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World Intellectual Property Day on 26 April
By AWA Editor | Posted on April 23, 2013
On 26 April every year, WIPO invites everybody to celebrate World Intellectual Property Day in order to promote discussion of the role of intellectual property in encouraging innovation and creativity. This year World Intellectual Property Day focuses on the theme Creativity – Next Generation. Mona Karlsson, European Patent Attorney, from Awapatent will participate in a...
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Six new Authorized Patent Attorneys at Awapatent in Sweden
By AWA Editor | Posted on April 22, 2013
Six additional patent attorneys at Awapatent have now passed the examination for the authorization as Swedish Patent Attorney. Awapatent now has more than 50 Authorized Patent Attorneys in Sweden. As a Swedish Authorized Patent Attorney you have a statutory confidentiality and are exempted from witness duty in patent litigation cases. Many of Awapatent’s Swedish Patent...
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Conflicts regarding the new top level domains
By AWA Editor | Posted on April 11, 2013
Between January and April 2012 companies and organisations were given the opportunity to apply for their own unique top-level domain. ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), which is administering the process, received around 1,900 applications for new top level domains; 93 applications have since passed the initial evaluation procedure. See http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/. For...
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Awapatent expands with new Uppsala office
By AWA Editor | Posted on April 2, 2013
2 April marks an exciting day for Awapatent. On this day the doors will open to Awapatent’s latest expansion – the Uppsala office. With four experienced consultants the new establishment will cater to the various IP and patent needs that new and existing clients in the region may have. Two of the consultants, Inga-Lill Andersson...
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Apple loses iPhone trademark in Brazil
By AWA Editor | Posted on March 18, 2013
On 13 February 2013 Brazilian law-makers ruled that Apple has lost exclusive rights to use the iPhone trademark in the country. Apple’s adversary is Gradiente Eletrônica, a local company that registered the name in 2000, six years before Apple did so. Gradiente Eletrônica launched its own Android-based iPhone on the Brazilian market in December 2012....
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New EU regulation to stop counterfeit goods
By AWA Editor | Posted on March 18, 2013
On 24 January 2013 the European Parliament’s standing committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, IMCO, gave its backing to a new regulation. The new regulation gives the customs authorities an increased mandate to tackle suspected counterfeit goods that make their way into the EU. The new regulation, Regulation 5129/2013/EC, will replace the previous regulation...
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Active efforts against illegal downloads give tailwind to the music industry
By AWA Editor | Posted on March 18, 2013
The global music industry is on the road to recovery, reports the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in a press release. The turnaround is partly due to an upswing in the demand for licensed digital music services and strong expansion in new markets. Income from digital music sales increased by nine per cent in...
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Awapatent nominated for EPO work in MIP’s global shortlist
By AWA Editor | Posted on March 1, 2013
The international IP magazine Managing Intellectual Property has now released the shortlist for Global Awards 2013. Awapatent is nominated in two categories: “Sweden” and “EPO work”. The award “EPO work” is a new one this year, and Awapatent is proud to compete with Carpmaels & Ransford, Grunecker Kinkeldey, Hoffmann Eitle and Withers & Rogers –...
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Signing of the Unified Patent Court agreement
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 21, 2013
The international agreement for establishing a Unified Patent Court (UPC) was signed on 19 February in Brussels. It will ensure the uniform applicability of patent law throughout the territories of the signatory countries. The new court will avoid the occurrence of multiple court cases with regard to the same patent in different member states. This...
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Apple seeks to protect iPad trademark in China
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 13, 2013
China is Apple’s most important market, which has led to the company building support for unique Chinese functions and services into its iOS operative system. Now, Apple is making vigorous efforts to protect itself from copies and imitations. In November Apple settled a protracted trademark dispute with Proview – a company that considered it owned...
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