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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...
Kwick: The electronic receipt solution
By AWA | Posted on October 16, 2018
If you have ever been on a business trip or made a company purchase, you probably know how tedious it can be having to keep and present stacks of paper receipts afterwards. Enters Kwick – receipt handling done electronically (and easily) Problem vs solution Like many great business ideas, the concept of Kwick started with...
Tags: app, AWA, bank, credit card, electronical solutions, Kwick, patents, receipts
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...
Tags: AWA, Brenderup, design protection, infringment, Intellectual Property, IP, Jönköping, patents
A closer look at the countries that have ratified the UPC
By AWA | Posted on May 4, 2018
Considering that the UK now has ratified the UPC agreement, the entry into force of the system seems imminent although the German Federal Constitutional court still have to settle the complaint filed during 2017. If the complaint is dismissed, we will probably see the UPC opening up in 2018. Out of the 25 EU member that...
CRISPR patent revoked at the EPO
By Niklas Mattsson | Posted on January 31, 2018
The CRISPR system has revolutionised the gene technology field, opening up for a multitude of genetic engineering possibilities and harbouring huge potential for the treatment of diseases. In particular, one version of the system known as CRISPR/Cas9, has been modified to edit genomes. It is commonly called a “gene scissor”, i.e. it can cut a...
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On the point of re-examination of SPC term #3 – End of discussion?
By Louise Jonshammar | Posted on January 31, 2018
Reflections on the Court of Justice of the European Union’s interpretation of Article 17.2 of the SPC Regulation As previously addressed in a Newsflash from Awapatent, and in two previous entries, the Swedish Patent and Market Appeal Court handed down eight decisions on 4 October 2017, in appeal cases regarding re-examination of SPC term. The...
Directors Beware: New Swedish judgment regarding personal liability for patent infringement
By AWA | Posted on December 8, 2017
The Swedish Patent and Market Court (PMD) announced an interesting judgment concerning the Board of Directors’ personal liability for patent infringement in October this year. The company Power Tools sued the company Royex, its chairman and president for patent infringement of cartridges for cracking stones. PMD found that the product “Royex Generation II” constitutes patent...
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Tags: board of directors, directors, Infringement, patents, personal liability, sweden
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...
Tags: Arc Aroma Pure, biogas, high voltage pulses, IP, pasteurising, Patent, patents, start-up
On the point of re-examination of SPC term #2
By Louise Jonshammar | Posted on October 25, 2017
Reflections on the Swedish Appeal Court’s reasoning regarding the balance of interests As previously addressed in a Newsflash from Awapatent, the Swedish Patent and Market Appeal Court handed down several decisions on 4 October 2017, in appeal cases regarding re-examination of SPC. This article is a sequel to the AWA Point published on Monday 23 October...
On the point of re-examination of SPC term #1
By Louise Jonshammar | Posted on October 23, 2017
Reflections on the Swedish Appeal Court’s reasoning regarding Article 17.2 of the SPC Regulation As previously addressed in a Newsflash from Awapatent, the Swedish Patent and Market Appeal Court handed down several decisions on 4 October, 2017, in appeal cases regarding re-examination of SPC. Requests for re-examination, or appeals to granted SPCs, have been lodged...
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