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Awapatent proud partner of vc2vc, SwedenBIO
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 9, 2017
March 8-9 SwedenBio will host vc2vc, a partnering event between investors and the Life Science sector. Awapatent is a proud partner at this event together with Vinge and Nasdaq. The two-day program consists of organized partnering, presentations by distinguished speakers and networking. The event will take place at Nasdaq following a dinner at the Danish...
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Awapatent shortlisted for MIP Global Awards
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 6, 2017
The shortlists for Managing IP Global Awards 2017 have just been released and we are happy to announce that Awapatent has been shortlisted in the category Prosecution for both Denmark and Sweden. The award ceremony will be held at the Savoy Hotel in London on 9 March.
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IP Stars rankings: Awapatent climbs tier for Trademark contentious in Sweden
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 3, 2017
In the latest edition of MIP’s (Managing IP) IP Stars, Awapatent has climbed to Tier 3 in the category Trademark Contentious (Sweden). In 2016, the firm was ranked in Tier 4 in the same category. Awapatent remains strong in Tier 1 in the category Trademark Prosecution (Sweden). In Denmark, Awapatent A/S also keeps its top...
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Awapatent present at Green Tech Challenge
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 25, 2017
As partners of the Green Tech Challenge, www.greentechchallenge.eu, Awapatent will be present at the challenge taking place in Berlin this week. During the Green Tech Challenge the participating startups are being mentored and trained in various fields in a two week growth program. Awapatent contributes with expert knowledge within IP and will be present during...
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Also in 2017 Awapatent and AWA Asia stay at the top of WTR 1000
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 18, 2017
Awapatent as a group is recommended in the international ranking (consisting of 19 IP firms in total): Coordinating operations from its Malmo headquarters, IP specialist Awapatent is a perennial presence in the upper echelons of the Scandinavian market. Though eminently capable of handling high-stakes litigation, the outfit earned its stripes through its dominance of the...
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The 2017 UPC Christmas present
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 16, 2017
The preparatory committee of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has today, January 16, announced that the UPC may become operational in December 2017. The committee also announced that they expect the provisional application phase to start at the end of spring 2017, presumably in May. Last year the UPC had postponed the recruitment of UPC...
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AWA Innovation – another new business area in the AWA Group
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 16, 2017
AWA Innovation will, together with Awapatents IP consultants, support clients with various innovation and IP business projects. The new business unit is based at Awapatent’s Malmö office but will work everywhere where Awapatent has clients. The team consists of four persons from the start, and three of them are hired specifically for this new initiative:...
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Awapatent’s corporate responsibility during 2017
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 11, 2017
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 to encourage R&D and entrepreneurship. We are proud to be able to give financial support to these admirable organisations and hope...
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Awapatent among the top PCT filers in Europe
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 4, 2017
Managing IP‘s annual PCT survey ranks the top PCT filers in the major patenting jurisdictions. In the latest survey Awapatent is ranked no 1 among 10 Swedish IP firms and no 11 among 20 European IP firms. Managing IP does not report any country-specific statistics from Denmark. The firms are ranked according to the number...
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One in three Swedish companies will increase their R&D during 2017
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 4, 2017
Almost 9 out of 10 Swedish companies will make R&D investments at the same level or at a higher level than they did in 2016. In the life science sector 34 percent of the companies will invest more, and among the IT and telecom companies the number is 28 percent. These and other interesting figures...
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