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Three new EPAs at AWA
By AWA Editor | Posted on August 6, 2018
We are happy to congratulate three of our patent attorneys for having passed this year’s European Qualifying Examination (EQE). Linlin Zheng (Linköping), Carl-Johan Eklund (Göteborg), and Nora Spjuth (starting at AWA in Stockholm on 3 September) are now qualified European Patent Attorneys (EPAs). AWA can now boast of a grand total of 65 European Patent...
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IP firm AWA acquires the domain name company Dotkeeper
By AWA Editor | Posted on June 26, 2018
Sweden’s largest intellectual property firm AWA (former Awapatent) acquires the domain name company Dotkeeper to have a combined offer within the growing field of trademarks, domain names and digital IP. The two companies have been partners since 2016 and their joint offer has been received very well by the market. Both companies have a clear...
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AWA and Dotkeeper launch joint website
By AWA Editor | Posted on June 18, 2018
To strengthen and boost our common offer within trademarks and domain names, AWA and Dotkeeper are now launching a joint website: domainandtrademark.expert AWA has been working closely with Dotkeeper since 2016 to offer our clients a unique and complete IP service including domain names. Please visit domainandtrademark.expert to find out what we can do for...
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Ai-Leen Lim and Xiaofan Chen published in the Asian-Mena Counsel magazine
By AWA Editor | Posted on June 13, 2018
Principal Counsel & CEO for AWA Asia Ai-Leen Lim and Beijing-based partner Xiaofan Chen have been published in this month’s edition of the Asian-Mena Counsel magazine by the In-House Community. Please click here to view the full article – Big steps: long strides: China’s progress on intellectual property rights (PDF document, 197 kB).
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AWA highly recommended in latest IAM Patent 1000
By AWA Editor | Posted on June 11, 2018
AWA Sweden and AWA Denmark are ranked as highly recommended firms in IAM Patent 1000 as the 2018 rankings are released. Twelve AWA IP professionals are also listed as recommended individuals. Julia Mannesson, Inga-Lill Andersson, Peter Kenamets, Mikael Henriksson, Mattias Pierrou, Urban Lind, Niklas Mattsson, Martin Tranälv and Sören Giver were recommended for Sweden. For...
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AWA’s client Againity wins WWF Climate Solver Nordic 2018
By AWA Editor | Posted on June 4, 2018
The AWA client, Againity, is one of five winners of WWF Climate Solver Nordic 2018. With this award WWF aims to promote technology and business models that can reduce carbon dioxide emissions dramatically and increase the energy supply to the poor in the world. Againity is based in Norrköping and their business idea it to...
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Generation Pep thanks AWA and other top brands
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 30, 2018
AWA is a proud partner of the Swedish royal initiative Generation Pep, encouraging children and young people to live an active and healthy life. We are supporting the organisation with all trademark related matters. Now the Generation Pep has produced an annual report and film (in Swedish only), where the different partners are thanked.
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GDPR services from AWA
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 23, 2018
As of 25 May 2018, processing of personal data is subject to new European legislation; the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This legislative act is a European Union Regulation, immediately applicable and enforceable in all EU member states. The provisions of the Regulation are therefore relevant to anyone who processes information relating to an identifiable and...
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AWA expands to the US
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 21, 2018
With the opening of our representative office in at Cambridge Innovation Center (Cambridge, Boston) we are delighted to be closer to our clients to assist them with their IP needs in Europe and China/Hong Kong. At CIC, AWA will be represented by AWA Innovation amongst others; a business area aimed to help clients with their...
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Several AWA consultants selected IP Stars 2018
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 18, 2018
A total of ten IP attorneys from the AWA Group have been selected IP Stars as MIP (Managing Intellectual Property) released their 2018 listing today. Inga-Lill Andersson, Peter Kenamets, Urban Lind, Martin Tranälv, Niklas Mattsson and Mattias Pierrou (Sweden) and Sidsel Hauge, Kim Garsdal Nielsen and Anette Rasmussen (Denmark) were named IP Stars by industry...
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