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Following Seattle Genetics, Swedish Appeal Court opens for re-examination of SPC term; overturning lower court
Posted on October 5, 2017
On 4 October 2017, the Swedish Patent and Market Appeal Court handed down eight decisions in appeal cases regarding re-examination of SPC term decisions. The background relates to the famous Seattle Genetics case (C-471/14) in which the CJEU gave a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the...
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Fourteen countries have now ratified the UPC
Posted on September 20, 2017
Despite the uncertain situation in the UK and Germany, other EU member states seem to continue to ratify the UPC agreement. The latest states to join those who have already ratified are Estonia and Lithuania, of which both deposited their instruments for ratification during August. The complete list can be found here. Before the new...
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Ai-Leen Lim nominated as leading lawyer for China
Posted on September 11, 2017
Independent publication Asia IP has listed Ai-Leen Lim, CEO of AWA Asia, as a leading lawyer for China under the categories trademark, patents and enforcement in their 2017 Asia IP Experts. The nomination is based on feedback from corporate counsel and industry peers.
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Four new EPAs at Awapatent
Posted on September 4, 2017
We are proud and happy to congratulate Matthew Baines (Copenhagen), Pontus Falk (Stockholm), Peter Stern (Stockholm) and David Färm (Stockholm) for passing this year’s European Qualifying Examination (EQE). They are now qualified European Patent Attorneys (EPAs). Congratulations and well done to all of you! Awapatent can now boast of a grand total of 67 European...
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Awapatent – 120 Years of Excellence
Posted on August 30, 2017
Awapatent’s story began in 1897 with Swedish graduate engineer Anders Wilhelm Anderson (whose initials became the ‘AWA’ in Awapatent) and his understanding of the importance of patents for the industrialised Europe. Innovations were transforming the continent and Anderson quickly realised that patents would become a key business tool. Since then, a remarkable 120 years have...
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AWA Asia launches patent practice in China
Posted on August 28, 2017
The Asian arm of leading European intellectual property firm Awapatent, AWA Asia, continues its expansion by extending the 120-year-old firm’s formidable patent practice to China. Having established its now award-winning brand management practice in February 2015 with the launch of AWA Asia in Hong Kong and Beijing, the firm is responding to clients’ increasingly regular...
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See you at Nordic Life Science Days 2017!
Posted on August 28, 2017
On 12-14 September, Nordic Life Science Days will be held in Malmö, Sweden. NLS is the largest Life Science conference in the Nordic countries and, naturally, Awapatent will be there too. We have representatives from several of our offices. We look forward to seeing you there! Attending consultants are: Christer Hällgren, European Patent Attourney, Uppsala...
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EPO Boards of Appeal start to operate at new location in October
Posted on August 22, 2017
The start of operation of the EPO boards of appeal (BoA) at its new location has been set to commence on 2 October 2017, according to the EPO. The so-called ‘8inOne building’ is situated in Haar, approx. 18 km from the city center of Munich. The new building can be reached by car, taxi and...
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Team Rynkeby is off to Paris and Awapatent is one of the sponsors
Posted on July 7, 2017
Around 8 July it is time for the different Team Rynkeby teams to go to Paris. The purpose with this huge cycle ride is to raise money to childhood cancer research, treatments, family activities, etc. Awapatent has been a gold sponsor since 2012 and this year we support Team Rynkeby Jönköping. About 1,700 participants, coming...
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Startups drop IP according to startup survey
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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