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Fabian Edlund appointed President of UNION-IP
By AWA Editor | Posted on June 4, 2020
We are pleased to announce that Partner and European Patent Attorney Fabian Edlund based in AWA’s Gothenburg office has been appointed President of UNION-IP. UNION-IP is an association of European practitioners in the field of intellectual property. It aims to work continuously on current developments in intellectual property, especially by making early submissions during the...
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AWA partners with Action Against Corona
By AWA Editor | Posted on March 25, 2020
We are pleased to announce that AWA has partnered with Action Against Corona, an initiative from the Norrsken Foundation and Dagens Industri to support startups or projects that are fighting the coronavirus (COVID-19) and its implications. AWA is supporting initiatives by offering pro-bono intellectual property counselling, free access to PatAlert® and domain name analysis as...
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Responding to COVID-19 – AWA remains fully operational
By AWA Editor | Posted on March 19, 2020
As the coronavirus continues to spread globally, we wish to let you know that our first priority is the safety and well-being of our employees, clients, families and partners around the world. We have taken measures in order to do our part in trying to delay the spread of the virus and help flatten the...
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Joëlle Van Malderen elected to Council of European Patent Institute
By AWA Editor | Posted on March 17, 2020
AWA is proud to announce that Joëlle Van Malderen, Senior Partner and Representing CEO at Pronovem (Part of the AWA Group), has been elected as a full member to the Council of the European Patent Institute (epi) for the 2020 to 2023 term. Joëlle was elected by her peers and will represent Belgium before the...
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AWA remains fully operational
By AWA Editor | Posted on March 12, 2020
Yesterday, the Danish Government took a number of preventive steps in order to halt the spreading of the COVID-19 virus in Denmark. At our office in Denmark we are doing our best to comply with these Government recommendations. Therefore: Most of our staff in Denmark will work remotely at least for the next two weeks...
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A warm welcome to Group CEO Thor Mosaker
By AWA Editor | Posted on March 2, 2020
The Board of Directors of AWA Holding wishes to extend a warm welcome to Group CEO Thor Mosaker. Thor has dedicated much of his career to intellectual property and has held the position of Regional Director Norway, Germany and the UK at Zacco. He has also been CEO of Smart Innovation Norway, a private research...
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Standout year for AWA and AWA Asia in latest WTR 1000 rankings
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 14, 2020
AWA in Denmark and Sweden as well as AWA Asia in China have all been listed as recommended firms with several attorneys also receiving recommended individual rankings across enforcement and litigation as well as prosecution and strategy categories. The WTR 1000 research directory, which focuses exclusively on trademark practices and practitioners, has established itself as...
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Celebrating five years in Asia
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 9, 2020
Five years ago, AWA extended its European presence to Asia with the same vision and promise to be the first choice in IP by developing the market together and to create intellectual prosperity. AWA Asia has become a standout firm in the region, developing a full-service offering that meets our clients’ IP needs at any...
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AWA Sweden certified as a Great Place to Work®
By AWA Editor | Posted on December 11, 2019
We are pleased to announce that AWA Sweden has been certified as a Great Place to Work® in 2020. Based on the organisation’s global standards, Great Place to Work® completed a detailed evaluation of AWA’s management, organisational practices and carried out a comprehensive examination of the employees’ experience of trust and pride in the workplace....
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AWA unlocks the potential of artificial intelligence to analyse patent applications with Mindified
By AWA Editor | Posted on November 6, 2019
AWA and Mindified have announced a collaboration to explore patent applications by using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The goal is to strengthen the competitiveness of AWA and our customers by analysing the vast amounts of data in patent applications using AI and ML. AWA has already developed PatAlert, an insight tool based...
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