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Startups drop IP according to startup survey

By AWA Editor | Posted on July 5, 2017

During the spring, Awapatent has interviewed 40 startups in the life science and IT sectors at Sweden’s 10 biggest incubators about the protection of their ideas and innovations. It turned out that 55‒60% of the entrepreneurs in the survey do not have any protection at all. And the same amount also say that they do...

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Global Innovation Index: Netherlands now in top 3

By AWA Editor | Posted on June 16, 2017

For the seventh consecutive year, Switzerland is ranked the World’s Most Innovative Country in WIPO’s Global Innovation Index 2017. It is followed by Sweden in second place and the Netherlands in third. Ireland and Finland down in comparison to the 2016 rankings whereas Netherlands and Denmark have moved up the list. The same ten countries...

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Hong Kong the world’s top competitive country

By AWA Editor | Posted on June 7, 2017

Hong Kong has been selected the world’s most competitive country for the second consecutive year. It is closely followed by Switzerland and Singapore in the annual ranking compiled by IMD World Competitiveness Center. The US came in fourth place, which is down from last year’s third place and the lowest position it has held in...

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Nestlé loses Kitkat trademark battle

By AWA Editor | Posted on May 19, 2017

British Court of Appeal rules that Kitkat’s format cannot be trademarked as it has “no inherent distinctiveness”. After intense court proceedings to get the four finger shape of their chocolate bar Kitkat protected by trademark law, the court found that the format was no “badge of origin”. In late 2015, the European Court of Justice...

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Swedish Innovation Parliament 2017

By AWA Editor | Posted on May 3, 2017

On 25-26 April, the cities of Linköping and Norrköping hosted the 2017 Swedish Innovation Parliament (#SIR17, Sveriges Innovationsriksdag), a meeting and discussion arena for anyone who is a part of the Swedish innovation support system. The topic was “Digital transformation” and the two days were crammed with interesting sessions, keynote speakers and panel discussions. Depending...

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Celebrating World IP Day

By AWA Editor | Posted on April 26, 2017

World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated today, on 26 April, with the aim to increase awareness of the importance of IP rights for stimulating innovation and creativity. The 2017 theme focuses on “how innovation is making our lives healthier, safer and more comfortable, turning problems into progress”, says WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation). The World...

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WIPO: Record year for international patent applications in 2016

By AWA Editor | Posted on March 30, 2017

Recently published statistics from WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) show that last year saw an all time high of international patent applications, but also an increasing demand for trademark and industrial design protection. The biggest filer of international patent applications in 2016 was ZTE Corporation (China), followed by previous year’s top filer Huawei Technologies (China)...

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