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Maintaining Traction in Commercial IP Strategy and Daily IP Operations
By AWA | Posted on May 22, 2020
The business environment is changing and the impacts can be felt in the commercial role and management of intellectual property. Head of AWA Strategy, Henrik Olsson will address these changes from a point of view of how companies are being affected in terms of intellectual property management. Companies will need to adapt internal and external...
Tags: business, commercial, IPR, strategy
Valuation for Technology & IP Transactions in Good Times & Bad
By Thomas Ewing | Posted on May 22, 2020
Transactions involving new technologies and their related intangible assets have grown steadily. Restarting the world’s economic engines after the Coronavirus-induced shutdown suggests that such transactions may increase rapidly as firms seek to gain immediate value from their non-core assets. This webinar provides a context for valuation and discusses its role in commercial transactions (investment, M&A,...
Tags: IPR, licensing, patents, strategy, transactions, valuation
Intellectual Property and Domains for Start-ups and Scaleups
By Joacim Lydén, Kristian Martinsson | Posted on May 22, 2020
Explores the essentials when it comes to IP and domain names for start-ups and scaleups. An expert panel focuses on practical advice and business tools available in terms of branding and trademarks, innovations and patents as well as digital assets like domain names. Hosted by value creation specialist Cathrin Johansson with expert panellists Kristian Martinsson and...
Tags: domains, inventions, IPR, patents, scaleups, startups, trademarks
China becomes top international patent filer
By AWA | Posted on May 20, 2020
China filed 58,990 applications through WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) System last year, ending the US’s stronghold on the top position since the PCT began operations in 1978 by 1,150 applications. The numbers echo a sophisticated and coordinated effort to advance innovation and realise a high-value economy from the Chinese government. This is especially true considering in 1999,...
Tags: BOE, china, Huawei, IPR, Oppo, patents, PCT, Ping An, SPC
Punitive damages case appears in list of top 10 IP cases from China’s Supreme People’s Court
By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on May 20, 2020
On April 21, 2020, China’s Supreme People’s Court released a list of the top 10 intellectual property law cases of 2019. The cases cover patent (invention and design), trademark, copyright and unfair competition. One of the cases selected involved a US Pilates company where punitive damages were awarded. While punitive damages are well-established in terms...
Tags: Balanced Body, Infringement, IPR, punitive damages, SPC, statutory damages, trademarks, Yongkang Elina
China’s upcoming amendments to the Patent Law include punitive damages
By AWA | Posted on March 19, 2020
Last year saw a wave of legislative activity in China. The effects are being felt as different pieces of legislation become effective. The resonating theme is that China is putting an IP protection framework in place that meets the demands of both foreign parties and domestic entities. This can be seen in particular with the...
Tags: china, Infringement, IPR, ISPs, patents, PRC Patent Law, punitive damages
Supreme People’s Court reverses position on OEM trademark use in Honda case
By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on March 16, 2020
China’s highest court has reversed its stance on trademark use from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in this landmark case brought by Honda Background Honda owns China trademark registrations in relation to motorcycles and other goods in Class 12 for the following marks: Chongqing Heng Sheng Group Limited (Heng Sheng) contracted with the Burmese Meihua Company...
Tags: china, Dongfeng, Honda, IPR, OEM, PRETUL, SPC, trademarks
EPO and EUIPO study finds link between IPR and SME growth
By AWA | Posted on July 9, 2019
A recent study by EPO and EUIPO explores the relationship between prior IPR activities of SMEs and the likelihood of experiencing a high-growth period. The purpose of the research was to investigate the following questions: Can the filing of IP rights be used as a reliable predictor of the likelihood that an SME will experience...
Tags: designs, EPO, EUIPO, high-growth, IPR, patents, SMEs, trademarks
Denmark makes the IPR taskforce set down by the Public Prosecutor for Serious Economic Crime permanent
By Mette Parlev | Posted on September 24, 2018
Since November 2017, all filings for criminal investigation regarding IPR crime in Denmark have on a trial basis been referred to a special IPR taskforce at the office of the Public Prosecutor for Serious Economic Crime, also known as SØIK. This trial arrangement has now been made permanent. This means that criminal cases regarding counterfeit...
Can innovative clean tech companies save the world…and still be profitable?
By AWA | Posted on September 10, 2015
Well, as we all know, innovation and research and development usually cost a lot of money, and the simplest incentive for innovations is often to earn more, or alternatively to save, money. Facing the threat of global warming, i.e. climate change, many new ideas have developed to make us less dependent on fossil fuels, to...
Tags: Clean tech, global warming, IPR, Patent
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