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Awapatent becomes AWA and expands to new markets
After 120 years, Awapatent now changes its brand to AWA. “We make this change to have a brand that better reflects the extensive and true full-service offering of intellectual property services that we have today,” says Magnus Hallin, CEO at AWA. “Services related to patents have, since our founding…
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Going into biotech business: What every start-up should know
Are you working with development within biotech or pharma? Have you tried it before? How do you gain as much value as possible with a limited budget? Is there any good advice to get for smaller enterprises concerning early development strategies? AWA, Bioneer and Novo Seeds invite you to a…
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Tier 1 across the board for AWA Asia in latest Asian Legal Business IP Rankings
We are extremely proud to announce that AWA Asia has been ranked as a tier 1 firm by Asian Legal Business (ALB) in three categories as part of their annual IP Rankings, published on 2 May 2018. AWA Asia received the tier 1 ranking in the China International Patent, China International Copyright/Trademark…
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UK ratifies the UPC
Today, 26 April 2018, it was announced that the United Kingdom has ratified the Unified Patent Court (UPC) agreement. This brings the court another step closer to becoming a reality. The UPC would be welcome news to many of our clients, since it will bring major advantages both in terms of cost…
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Top 250 Women in IP: Ai-Leen Lim, Anette Rasmussen and Inga-Lill Andersson listed
Managing Intellectual Property’s (MIP) has selected Ai-Leen Lim, Anette Rasmussen and Inga-Lill Andersson as three of the world’s Top 250 women in IP in their 2018 rankings. Whereas Ai-Leen Lim was listed for the third consecutive year, Anette Rasmussen and Inga-Lill make new additions to well-renowned…
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World Intellectual Property Day 2018 highlights women inventors
New statistics from WIPO show an all-time-high rate of female inventors as World IP Day celebrates women ‘driving a positive change across the globe’ today on 26 April. The gender gap does, however, still persist. Women are mostly represented in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and chemistry…
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Mehrdad Mahdjoubi finalist for European Inventor Award 2018
Industrial designer Mehrdad Mahdjoubi is shortlisted for EPO’s European Inventor Award 2018 for his invention Oas. Mehrdad’s company Orbital Systems , which was founded in 2012, is a client of Awapatent’s. His invention Oas, which is the world’s first closed-loop shower, consumes up to 90% less…
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The Legal 500 recommends Awapatent
Awapatent (Sweden) and AwaLaw (Denmark) have both been recommended in the categories Intellectual Property Law and Media and Intellectual Property for in The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 2018 rankings. In addition, Fredrik Lüning , Martin Tranälv , Peter Kenamets , Robin Berzelius…
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New report: Digital piracy bigger than ever
Digital piracy rose by 1.6% last year, says a new report published by antipiracy consultancy MUSO which has identified more than 300.2 billion visits to piracy websites in 2017. Topping the list are piracy websites hosting television content, accounting for over a third of all visits, followed by…
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Awapatent wins MIP award “Sweden Prosecution Firm of the Year” again
Awapatent was announced winner for Prosecution Firm of the Year 2018 for Sweden at Managing Intellectual Property ’s (MIP) award ceremony in London last night. This is the second consecutive year the firm wins the prestigious award. “I am proud to once again receive this acknowledgment from…