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We welcome new colleagues to AWA
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
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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AWA and Dotkeeper launch joint website
Posted on June 18, 2018
To strengthen and boost our common offer within trademarks and domain names, AWA and Dotkeeper are now launching a joint website: domainandtrademark.expert AWA has been working closely with Dotkeeper since 2016 to offer our clients a unique and complete IP service including domain names. Please visit domainandtrademark.expert to find out what we can do for...
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Ai-Leen Lim and Xiaofan Chen published in the Asian-Mena Counsel magazine
Posted on June 13, 2018
Principal Counsel & CEO for AWA Asia Ai-Leen Lim and Beijing-based partner Xiaofan Chen have been published in this month’s edition of the Asian-Mena Counsel magazine by the In-House Community. Please click here to view the full article – Big steps: long strides: China’s progress on intellectual property rights (PDF document, 197 kB).
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AWA’s client Againity wins WWF Climate Solver Nordic 2018
Posted on June 4, 2018
The AWA client, Againity, is one of five winners of WWF Climate Solver Nordic 2018. With this award WWF aims to promote technology and business models that can reduce carbon dioxide emissions dramatically and increase the energy supply to the poor in the world. Againity is based in Norrköping and their business idea it to...
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Generation Pep thanks AWA and other top brands
Posted on May 30, 2018
AWA is a proud partner of the Swedish royal initiative Generation Pep, encouraging children and young people to live an active and healthy life. We are supporting the organisation with all trademark related matters. Now the Generation Pep has produced an annual report and film (in Swedish only), where the different partners are thanked.
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GDPR services from AWA
Posted on May 23, 2018
As of 25 May 2018, processing of personal data is subject to new European legislation; the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This legislative act is a European Union Regulation, immediately applicable and enforceable in all EU member states. The provisions of the Regulation are therefore relevant to anyone who processes information relating to an identifiable and...
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AWA expands to the US
Posted on May 21, 2018
With the opening of our representative office in at Cambridge Innovation Center (Cambridge, Boston) we are delighted to be closer to our clients to assist them with their IP needs in Europe and China/Hong Kong. At CIC, AWA will be represented by AWA Innovation amongst others; a business area aimed to help clients with their...
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Tier 1 across the board for AWA Asia in latest Asian Legal Business IP Rankings
Posted on May 4, 2018
We are extremely proud to announce that AWA Asia has been ranked as a tier 1 firm by Asian Legal Business (ALB) in three categories as part of their annual IP Rankings, published on 2 May 2018. AWA Asia received the tier 1 ranking in the China International Patent, China International Copyright/Trademark and Hong Kong...
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Mehrdad Mahdjoubi finalist for European Inventor Award 2018
Posted on April 24, 2018
Industrial designer Mehrdad Mahdjoubi is shortlisted for EPO’s European Inventor Award 2018 for his invention Oas. Mehrdad’s company Orbital Systems, which was founded in 2012, is a client of Awapatent’s. His invention Oas, which is the world’s first closed-loop shower, consumes up to 90% less water and 80% less energy than conventional shower solutions. Mehrdad...
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