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Oncopeptides wins SwedenBIO Award 2017

By AWA Editor | Posted on May 29, 2017

We are happy and proud to congratulate our client Oncopeptides for winning the prestigious SwedenBIO Award 2017. Oncopeptides has developed Ygalo, a drug for treating hematologic cancer. The SwedenBIO Award is awarded to companies in Life Science for their outstanding achievement. Awapatent IP team, headed by Tomas Lundquist, works in close collaboration with Oncopeptides, in...

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GEN-PEP film wins Golden Egg Award

By AWA Editor | Posted on May 10, 2017

Being a proud supporting partner, Awapatent congratulates GEN-PEP and the one of the other supporting partners, the PR agency Forsman & Bodenfors, on winning one of the prestigious Golden Egg Awards for the production of GEN-PEP’s film Pep Talk. In the film Sir Stephen Hawking highlights the importance of combating child obesity and inactivity. GEN-PEP...

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New statistics suggest lack of competence is the greatest threat to innovation in Sweden

By AWA Editor | Posted on May 8, 2017

According to Awapatent’s Innovation Barometer, more than half (52%) of the asked IT/Telecom companies and over a quarter (27%) of MedTech/BioTech enterprises in Sweden find that the main obstacle for their continued innovation and research is finding qualified staff. The research also found that another major factor hindering innovation in Sweden is costs. Please find...

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Awapatent recommended by The Legal 500

By AWA Editor | Posted on April 19, 2017

We are proud to announce that The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa has recommended Awapatent for Intellectual Property and Media (Sweden). The Legal 500 also recommended AwaLaw for Denmark. In addition, Peter Kenamets has been recommended for Intellectual Property and Media (Sweden). Anette Rasmussen, Henriette Rasch and Mette Bender have been recommended for...

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Nomination to Golden Egg Award for GEN-PEP film

By AWA Editor | Posted on April 3, 2017

Being a proud supporting partner of GEN-PEP, Awapatent congratulates one of the other partners, the well-known PR agency Forsman & Bodenfors, for nomination to a Golden Egg Award for the production of GEN-PEP’s film Pep Talk. In the film Sir Stephen Hawking highlights the importance of combating child obesity and inactivity. We wish Forsman &...

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Awapatent and AWA Asia in Swedish media

By AWA Editor | Posted on March 31, 2017

When entering the Chinese market, there are several branding and marketing aspects for Scandinavian companies to consider. Read what AWA Asia’s CEO Ai-Leen Lim says here. (In Swedish only). In addition, read a summary of a talk on patent disputes within biotech, given by Niklas Mattsson, European Patent Attorney at Awapatent. You can find the...

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AWA Asia ranked in Innovation List

By AWA Editor | Posted on March 13, 2017

In March 2017, Asia’s renowned legal industry publication, Asian Legal Business (ALB), has for the second year in the row listed AWA Asia as one of the most innovative players in the region’s legal sector in its ALB INNOVATION LIST 2017. The commentary states: “Awa Asia has implemented specific software tools to assist its billing,...

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Apply for Awapatent’s Trainee Programme today!

By AWA Editor | Posted on March 13, 2017

The application to join our well renowned trainee programme is now open. Please find the ad below for information. Are you ready for a career in IP? Apply for Awapatent’s Trainee Programme for future patent attorneys. Do you hold a Master of Science in Engineering and pride yourself with both intellect and sales drive? Do...

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