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Ai-Leen Lim and Inga-Lill Andersson selected WIPR Leaders

By AWA Editor | Posted on February 14, 2018

WIPR (World IP Review Report) has recognised AWA Asia’s Ai-Leen Lim and Awapatent’s Inga-Lill Andersson as Leaders in their 2018 rankings. The results are based on nominations from industry peers. WIPR Leaders ranks the leading IP practitioners in the world. The handbook lists over 1,700 lawyers. For the full rankings, please visit WIPR’s website.

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Get moving with Awapatent and Generation Pep!

By AWA Editor | Posted on January 31, 2018

To encourage a psychically active and healthy lifestyle, Awapatent invites you to join us for Generation Pep’s initiative “Upp och hoppa, Sverige!” (Get moving Sweden!) today, 31 January. Sedentary is a global problem. In Sweden, we spend nine hours a day sitting down on average. Too much sedation is a cause of poor health and...

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Awapatent’s corporate responsibility 2018

By AWA Editor | Posted on January 25, 2018

During 2018 Awapatent will continue supporting three international charity and humanitarian organisations; Team Rynkeby, SOS Children’s Villages and Médecins Sans Frontières. All three of them have values and goals in line with Awapatent’s own core values, core purpose and business idea: to show courage, openness and passion, to help building the prosperity of tomorrow, and...

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Awapatent remains strong in WTR 2018 rankings

By AWA Editor | Posted on January 25, 2018

In the 2018 WTR (World Trademark Review) rankings, Awapatent and AWA Asia have gone from strength to strength. Awapatent as a group is recommended in the international listing joining 21 other carefully selected firms worldwide: “Awapatent has successfully positioned itself as a thoroughly modern international IP consultancy, with a strong presence in Northern Europe and...

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Veteran IP strategist Thomas Ewing joins Awapatent’s growing IP strategy group

By AWA Editor | Posted on January 9, 2018

Thomas Ewing will work with Henrik Olsson to further grow the strategy group’s expanding list of Scandinavian and international clients. He will be based in Awapatent’s Gothenburg office. “With Tom onboard, we are set for a rapid expansion of our strategy services throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas,” said Henrik Olsson, Head of Awapatent’s IP...

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Awapatent top filer in Sweden

By AWA Editor | Posted on December 15, 2017

Awapatent tops the list for the number of international patent filings in Sweden, according to the Annual PCT report from MIP (Managing Intellectual Property). Between 2014 and 2017, the firm filed a total of 742 applications – almost twice as many as the first runner up on the list with a number amounting to 413...

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EPO: Patent applications show development of smart technology

By AWA Editor | Posted on December 12, 2017

European patent applications related to smart connected objects have increased by an impressive 54% in the last three years, says “Patents and the Fourth Industrial Revolution”; the first European Patent Office (EPO) landscanding study on the subject. The study has been conducted in co-operatoon with Handelsblatt Research Institute and examines technology trends. For more information,...

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WIPO study gives first-ever statistics on intangible capital

By AWA Editor | Posted on December 11, 2017

Almost one third of the value of manufactured goods sold comes from ‘intangible capital’, e.g. technology and design, says a new WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) study. According to the figures, intangible capital contributes twice as much as machinery, buildings and other tangible capital, to the total value of manufactured products. The statistics highlight the...

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AWA Asia recommended by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018

By AWA Editor | Posted on December 8, 2017

We are proud to announce that for the first time The Legal 500 Asia Pacific has recommended AWA Asia for Intellectual Property – Foreign Firms (China). AWA Asia joins its European offices Awapatent (Sweden) and AwaLaw (Denmark) which are both recommended by The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa for Intellectual Property and Media....

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