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Awapatent nominated for Swedish IP firm of the year

By AWA Editor | Posted on February 13, 2015

Awapatent is one of the shortlisted IP firms in the Sweden category of the Global Awards by the publication Managing IP. The awards recognize outstanding IP work in the past twelve months and the winners will be revealed in London on March 11. The winners are chosen by Managing IP based on the research for...

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Awapatent maintains high patent work rankings

By AWA Editor | Posted on February 11, 2015

In the latest edition of the IP publication Managing IP’s survey on patent firms, Awapatent’s high rankings from previous years remain unchanged, both in Sweden and Denmark. The leading IP firms of each country are listed in up to four different tiers. Awapatent Sweden is ranked: tier 1 in the patent prosecution category tier 2...

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Awapatent remains at the top in WTR 1000

By AWA Editor | Posted on February 2, 2015

This year’s edition of the international directory World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals has recently been released. Awapatent Denmark is recommended in the silver category in a general ranking of Danish firms. In the ranking of individuals, Anette Rasmussen is recommended in the bronze category for “enforcement and litigation”. She is...

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Awapatent sponsors Zennström Green Mentorship Award

By AWA Editor | Posted on January 27, 2015

The Zennström Green Mentorship Award was created by Zennström Philanthropies to support individual cleantech startups as well shine a spotlight on entrepreneurs in Sweden working to tackle climate change and create a low carbon future. The GMA programme for 2014/2015 has expanded to provide business mentorship and business development services for four innovative early stage...

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Norway joined the London agreement

By AWA Editor | Posted on January 22, 2015

On 1 January 2015, the London agreement entered into force in Norway. This means that it is no longer necessary to translate European patents in order to validate the patents in Norway – it is only necessary to translate the claims into Norwegian. European patents issued in German or French must be supplied with an...

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European patents in Morocco from March 2015

By AWA Editor | Posted on January 20, 2015

Starting on 1 March 2015, anyone filing a European patent application will be able to request validation for Morocco. European applications and patents validated for Morocco will have the same legal effects there as Moroccan ones and will be subject to Moroccan patent law. This means that Morocco is the first non-member country of the...

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Increasing number of patent filings to EPO

By AWA Editor | Posted on January 16, 2015

According to preliminary data from the European Patent Office (EPO), the number of patent filings received by the office last year increased by around 3% to more than 273 000. This is a new all-time high and the fifth year in a row with growing number of filings. Much of the growth is coming from...

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Open innovation article by Awapatent attorney in NIR

By AWA Editor | Posted on January 9, 2015

Patrik Andersson, Associate at Awapatent, has published an article about how to manage IP in Open Innovation in the legal periodical Nordiskt Immateriellt Rättsskydd (NIR). The article is based on his master thesis at the Stockholm University, Faculty of Law. Read the article here: Download (PDF document, 217 kB) (Source: Nordiskt Immateriellt Rättsskydd, www.nir.nu)

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