IP
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
Trend scouting at the world’s largest trade show
By Joacim Lydén | Posted on January 22, 2019
Joacim Lydén and Simon Markström share their insights from CES 2019 on the latest technologies being developed and the challenges that still remain CES or the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the world’s largest trade show, attracting over 4,400 exhibitors from all over the world and has a total attendance of 182,000...
Tags: artificial intelligence, automotive, autonomous driving, data, IP, Patent, trade show
Sweden aligns Trademarks Act with EU regulations
By Louise Jonshammar | Posted on January 16, 2019
On 7 November 2018 the Riksdag (supreme decision-making body of Sweden) voted in favour of modernising and simplifying the Trademarks Act. The changes came into effect on 1 January 2019. The motivation behind the amendments is to align Swedish trademark law more closely with that of other EU member states and is based on the...
Brenderup: An IP road of trials and errors
By AWA | Posted on August 17, 2018
When it comes to the question of investing in your intellectual property or not, trailer manufacturer Brenderup has experienced both sides of the coin. Dating back to the 1930s, Brenderup has a long and proud history. Swedish trailer manufacturer Fågelsta and Danish equivalent Brenderup joined forces after growing independently of each other and becoming members...
Filed under: Interviews
Tags: AWA, Brenderup, design protection, infringment, Intellectual Property, IP, Jönköping, patents
HitchSwitch: The name of the game
By AWA | Posted on June 5, 2018
Attorney by trade Jake Wolff trusted his gut feeling and quit his day job to start his own business helping newlyweds changing their name Deriving from New York City, Jake today lives in New Jersey with his wife and two kids. “It all started when I got married and my wife wanted to change her...
Filed under: Interviews
Tags: AWA, change your name, Chinese Trademark Review and Adjudication Board, domain name, EU, Haug Partners LLP, hitchswitch, IP, marriage
New proposed law: Legal privilege for patent attorneys before Danish courts
By Mikkel Roed Trier | Posted on February 28, 2018
After more than ten years of effort from Danish IP and industry associations, the industry hopes to soon enjoy legal privilege for patent attorneys before Danish courts. On 28 February, the Danish Minister for Justice proposed a number of changes to the Danish Administration of Justice Act (AJA), the most import of which relates to...
Tags: AJA, Denmark, IP, Legislation, US
FlexQube: Brick by brick
By AWA | Posted on November 27, 2017
Child’s play: Inspired by Lego, the founders of Gothenburg based FlexQube aim to make their customers best in the world at intralogistics with their flexible yet simple solution When working for a world leading manufacturer for construction equipment, Per Augustsson noticed that the material management was quite static. Welded solutions were used to aid the...
Filed under: Interviews
Tags: FlexQube, Intellectual Property, intralogistics, IP, lego, logistics, sweden, USA
Arc Aroma Pure: A high voltage solution
By AWA | Posted on November 6, 2017
A few twists of fate and a whole load of curiosity have taken ‘shitty little company’ Arc Aroma Pure from Lund to Shanghai – with a few pit stops along the way Soul-searching “Every five years I sit down to assess what I am doing with my life. I ask myself what I want to...
Filed under: Interviews
Tags: Arc Aroma Pure, biogas, high voltage pulses, IP, pasteurising, Patent, patents, start-up
New trademark legislation determines the conditions for creative brands
By Angela Boman | Posted on October 20, 2017
As of 1 October 2017, new rules for registration of EU trademarks apply. One significant change is the abolishment of the requirement of graphic representation of EU trademarks. In an EU application, the trademark reproduction in any suitable form using publicly available technology will be accepted as long as the EU trademark can be reproduced...
Tags: EU, graphical, IP, law, Legislation, Trademark, trademarks
Can “Real World” IP Tools Effectively Protect Virtual Reality?
By Joacim Lydén | Posted on May 8, 2017
Before long, billions of people around the world were working and playing in the OASIS every day. Some of them met, fell in love, and got married without ever setting foot on the same continent. The lines of distinction between a person’s real identity and that of their avatar began to blur. It was the...
Tags: 2D, 3D, Intellectual Property, IP, Virtual Reality, VR
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