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Anette Rasmussen elected vice-chair of ECTA Committee
By AWA Editor | Posted on October 24, 2013
Anette Rasmussen, Attorney at Law at Awapatent and Managing Partner for Awa Law Advokater in Copenhagen, has been elected vice-chair for the OHIM-Link Committee in ECTA. This policy-making committee is very important and establishes the link between ECTA and OHIM in the sense that the committee is being called upon to comment trademark legislation and...
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Relaxed requirements for divisional European patent applications
By AWA Editor | Posted on October 21, 2013
The deadline for filing divisional European patent applications will be amended 1 April 2014. It will again be possible to file divisional European applications as long as the parent application is pending. For some time, there have been rumours and speculations that the time limit for filing divisional European applications would be amended. This has...
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Awapatent’s Innovation Barometer shows: Swedish and Danish companies continue to invest in R&D
By AWA Editor | Posted on October 21, 2013
89 per cent of the R&D managers in Sweden and Denmark believe that they will have an unchanged or increased budget for R&D in the nearest future compared to last year. 52 per cent say their budget will be unchanged, whereas 37 per cent think it will increase. As many as 96 per cent of...
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Awapatent climbs higher in Managing IP’s PCT ranking
By AWA Editor | Posted on October 14, 2013
Awapatent climbs four positions to 6th place in industry magazine Managing IP’s annual PCT survey, a ranking of European IP firms based on the number of PCT applications filed. Awapatent filed 25 percent more PCT applications compared to the previous year. Awapatent also filed the highest number of PCT applications of all Swedish IP companies,...
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Awapatent attorney new member of INTA subcommittee
By AWA Editor | Posted on October 3, 2013
Robin Berzelius, Attorney-at-Law at Awapatent has been appointed member of INTA’s (International Trademark Association) Design Rights Subcommittee of the Related Rights Committee for a two-year term. In addition, Robin is a new member of the Swedish ICC’s (International Chamber of Commerce) reference group for intellectual property. ICC’s reference groups – 15 in total – aim...
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Beware of bogus invoices
By AWA Editor | Posted on September 19, 2013
Some of our clients have contacted us regarding suspicious invoices that concern some kind of patent registration or monitoring service. You should always pay close attention when you receive an invoice regarding your IP rights from an unknown company. If you are not sure about the validity of the invoice, please contact your Awapatent consultant.
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Chinese award to Awapatent consultant
By AWA Editor | Posted on September 4, 2013
Ulf Håkanson, associate at Awapatent’s office in Lund, Sweden, has received the CAS International Cooperation Award for Young Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).CAS was founded in 1949 and is the leading research institute in China. Today, CAS is divided into 117 institutes with more than 50 000 employees. The prize is awarded...
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Eight new European Patent Attorneys at Awapatent
By AWA Editor | Posted on August 13, 2013
Eight patent attorneys at Awapatent have passed this year’s European Qualifying Examination (EQE), earning them the title European Patent Attorney.These new European Patent Attorneys are authorized to represent Awapatent’s clients before the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich. The title European Patent Attorney is one of the most prestigious IP authorizations available in Europe. –...
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Awapatent launches another new service – Valuation
By AWA Editor | Posted on July 10, 2013
Intellectual property (IP) and intellectual assets (IA) account for a majority of the value in many companies. However, the valuation of IP/IA is difficult due to its complexity. Therefore, Awapatent – as a leading expert in IP and IA – now offers new valuation services. We help value a company’s IP and IA before the...
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Open IP – a new service from Awapatent
By AWA Editor | Posted on July 5, 2013
Awapatent now offers a new service within open innovation – Open IP. Open IP from Awapatent is a variety of services regarding the open innovation process – ranging from project management and industry-specific knowledge to management of all legal aspects throughout the process. Open innovation generates ideas and value Open innovation is based on the...
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