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A warm welcome to our new trainees!
By AWA Editor | Posted on September 16, 2016
The 2016/17 trainee group consists of: – Zoe Ahmad, Stockholm – Petter Lindgren, Växjö – Elin Rydberg, Stockholm – Sepideh Gorji Ghalamestani, Lund/Helsingborg – Anna Ingebrand, Östersund – Sofie Ludvigsson, Göteborg – Niklas Rosholm Niklas, Göteborg – Kasper Torbensen, Köpenhamn – Christian Espersen, Köpenhamn – Emil Agostini, Köpenhamn – Tau Bernstorff Lehmann, Köpenhamn – Jakob...
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Awapatent files the most EU trademark applications in Sweden
By AWA Editor | Posted on September 13, 2016
In a new list compiled by WTR (World Trademark Review), Awapatent is the number one filer of EU trademark applications in Sweden. Looking at all trademark applications registered in the EU, Awapatent is ranked 35 out of the 50 top filers. The lists, which use data provided by the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office),...
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Awapatent attorney interviewed in Kemivärlden Biotech
By AWA Editor | Posted on September 12, 2016
In the latest issue of Kemivärlden Biotech (#5/2016), patent attorney Joanna Applequist from Awapatent, is interviewed. The article discusses a patent dispute about the renowned DNA altering technique Crispr/Cas9. Please read the article (only in Swedish)
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CEIPI exams
By AWA Editor | Posted on September 8, 2016
We are happy and proud to congratulate our European Patent Attorneys Fabian Edlund from Awapatent’s Gothenburg office and Lasse Henze and Mikkel Roed Trier from our Copenhagen office on successfully completing CEIPI’s (Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies) course on Patent Litigation in Europe. They now hold an official Litigation Certificate. Awapatent’s IP specialists are...
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Are you our new Learning & Development Specialist?
By AWA Editor | Posted on September 2, 2016
As our Learning & Development Specialist you will design learning and training activities to help us to reach our business objectives and become even more attractive as an employer. You will also be responsible for the alignment of the business, the efficiency of our teaching methods and performance of our Learning & Development function. Read...
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Henrik Olsson joins Awapatent to strengthen the strategy offer
By AWA Editor | Posted on September 1, 2016
During the last six years Henrik has held the position as Global IP Director in the Volvo Group. Now he will start a completely new business area within Awapatent, specializing on the IP strategy field. The scope of this area will include developing and supporting clients’ IP operations by taking a starting point at strategic...
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Awapatent is a partner in the royal initiative GEN-PEP
By AWA Editor | Posted on July 4, 2016
We exercise too little and eat too bad. Sweden is one of the most sedentary countries in Europe, and the number of children who reach the recommended amount of physical activity – one hour a day – is small. Our unhealthy habits will kill us and it is time to take the problems seriously.This is...
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The Netherlands are getting closer to the ratification of the UPC
By AWA Editor | Posted on June 29, 2016
On 28 June 2016, the first chamber of the Dutch parliament approved a bill that enables the Netherlands to ratify the UPC agreement. The instrument of ratification must now be deposited with the Council of the EU before the ratification comes into effect. When this has been done the Netherlands will most likely be the...
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Anette Rasmussen Elected Second Vice President of ECTA
By AWA Editor | Posted on June 23, 2016
Yesterday, 22 June, Anette Rasmussen was elected Second Vice President of ECTA during the ECTA annual conference in Dubrovnik. The election was unanimous. Anette has been very active within ECTA for many years and has previously been a member of the Law Committee and recently the vice chairman of the EUIPO Link Committee. The second...
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Awapatent’s and AWA Asia’s attorneys in “Who’s Who Legal – 2016”
By AWA Editor | Posted on June 16, 2016
Four of Awapatent’s/AWA Asia’s attorneys have been included in the Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2016 guidewhich places them among the world’s leading trademark lawyers. For the second consecutive year, Martin Tranälv, Attorney at Law at Awapatent, and Ai-Leen Lim, CEO of AWA Asia, are listed in the trademark guide, while UIf Willquist, European Trademark Attorney,...
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