018
AWA Asia’s IP strategy and patent team in Beijing looks at the China FinTech market, discusses available IP protection mechanisms and considers how revised guidelines could provide opportunities to protect technology in this rapidly developing sector What is FinTech? The term financial technology or FinTech refers to businesses that utilise technology to create financial services...
Tags: Asia, awa asia, Branding, china, copyright, design patents, fintech, Intellectual Property, managing ip
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