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AWA Asia recommended by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018
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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Awapatent supports the integration initiative NU:Nolla Utanförskapet
Posted on November 16, 2017
Awapatent is now a supporting member of the Swedish integration initiative NU:Nolla Utanförskapet (Banish the Alienation) https://www.nollautanforskapet.nu, aiming to help individuals becoming part of society and working life. The vision is to increase the number of young people having an education, a job, a salary and a social context.Examples of activities so far are homework...
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Awapatent’s client InviSense wins Sweden’s biggest invention prize
Posted on November 13, 2017
Last Thursday, Awapatent’s client InviSense AB http://invisense.se was awarded the biggest invention prize in Sweden, SKAPA. The company develops and sells an extremely thin humidity sensor label with a wireless measuring of the relative humidity inside building constructions. Awapatent is a proud IP advisor to InviSense. Ole Bokinge, European Patent Attorney http://www.awapatent.com/en/our_people/bokinge-ole, Ulf Willquist, European...
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AWA Litigation secures important win for client Hexatronic in high-stake patent infringement case
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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New rules for trademark applications
Posted on October 13, 2017
As of 1 October 2017, one of the changes is that the graphical representation requirement for submitting an EU trademark application has been abolished. Signs can now be represented in other forms as long as “the representation is clear, precise, self-contained, easily accessible, intelligible, durable and objective.”(EUIPO) The abolishment aims to make trademark entries on...
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EPO/EAPO Fast-track patent examination in place
Posted on October 12, 2017
As a result of the entry into force of the joint Patent Prosecution Highwaty (PPH), applicants for patent protection at the EPO and EAPO (Euroasian Patent Office) can now enjoy fast-track patent examination at both offices. In addition, the PPH allows participating patent offices to share and re-use their work. Read more on EPO’s website.
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New EPO president next summer
Posted on October 11, 2017
The Portuguese António Campinos has been elected to succeed Benoît Battistelli as President of the European Patent Office (EPO). His five-year term will start on 1 July 2018. Read more
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Following Seattle Genetics, Swedish Appeal Court opens for re-examination of SPC term; overturning lower court
Posted on October 5, 2017
On 4 October 2017, the Swedish Patent and Market Appeal Court handed down eight decisions in appeal cases regarding re-examination of SPC term decisions. The background relates to the famous Seattle Genetics case (C-471/14) in which the CJEU gave a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the...
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Ai-Leen Lim nominated as leading lawyer for China
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
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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