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BEPS from an IP perspective

By AWA | Posted on January 24, 2017

Part 1 – Introduction to BEPS for IP professionals The focus on IP related issues is becoming increasingly more relevant as our economy is changing to become more digital and knowledge based. More are realising the potential of their intangibles and what commercial gains can be won if managed properly. The possible threats and costly...

Tags: awa strategy, beps, IP, transfer pricing

UK inches towards UPC ratification

By Alicia Kim | Posted on January 16, 2017

There was a sigh of relief at the end of November when the UK announced that it would proceed with the ratification process to implement the UPC in spite of Brexit.  This renewed the hope that the UPC will come in to force in 2017 as planned.  Whilst this was good news, what did it...

Tags: awapatent, Brexit, patents, ratification, UK, unified patent court, UPC

Danish designer barred from using own name as trademark

By AWA | Posted on December 22, 2016

About a year ago the Danish Commercial and Maritime Court gave their decision in a case between Topbrands and the Danish designer Benedikte Utzon. You can read about it here. In short, the court found that Benedikte Utzon could no longer use her name as a trademark in any commercial activities within jewellery, leather goods...

Tags: awapatent, Trademark

South America: New PPH agreements launched

By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on December 21, 2016

The ever expanding Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) network keeps getting new additions, and as usual, the Awapatent IP Blog sums up the new expansions and arising possibilities. The PPH is a system of bilateral agreements allowing the request of accelerated examination at a participating office. The system is based on the search results and a...

Tags: IP, PCT, PPH, prosur, south america

The President-elect and Intellectual Property

By Joacim Lydén | Posted on December 12, 2016

As election night in the US evolved, the Democratic community slowly started to realise the probability, and later the certainty, that there would be a shift of political parties in the White House. Trying to assess how this transition of power will affect the world of IP is not an easy task. Policy documents that...

Tags: AIA, IP, patent law, United states, US

Spotlight on the IP strategy

By AWA | Posted on December 2, 2016

Heliospectra’s IP strategy is an important part of the company’s work and has been since the company was founded in 2006. Just a year later Heliospectra applied for its first patent. The company prepared an IP strategy at an early stage and the Board of Directors helped with its development. The strategy is important from...

Good relations with local partners – the key to success in China

By AWA | Posted on December 1, 2016

The steel company SSAB has operations in China and works directly with Chinese partners on IP-related issues. As SSAB is so heavily dependent on its local IP consultants in China, it is essential that the company feels able to rely 100 percent on the advice it receives.

Tags: china, chinese ip, IP, relationsship, ssab

Cautious optimism regarding 2017 UPC implementation

By AWA | Posted on November 29, 2016

During the meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council on 28 November 2016 in Brussels, the UK Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property stated that the UK will proceed with their ratification process in the months to come. The statement from the UK Minister for State and Intellectual Property Baroness Neville-Rolfe now seemingly paves...

Tags: UK, unified patent court, UP, UPC

Interesting decision on conflicts of interest

By Ole Bokinge | Posted on November 21, 2016

Ethics and the risk of conflicts of interest are issues that all law firms have to beware of and manage properly. When you use a law firm, you should always expect that your information is handled with confidentiality. Today, many law firms represent multiple clients within the same technical field and sometimes their clients are...

Tags: conflicts of interest, epi

Trademark protection allowed DEKO to go global safely

By AWA | Posted on November 16, 2016

With 45 years of experience, 35 of which on the international market, the Danish company DEKO has become established as one of Europe’s leading suppliers of mobile interior walls, wall systems and doors. Thanks to long-term, continuous and strategic trademark work with Awapatent, DEKO has gradually and safely been able to advance its position globally...