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Awapatent continues supporting SOS Children’s Villages

By AWA Editor | Posted on January 25, 2016

Our yearly donation to SOS Children’s Villages is 100 000 SEK and goes to the family programs in Dassa-Zoumé in Benin. About 225 children get education, health care, food and psychological support. The parents get education, coaching and microloans to start their own businesses. The aim is to get the families self-supporting and independent. More about...

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AWA climbs to the very top in WTR 1000

By AWA Editor | Posted on January 18, 2016

The latest edition of the international directory World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals has just been released, and Awapatent/AWA Asia is recommended in the Danish, Swedish and Chinese rankings as well as in the overall international ranking. Awapatent as a group is recommended in the international ranking (consisting of 17 IP...

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Innovation Talent of the year

By AWA Editor | Posted on December 7, 2015

Mehrdad Mahdjoubis founded Orbital Systems in 2012 and Awapatent has been his IP support along the way. The company is a great success and Mehrdad has been awarded several times for his innovative business idea; a water and energy saving shower using nano-technology. Read more about Orbital Systems.

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Awapatent supports the Academy of Intellectual Property, Marketing and Competition Law (IMC) at Uppsala University

By AWA Editor | Posted on November 27, 2015

Awapatent highly appreciates this academic initiative to bring together researchers, practitioners, judges and others to exchange experiences from different perspectives. It is an excellent way of creating a natural link between research projects and practical exercise of the relevant laws. About IMC IMC is connected to the Faculty of Law at Uppsala University. IMC’s main...

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We welcome Anders back to Awapatent!

By AWA Editor | Posted on November 20, 2015

On 5 October Anders Fredriksson came back to Awapatent not only as European Patents Attorney but also as a new Team Manager for “Team ChemMech” at our Malmö office. Anders was recruited from Tetra Pak where he was working as a Patent Counsel. Anders is well-known within Awapatent, since he worked here as a Patent...

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Awapatent ranked as number nine in PCT survey

By AWA Editor | Posted on October 26, 2015

The industry magazine Managing IP’s annual ranking of the number of PCT applications filed has just been published. In the “EPO” category Awapatent is ranked number nine with 260 PCT applications filed. In the “Sweden” category the firm are ranked number one with 206 PCT applications filed. MIP does not report any country-specific statistics from...

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Awapatent welcomes nine new trainees

By AWA Editor | Posted on September 18, 2015

This round of the programme is the eighteenth since the start in 1994. In total, more than 200 trainees have completed the programme. “I am very glad and proud to once again be able to welcome new trainees to our industry-unique trainee programme. They can now look forward to an intensive and exciting period, where...

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Awapatent ready to represent clients before the UPC

By AWA Editor | Posted on September 14, 2015

The requirements for representing a party before the Unified Patent Court, UPC, have now been finally drafted, which means that a number of Awapatent attorneys who have passed the European Patent Litigation Course, or acted as a judge in patent infringement cases, are qualified to represent clients before the UPC. These European Patent Attorneys are:...

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