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Awapatent ready to represent clients before the UPC

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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Awapatent supports rescue actions for refugees in the Mediterranean Sea

Posted on September 9, 2015

Awapatent has decided to donate 50,000 SEK (approx. 5,000 Euro) to the medical humanitarian organization “Médecins Sans Frontières” (MSF) to support their rescue actions for refugees in the Mediterranean Sea. At the moment, MSF has three boats with medical teams on site in order to save the lives of people in distress at sea and...

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Awapatent IP attorneys nominated as IP Stars

Posted on July 7, 2015

The international IP magazine Managing Intellectual Property has nominated several of Awapatent’s/AWA Asia’s IP attorneys as IP Stars in the annual IP Stars survey, covering the top-rated firms and practitioners for trademark, copyright and patent work. IP attorneys on the list of “IP Stars” have been recommended by their peers and clients in each respective...

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High rankings for Awapatent in IAM Patents 1000

Posted on June 17, 2015

In the 2015 edition of the IAM 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, Awapatent receives high rankings – the firm itself as well as its attorneys. Sweden Prosecution – highly recommended Transactions – recommended Litigation – ranked (as the only IP firm, the other ones are law firms) Inga-Lill Andersson, Sören Giver & Mikael...

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Article by AWA Asia counsel in World Trademark Review

Posted on June 8, 2015

An article written by Ai-Leen Lim and Lawrence Yeung of AWA Asia was published in the April issue of World Trademark Review. Read it here: Beijing Higher People’s Court considers evidence of use in non-use cancellation actions

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Articles by Awapatent attorneys published in Chinese IAM

Posted on May 25, 2015

Two articles written by Awapatent’s attorneys were published in the April issue of Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Chinese edition. Read them here: 商标所有者视角: 中国品牌资产中 社交媒体的力量 (PDF document, 3.9 MB) (, 3.9 MB) (“The power of social media in building brand assets in China: a trademark owner’s perspective”) – by Ai-Leen Lim and Rhonda Tin 欧洲单一专利新体制 (PDF document,...

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Awapatent client is Sweden’s best young entrepreneur

Posted on May 22, 2015

Mehrdad Mahdjoubi, CEO of water recycling technology company Orbital Systems, is Sweden’s best young entrepreneur according to business daily Dagens Industri. Orbital Systems was founded in 2012 and has developed an environmental-friendly shower that cleans and recycles the water. Learn what Awapatent has done for Orbital Systems. Photo: Andreas Offesson

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AWA Asia in the news

Posted on May 12, 2015

Since the launch of AWA Asia in February quite a few news articles and social media posts have been published about the new firm. Below is a brief selection: Awapatent enters Asia, recruits Bird & Bird’s Greater China trademark head – Asian Legal Business Awapatent Launches Asian Arm In Beijing And Hong Kong As “AWA...

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Awapatent is proud to work with DropBucket – one of the winners in Red Dot Design Awards

Posted on May 11, 2015

DropBucket was started in 2012 by Marie S. Berggreen and Heiða G. Nolsøe, Bachelors of Design & Innovation from DTU (Technical University of Denmark). Their product is a disposable trash can to be used at concerts, festivals and other events where the visitors generate a lot of trash. The DropBucket is made of recycled paper...

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