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Women supporting women in IP Law
By AWA | Posted on April 27, 2017
Outnumbered in a male dominated industry, the women in Intellectual Property Law are creating global networks to actively promote and help each other out – in work as well as in life. Carol Thorstad-Forsyth is a Partner at US law firm Fox Rothchild LLP. With a degree in the field of Electrical Engineering, she is...
Filed under: Interviews
Tags: AIPLA, Asia, Denmark, Intellectual Property, IP, network, Promotion, Support
Damage liability for preliminary injunction
By AWA | Posted on April 4, 2017
New Scandinavian case law clarifies a patent or trademark owner’s liability to pay damages for a wrongfully issued preliminary injunction. Background In Intellectual Property (IP) litigation in the Scandinavian countries, IP owners often try to get so-called ‘preliminary injunctions’ issued against the accused infringer. If granted, a preliminary injunction will allow the IP owner to...
Tags: Denmark, IP, patents, preliminary injunction, sweden, trademarks
BEPS from an IP perspective, Part 2
By AWA | Posted on March 27, 2017
Part 2: Transfer Pricing documentation requirements From 1 April 2017, BEPS action 13 guidelines on transfer pricing (TP) documentation will be effective in Sweden. Action 13 is an effort to make MNEs global financial situation more transparent. It is a three-tiered based approach including a master file, local files and country by country reporting (CbCR)....
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Kalle Sax: One to watch
By AWA | Posted on March 1, 2017
There is always time to follow your dreams. After facing redundancy, Swedish entrepreneur Kalle Sax decided to become a professional watchmaker and turn his into reality. Spurred on by a life-long fascination for technology and mechanics, Kalle became interested in watches as a teenager. He gained further insight into its complex mechanics when he worked...
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Tags: entrepreneur, IP, startup
Rapunzel of Sweden: What’s in a name?
By AWA | Posted on March 1, 2017
When Ida Backlund started her own business selling hair extensions online, she soon realised the impact of a name and the importance of protecting it. “My mother had read me the story about Rapunzel and it was a perfect fit for my budding enterprise,” says Ida. A fairytale She had originally registered her business as...
BEPS from an IP perspective
By AWA | Posted on January 24, 2017
Part 1 – Introduction to BEPS for IP professionals The focus on IP related issues is becoming increasingly more relevant as our economy is changing to become more digital and knowledge based. More are realising the potential of their intangibles and what commercial gains can be won if managed properly. The possible threats and costly...
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South America: New PPH agreements launched
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on December 21, 2016
The ever expanding Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) network keeps getting new additions, and as usual, the Awapatent IP Blog sums up the new expansions and arising possibilities. The PPH is a system of bilateral agreements allowing the request of accelerated examination at a participating office. The system is based on the search results and a...
Tags: IP, PCT, PPH, prosur, south america
The President-elect and Intellectual Property
By Joacim Lydén | Posted on December 12, 2016
As election night in the US evolved, the Democratic community slowly started to realise the probability, and later the certainty, that there would be a shift of political parties in the White House. Trying to assess how this transition of power will affect the world of IP is not an easy task. Policy documents that...
Tags: AIA, IP, patent law, United states, US
Good relations with local partners – the key to success in China
By AWA | Posted on December 1, 2016
The steel company SSAB has operations in China and works directly with Chinese partners on IP-related issues. As SSAB is so heavily dependent on its local IP consultants in China, it is essential that the company feels able to rely 100 percent on the advice it receives.
Filed under: Interviews
Tags: china, chinese ip, IP, relationsship, ssab
The value of design patents
By Joacim Lydén | Posted on October 18, 2016
It is a perfectly clear, crisp morning as I make my way from Washington DC’s Union Station, through a clean and perfectly trimmed Senate Park, to the white neoclassical palace that houses the United States Supreme Court. The wide pavement and massive stairs leading to the building’s entrance is filled with journalists, photographers and television...
Filed under: Insights
Tags: awapatent, IP, Patent, Trademark, USA
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