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IP Law – How hard can it be?

By AWA | Posted on October 5, 2012

My trainee colleagues and I are now in the final stage of our first 5-week theory period. So many new impressions, new colleagues and new information have opened up for us, revealing an exciting new world of IP law. When I first applied for the Trainee program, I had very little knowledge of the many...

Tags: awapatent, IP, trainee programme

Focus on China

By Niklas Mattsson | Posted on November 18, 2011

The fact that China is growing in importance is well known. To Awapatent, this growth is visible in our day-to-day work, both from the questions we get about IP in China from our European clients, and from the growing demand for our services as a European firm for Chinese clients. Naturally, we make it a...

Tags: china, IP, Patent

EU survey now open for participation

By Vibeke Warberg Rohde | Posted on August 18, 2010

EU survey now open for participation Every two years the European Commission conducts a survey in order to identify the most important obstacles met by EU citizens applying for and enforcing intellectual property rights in countries outside the EU. The 2010 survey is now open and anyone may participate using the online questionnaire found here....

Tags: china, EU, Europe, IP, IPR

IP in China? It’s not all bad

By AWA | Posted on June 7, 2010

Recent statistics on the outcomes of reported IP litigations in the most important courts in China are encouraging: The total number of trademark-related cases in 2009 handled by the Chinese courts was 6,906, up almost 11 per cent from 2008. 2008 was up by 79 per cent in relation to 2007. Administratively, the numbers are...

Tags: china, IP, SIPO

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Isa Böttiger, Associate and Attorney at Law, Stockholm, Sweden

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Ashley Zhao, Partner and Attorney at Law, Beijing, China

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Troels Peter Rørdam

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