Awapatent’s story began in 1897 with Swedish graduate engineer Anders Wilhelm Anderson (whose initials became the ‘AWA’ in Awapatent) and his understanding of the importance of patents for the industrialised…
See you at Nordic Life Science Days 2017!
On 12-14 September, Nordic Life Science Days will be held in Malmö, Sweden. NLS is the largest Life Science conference in the Nordic countries and, naturally, Awapatent will be there…
AWA Asia launches patent practice in China
The Asian arm of leading European intellectual property firm Awapatent, AWA Asia, continues its expansion by extending the 120-year-old firm’s formidable patent practice to China. Having established its now award-winning…
EPO Boards of Appeal start to operate at new location in October
The start of operation of the EPO boards of appeal (BoA) at its new location has been set to commence on 2 October 2017, according to the EPO. The so-called…
Team Rynkeby is off to Paris and Awapatent is one of the sponsors
Around 8 July it is time for the different Team Rynkeby teams to go to Paris. The purpose with this huge cycle ride is to raise money to childhood cancer…
Startups drop IP according to startup survey
During the spring, Awapatent has interviewed 40 startups in the life science and IT sectors at Sweden’s 10 biggest incubators about the protection of their ideas and innovations. It turned…
Revised timetable for the UPC
On 27 June, 2017 the Chairman of the preparatory committee, Mr. Alexander Ramsay issued a message through the UPC website. It can be red in full here. The recent development…
Pandora second strongest Danish trademark
We are proud to congratulate our client Pandora for being ranked the second strongest trademark in Denmark by Brand Finance. The ranking is based on the so-called brand equity which…
Global Innovation Index: Netherlands now in top 3
For the seventh consecutive year, Switzerland is ranked the World’s Most Innovative Country in WIPO’s Global Innovation Index 2017. It is followed by Sweden in second place and the Netherlands…
From AWA Asia: Ai-Leen Lim published in various outlets
Principal Counsel and CEO for AWA Asia Ai-Leen Lim has recently been published on different topics in In-House Community, WTR (World Trademark Review) and DCBF (Danish-Chinese Business Forum). To read…