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From AWA Asia: Ai-Leen Lim published in the Journal of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 28, 2018
Principal Counsel and CEO for AWA Asia Ai-Leen Lim has recently been published in EURObiz, the Journal of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. Ai-Leen Lim and Lars-Åke Severin, founder of PSU China, highlight China’s IPR advances in 2017 and the remaining enforcement challenges that exist for IP holders. EURObiz magazine is produced...
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We welcome Janne Britt Hansen, Partner and Attorney-at-law to Awapatent
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 20, 2018
We are very happy to welcome Janne Britt Hansen as Partner and attorney-at law at our Copenhagen office. Janne has approx. 16 years of experience from both the Danish PTO and a number of larger Danish consultancy and law firms. We are confident that our clients will benefit from Janne’s in depth experience with trademark...
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Get moving with Awapatent and Generation Pep!
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 31, 2018
To encourage a psychically active and healthy lifestyle, Awapatent invites you to join us for Generation Pep’s initiative “Upp och hoppa, Sverige!” (Get moving Sweden!) today, 31 January. Sedentary is a global problem. In Sweden, we spend nine hours a day sitting down on average. Too much sedation is a cause of poor health and...
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Awapatent’s corporate responsibility 2018
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 25, 2018
During 2018 Awapatent will continue supporting three international charity and humanitarian organisations; Team Rynkeby, SOS Children’s Villages and Médecins Sans Frontières. All three of them have values and goals in line with Awapatent’s own core values, core purpose and business idea: to show courage, openness and passion, to help building the prosperity of tomorrow, and...
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Veteran IP strategist Thomas Ewing joins Awapatent’s growing IP strategy group
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 9, 2018
Thomas Ewing will work with Henrik Olsson to further grow the strategy group’s expanding list of Scandinavian and international clients. He will be based in Awapatent’s Gothenburg office. “With Tom onboard, we are set for a rapid expansion of our strategy services throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas,” said Henrik Olsson, Head of Awapatent’s IP...
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Awapatent top filer in Sweden
By AWA Editor | Posted on December 15, 2017
Awapatent tops the list for the number of international patent filings in Sweden, according to the Annual PCT report from MIP (Managing Intellectual Property). Between 2014 and 2017, the firm filed a total of 742 applications – almost twice as many as the first runner up on the list with a number amounting to 413...
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AWA Asia recommended by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018
By AWA Editor | Posted on December 8, 2017
We are proud to announce that for the first time The Legal 500 Asia Pacific has recommended AWA Asia for Intellectual Property – Foreign Firms (China). AWA Asia joins its European offices Awapatent (Sweden) and AwaLaw (Denmark) which are both recommended by The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa for Intellectual Property and Media....
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AWA Litigation secures important win for client Hexatronic in high-stake patent infringement case
By AWA Editor | Posted on October 30, 2017
On 20 October 2017, the Swedish Patent and Market Court issued a judgment in a patent dispute between Emtelle UK Ltd. and Awapatent’s client Hexatronic Cables & Interconnect Systems AB, a Hexatronic Group subsidiary. In spring 2015, Hexatronic was sued by Emtelle Ltd. regarding an alleged infringement of a Swedish patent relating to what is...
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Ai-Leen Lim nominated as leading lawyer for China
By AWA Editor | Posted on September 11, 2017
Independent publication Asia IP has listed Ai-Leen Lim, CEO of AWA Asia, as a leading lawyer for China under the categories trademark, patents and enforcement in their 2017 Asia IP Experts. The nomination is based on feedback from corporate counsel and industry peers.
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Four new EPAs at Awapatent
By AWA Editor | Posted on September 4, 2017
We are proud and happy to congratulate Matthew Baines (Copenhagen), Pontus Falk (Stockholm), Peter Stern (Stockholm) and David Färm (Stockholm) for passing this year’s European Qualifying Examination (EQE). They are now qualified European Patent Attorneys (EPAs). Congratulations and well done to all of you! Awapatent can now boast of a grand total of 67 European...
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