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AWA strengthens the anti-counterfeiting offer with new partner Yellow Brand Protection

By AWA Editor | Posted on October 9, 2018

AWA and Yellow Brand Protection have partnered up to broaden and intensify the offer in trademarks and brand protection online. “Online infringement is a rapidly growing problem for many companies, and it is crucial that we can support our trademark clients with these issues as well. Thanks to our partnership with Yellow Brand Protection we...

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Top IP expert Richard Lewinson joins AWA

By AWA Editor | Posted on October 3, 2018

Bringing over 30 years of IP experience to the table, Richard Lewinson is the latest senior recruitment to AWA. Richard’s most recent position was as Senior Group Legal Counsel and Subject Matter Expert IPR at the Tetra Pak Group, where he worked internationally to establish and align IP strategies and best practices. He also worked...

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AWA welcomes back senior IP specialist Joakim Hammarsjö

By AWA Editor | Posted on September 20, 2018

Joakim Hammarsjö has re-joined AWA as a Team Leader in the Gothenburg Office. Joakim’s most recent position was as Group Director of IP Strategy and Portfolio at the Volvo Group, where he managed a team of global heads responsible for sub-portfolios, IP intelligence analysts and IP portfolio partners. Prior to this, Joakim spent almost ten...

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Ai-Leen Lim and Xiaofan Chen from AWA Asia published in The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Comparative Legal Guide

By AWA Editor | Posted on September 11, 2018

CEO and Principal Counsel Ai-Leen Lim and Xiaofan Chen, Partner of AWA Asia have authored the China Chapter in the The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Intellectual Property Comparative Legal Guide. The Comparative Legal Guide covers intellectual property rights, licensing, enforcement, establishing infringement or liability and challenges to intellectual property. The Q&A is part...

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Martin Jansson joins AWA Strategy

By AWA Editor | Posted on August 22, 2018

AWA Strategy welcomes Senior IP Strategist Martin Jansson to the Gothenburg-based team. Prior to joining AWA Strategy, Martin spent 14 years working with IP in the industrial sector in various positions and different aspects of IP. The past eight years he was the Head of IP Strategy & Intellectual Assets at SKF, where he managed...

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We welcome new colleagues to AWA

By AWA Editor | Posted on August 20, 2018

The AWA family is expanding and we are very happy to welcome IP professionals Josefin Alvén, Cathrin Johansson, Ylva Strandberg, Päivi Emilia Leino, Daniel Enetoft and Nora Spjuth to our firm. Josefin Alvén is Vice President, Business Area Manager West Sweden at AWA. She has a background both from the public and private sectors. Prior...

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Three new EPAs at AWA

By AWA Editor | Posted on August 6, 2018

We are happy to congratulate three of our patent attorneys for having passed this year’s European Qualifying Examination (EQE). Linlin Zheng (Linköping), Carl-Johan Eklund (Göteborg), and Nora Spjuth (starting at AWA in Stockholm on 3 September) are now qualified European Patent Attorneys (EPAs). AWA can now boast of a grand total of 65 European Patent...

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