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IP Pitfalls When Creating a New Product Line (Or a New Company) – Part 2: Patents, Designs and IP Contract Considerations
By AWA | Posted on December 2, 2021
When creating a new product line or starting a new company, many types of considerations and preparations are necessary. Experience shows that the IP considerations are often near the bottom of the to-do list. However, not giving IP due focus may lead to substantial problems and headaches down the road. Some of these problems can...
Filed under: Webinars
Tags: contracts, designs, patents
IP Pitfalls When Creating a New Product Line (Or a New Company) – Part 1: Trademarks and Domains
By AWA | Posted on December 2, 2021
When creating a new product line or starting a new company, many types of considerations and preparations are necessary. Experience shows that the IP considerations are often near the bottom of the to-do list. However, not giving IP due focus may lead to substantial problems and headaches down the road. Some of these problems can...
Filed under: Webinars
Tags: domains, trademarks
China endorses good-faith commitment when applying for well-known status
By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on November 8, 2021
From 1 September 2021 applicants and their trademark agents or representing agency will be required to sign and seal a “Letter of Commitment to the Good Faith of the Parties Requesting the Protection of Well-Known Trademarks” (当事人请求驰名商标保护诚信承诺书). Background Well-known status for Chinese trademarks is typically requested through: the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), either directly or...
Filed under: Insights
Tags: china, trademarks, well-known
The Business of IP – Understanding and Creating Value: Part 5 – Negotiations
By Anders Isaksson | Posted on October 27, 2021
In this six-part series, Anders Isaksson explores some of the critical factors and motivators for why companies, small or large, should obtain intellectual property. The aim is to help you understand when and how you can create value from IP, especially when considering a company’s long and short-term goals. In the previous article in this...
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Tags: desings, Intellectual Property, negotiations, patents, trademarks
Determining the Value of Patents during an Investment or Sale
By Joanna Applequist, Mikael Henriksson | Posted on October 1, 2021
Joanna Applequist and Mikael Henriksson speak on IP matters that companies should consider preparing for during an investment or sale during this seminar hosted by Stockholm Science City. Joanna and Mikael were joined by David Bejker from Affibody AB and Jonas Jendi from Industrifonden. This webinar is in Swedish.
Tags: investment, patents, sale, strategy
EPO’s highest legal authority to decide if post-published data can support inventive step
By Michael Bech Sommer | Posted on August 17, 2021
The European Patent Office’s (EPO) highest legal authority, the Enlarged Board of Appeal, is about to be referred questions from the Board of Appeal (BoA) on whether data produced after the filing date of a patent application (post-published data) can be used as the sole basis to support the inventive step of a claim. Essentially,...
Filed under: Insights
Tags: BoA, data, EPO, patents, post-filing data
The Business of IP – Understanding and Creating Value: Part 4 – Spin-Offs
By Anders Isaksson | Posted on July 27, 2021
In this six-part series, Anders Isaksson explores some of the critical factors and motivators for why companies, small or large, should obtain intellectual property. The aim is to help you understand when and how you can create value from IP, especially when considering a company’s long and short-term goals. In the previous article in this...
Filed under: Insights
Tags: design, Intellectual Property, patents, spin-off, trademarks
Was this the last hurdle for German UPCA Ratification?
By Niklas Mattsson | Posted on July 12, 2021
At the end of 2020, German ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) looked promising as the German parliament (Bundestag) was approved with the required two-thirds majority. However, two applications before the German Constitutional Court (FCC) for preliminary injunctions against ratification delayed the final steps for the act to be promulgated. This...
Attracting Capital – Guiding the Growth Journey
By AWA | Posted on July 2, 2021
In a series of programs initiated by AWA Denmark, the focus will be on what potential growth entrepreneurs should do when they wish to attract capital for their growth journey. In the first program, European Patent Attorney Stefan Borch Bilfeldt has invited CEO and co-founder Marie Lommer Bagger, Measurelet, and investor Henrik Harboe in the...
Tags: capital, funding, investment
Are companies in control over influencer marketing?
By Sara Söderling | Posted on June 28, 2021
A recent judgement from the Swedish Patent and Market Court of Appeal demonstrates under what conditions an influencer’s posts can be regarded as commercial content and be subject to the Swedish Marketing Act despite not being explicitly included in the agreement between the influencer and the brand owner governing a marketing campaign. Influencers use...
Tags: advertising, commercial content, influencer, marketing, Swedish Marketing Act
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