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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…
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Marjolaine Thulin from AWA had her dream picked up by the EPO
Recently EPO is publishing a special edition of Patent Information News, presenting achievements from 40, 30, 20 and 10 years ago. One of these achievements is the 'I have a dream' speech that Marjolaine Thulin (Senior Patent Information Specialist at AWA) gave 10 years ago at an EPO conference in…
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AWA partners up with Sweden’s largest network for graduate engineers
The Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers with 150,000 members has signed an agreement with AWA Sweden AB on consulting hours for their members. We at AWA are proud to have been chosen as partner and look forward to working closer with the members of network.
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Four of the World’s Top 300 IP Strategists at AWA
AWA can now boast of having four of the world’s top 300 IP experts on our dedicated team. Four of AWA's IP professionals are listed on the well-renowned IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists . Head of AWA Strategy Henrik Olsson joined the firm in 2016 after six…
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AWA welcomes back senior IP specialist Joakim Hammarsjö
Joakim Hammarsjö has re-joined AWA as a Team Leader in the Gothenburg Office. Joakim’s most recent position was as Group Director of IP Strategy and Portfolio at the Volvo Group, where he managed a team of global heads responsible for sub-portfolios, IP intelligence analysts and IP portfolio partners…
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EU backs new controversial copyright laws
Yesterday, MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) voted in favour of a series of law changes concerning the internet and copyright. The copyright reform could change how the internet treats user-generated content. The most controversial parts of the reform are Article 13, which requires internet…
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Ai-Leen Lim and Xiaofan Chen from AWA Asia published in The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Comparative Legal Guide
CEO and Principal Counsel Ai-Leen Lim and Xiaofan Chen, Partner of AWA Asia have authored the China Chapter in the The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Intellectual Property Comparative Legal Guide. The Comparative Legal Guide covers intellectual property rights, licensing, enforcement, establishing…
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Opportunity to hear Swedish IP judges comment on trademark law at MARQUES’ ‘Meet the judges’ event
On 10 October, MARQUES will host the event 'Meet the judges'. Come and listen to Swedish judges from e.g. PMD and the appeal court PMÖD, in a trademark law context, comment on - new procedural rules, the issue of the Patent and Registration Office's role as party in appeal cases re. registration…
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Martin Jansson joins AWA Strategy
AWA Strategy welcomes Senior IP Strategist Martin Jansson to the Gothenburg-based team. Prior to joining AWA Strategy, Martin spent 14 years working with IP in the industrial sector in various positions and different aspects of IP. The past eight years he was the Head of IP Strategy & Intellectual…