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AWA strengthens the anti-counterfeiting offer with new partner Yellow Brand Protection
By AWA Editor | Posted on October 9, 2018
AWA and Yellow Brand Protection have partnered up to broaden and intensify the offer in trademarks and brand protection online. “Online infringement is a rapidly growing problem for many companies, and it is crucial that we can support our trademark clients with these issues as well. Thanks to our partnership with Yellow Brand Protection we...
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Top IP expert Richard Lewinson joins AWA
By AWA Editor | Posted on October 3, 2018
Bringing over 30 years of IP experience to the table, Richard Lewinson is the latest senior recruitment to AWA. Richard’s most recent position was as Senior Group Legal Counsel and Subject Matter Expert IPR at the Tetra Pak Group, where he worked internationally to establish and align IP strategies and best practices. He also worked...
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Marjolaine Thulin from AWA had a dream that was picked up by EPO
By AWA Editor | Posted on October 1, 2018
Recently EPO is publishing a special edition of Patent Information News, presenting achievements from 40, 30, 20 and 10 years ago. One of these achievements is the ‘I have a dream’ speech that Marjolaine Thulin (Senior Patent Information Specialist at AWA) gave 10 years ago at an EPO conference in Stockholm. Read the article here....
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Five AWA practitioners selected MIP Rising Stars
By AWA Editor | Posted on October 1, 2018
We are proud to announce that five of our IP professionals have been named Rising Stars 2018/2019 by industry publication Managing IP. Maria Dam Jensen, Lasse Henze and Helle Friis Svenstrup from AWA’s Copenhagen office, and Xavier Badel and Måns Ekstedt from AWA’s Stockholm and Gothenburg offices respectively, have been listed. The guide highlights the...
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AWA partners up with Sweden’s largest network for graduate engineers
By AWA Editor | Posted on September 28, 2018
The Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers with 150,000 members has signed an agreement with AWA Sweden AB on consulting hours for their members. We at AWA are proud to have been chosen as partner and look forward to working closer with the members of network
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Four of the World’s Top 300 IP Strategists at AWA
By AWA Editor | Posted on September 21, 2018
AWA can now boast of having four of the world’s top 300 IP experts on our dedicated team. Four of AWA’s IP professionals are listed on the well-renowned IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists. Head of AWA Strategy Henrik Olsson joined the firm in 2016 after six years as Global IP Director...
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AWA welcomes back senior IP specialist Joakim Hammarsjö
By AWA Editor | Posted on September 20, 2018
Joakim Hammarsjö has re-joined AWA as a Team Leader in the Gothenburg Office. Joakim’s most recent position was as Group Director of IP Strategy and Portfolio at the Volvo Group, where he managed a team of global heads responsible for sub-portfolios, IP intelligence analysts and IP portfolio partners. Prior to this, Joakim spent almost ten...
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Ai-Leen Lim and Xiaofan Chen from AWA Asia published in The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Comparative Legal Guide
By AWA Editor | Posted on September 11, 2018
CEO and Principal Counsel Ai-Leen Lim and Xiaofan Chen, Partner of AWA Asia have authored the China Chapter in the The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Intellectual Property Comparative Legal Guide. The Comparative Legal Guide covers intellectual property rights, licensing, enforcement, establishing infringement or liability and challenges to intellectual property. The Q&A is part...
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Martin Jansson joins AWA Strategy
By AWA Editor | Posted on August 22, 2018
AWA Strategy welcomes Senior IP Strategist Martin Jansson to the Gothenburg-based team. Prior to joining AWA Strategy, Martin spent 14 years working with IP in the industrial sector in various positions and different aspects of IP. The past eight years he was the Head of IP Strategy & Intellectual Assets at SKF, where he managed...
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We welcome new colleagues to AWA
By AWA Editor | Posted on August 20, 2018
The AWA family is expanding and we are very happy to welcome IP professionals Josefin Alvén, Cathrin Johansson, Ylva Strandberg, Päivi Emilia Leino, Daniel Enetoft and Nora Spjuth to our firm. Josefin Alvén is Vice President, Business Area Manager West Sweden at AWA. She has a background both from the public and private sectors. Prior...
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