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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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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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Revised timetable for the UPC

Posted on June 27, 2017

On 27 June, 2017 the Chairman of the preparatory committee, Mr. Alexander Ramsay issued a message through the UPC website. It can be red in full here. The recent development in some of the countries necessary for the UPC to be able to start, in particular with regards to Germany, has now lead to the...

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