2018
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Record amount raised for childhood cancer research by Team Rynkeby
Nordic charity cycling organisation Team Rynkeby - God Morgon raised an all-time high of EUR 3.4 million for children with cancer in 2018 Every summer, teams from different parts of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands go to Paris by bike to raise money for critically…
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AWA’s client AMRA awarded Red Herring 100 Global Award 2018
We are happy and proud to congratulate our client AMRA for being awarded the prestigious award Red Herring 100 Global Award 2018. The award lists the 100 most promising technology or life sciece startups in the world, across all industries. AMRA was the only Swedish company selected and one out of…
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AWA’s client XMReality wins ”Best in Show Augmented Reality”
XMReality is a leading company in AR-enabled knowledge sharing and one of AWA’s successful clients in Linköping. They have now received the 2018 Auggie Award “Best in Show Augmented Reality” at AWE Europe in Munich The annual Auggie Awards have been the most recognised industry awards in AR &…
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Awa Law wins DK High Court case on copies of plastic storage boxes
On 22 October 2018, the Danish Eastern High Court gave its decision in a case where Awa Law represented Orthex Sweden AB against Plast Team A/S. Plast Team A/S had launched a series of plastic storage boxes called TopStore. This series did in all relevant aspects appear to be copy of Orthex…
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EPO’s latest guidelines include revised sections focusing on CIIs
The 2018 edition of EPO’s Guidelines includes substantial revisions and new sections. The new edition will come into force on 1 November 2018 to follow the latest changes to the European Patent Convention and to reflect recent development in case law, and progress within EPO policies and practices…
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PTAB: ”2018 could have lowest petition filing rate in five years.”
USA. 2018 is on its way to having the lowest petition filing rate in five years while Q3 2018 is the highest since Q2 2017, says PTAB. New numbers from the PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeal Board at the USPTO - United States Patent and Trademark Office) show that 424 petitions were filed between 1…
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AWA’s client SpinChem delivers to Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
AWA’s client SpinChem is a proud supplier to one of the Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry 2018, Francis H. Arnold , who is awarded for her research on evolution of enzymes. SpinChem develops innovative rotating bed reactors for chemical processing and liquid purification in Umeå, North Sweden…
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AWA strengthens the anti-counterfeiting offer with new partner Yellow Brand Protection
AWA and Yellow Brand Protection have partnered up to broaden and intensify the offer in trademarks and brand protection online. “Online infringement is a rapidly growing problem for many companies, and it is crucial that we can support our trademark clients with these issues as well. Thanks to…
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Top IP expert Richard Lewinson joins AWA
Bringing over 30 years of IP experience to the table, Richard Lewinson is the latest senior recruitment to AWA. Richard’s most recent position was as Senior Group Legal Counsel and Subject Matter Expert IPR at the Tetra Pak Group, where he worked internationally to establish and align IP strategies…
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Five AWA practitioners selected MIP Rising Stars
We are proud to announce that five of our IP professionals have been named Rising Stars 2018/2019 by industry publication Managing IP. Maria Dam Jensen , Lasse Henze and Helle Friis Svenstrup from AWA’s Copenhagen office, and Xavier Badel and Måns Ekstedt from AWA’s Stockholm and Gothenburg…