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Changed conditions regarding the possibility to register “geographical” trademarks

By AWA | Posted on February 6, 2014

As you might have heard before, a fundamental requirement for registering a trademark is that the trademark is distinctive, meaning that it must have the ability of distinguishing the goods or services provided from the goods and services of others. The Swedish Trademark Act holds that a trademark might lack distinctiveness inter alia when it...

Tags: geographical origin, sweden, trademarks

Wider scope of protection for Swedish patents?

By AWA | Posted on November 20, 2013

Last week the Swedish government referred an amendment of the Swedish patent law to the Council on Legislation for reconsideration. According to the suggested amendment, patent applications filed in English need not be translated into Swedish. Instead, they can be granted in English. For applicants filing a Swedish patent application in English and wishing to...

Tags: EPO, Europe, patent application, sweden

Patent Prosecution Highway: New possibilities for Swedish patent applicants

By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on November 12, 2013

Swedish patent applicants and others using the Swedish Patent- och registreringsverket (PRV) as the office for first filing of patent applications are getting new possibilities for obtaining accelerated prosecution of their following foreign patent applications; the PRV are expanding their participation in the international PPH network with a number of new PPH agreements. Effective 1...

Tags: Japan, Korea, patent prosecution highway, PPH, sweden

Getting Personal in Sweden: Liability of Directors, Officers, and Owners for their Company’s IP Infringement

By Robin Berzelius | Posted on March 23, 2012

1. Introduction Picture a scenario where a plaintiff in an IP infringement case in Sweden has received a well earned final ruling in its favor, or perhaps gotten a preliminary injunction issued against an accused infringer. As the plaintiff is celebrating its success, it receives news that the infringer recently emptied its warehouses of infringing...

Tags: Infringement, personal liability, sweden

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