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White Paper – The Business Case for a Circular MedTech Sector

By Mikkel Roed Trier | Posted on April 15, 2021

This whitepaper demonstrates that the efforts of private companies towards circularity can in fact lead to a more sustainable medtech sector. Sustainable solutions in the field have the potential to not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but importantly also address a range of issues related to pollution and waste. The effects should benefit natural environments...

Tags: Innovation, medtech, sustainability, White Paper

The Busines of IP – Understanding and Creating Value: Part 2 – Keeping Secrets a Secret

By Anders Isaksson | Posted on February 4, 2021

In this six-part series, Anders Isaksson explores some of the critical factors and motivators for why companies, small or large, should obtain intellectual property. The aim is to help you understand when and how you can create value from IP, especially when considering a company’s long and short-term goals.   In the last article in...

Tags: Innovation, Intellectual Property, knowledge, trade secrets

Hong Kong Launches New Patent System

By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on December 20, 2019

The Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department (HKIPD) launches a new patent system on December 19, 2019. The system becomes effective through the Patents (Amendment) Ordinance 2016 and the Patents (General) (Amendment) Rules 2019, which will also come into force on the same date. The new system modernises and reforms Hong Kong’s patent regime to support...

Tags: HKIPD, Hong Kong, Innovation, IP, original grant patent, patents, regulation, short-term patent

China’s innovation rise – patent landscape review and outlook

By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on October 18, 2018

For the first time in 11 years China broke into the world’s top 20 most innovative economies in the Global Innovation Index for 2018. The report – which was jointly published by Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organisation – annually ranks 126 economies based on 80 indicators. China’s number 17 ranking is...

Tags: china, Innovation, Intellectual Property, patents

Helping babies breathe

By AWA | Posted on June 2, 2017

After spending endless nights making prototypes in a basement, doctors Kjell Nilsson and Gunnar Moa finally solved the riddle on how to help prematurely born babies breathe. Over 30 years later, their innovation has saved the lives of thousands of children all around the world – and still continues to do so. Struggling to cope...

Tags: babies, children, CPAP, Innovation, Intellectual Property, licencing, medtech, Neores, Patent

Fertile grounds for patent applications

By Love Koči | Posted on March 31, 2015

According to a recently published survey by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV), geographical areas where universities and large companies are present promote innovation, and consequently, also the number of filed patent applications. Some Swedish counties (e.g. Stockholm, Uppsala and Skåne) stand out in the PRV statistics of the number of national patent applications...

Tags: Innovation, PRV, sweden

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Laura Stravinskaite

Laura Stravinskaite

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Ai-Leen Lim

Ai-Leen Lim

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Ashley Zhao

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Troels Peter Rørdam

Senior Counsel, European Patent Attorney

Mikkel Roed Trier

Mikkel Roed Trier

Partner, European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative, Business Area Manager