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CEIPI exams
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?
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
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
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
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
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”
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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The German Parliament starting ratification process on June 23
Posted on June 15, 2016
The German parliament will hold an initial consultation regarding the draft bill to adapt the patent law provisions for the Unified Patent Court and the Unitary Patent. This will be held in the evening of June 23 and is a first step in the ratification process, which is currently expected to be completed during the...
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Bulgaria joins the Unified Patent Court Agreement
Posted on June 8, 2016
Bulgaria deposited its instrument of ratification of the UPC Agreement with the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU on 3 June 2016. This is required for the ratification to have effect. Bulgaria is the 10th country to take this step and, apart from the UK and Germany (the remaining two of the three...
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Ai-Leen Lim and Kristina Fredlund listed in ”Expert Guides – Trademark”
Posted on June 2, 2016
For the first time two lawyers of the AWA Group have been included in “Expert Guides – Trademark”, namely: Ai-Leen Lim, CEO AWA Asia Kristina Fredlund, Attorney at Law, Business Area South – Sweden Several of Awapatent’s IP attorneys have previously been listed in “Expert Guides – Patent”. Expert Guides has been researching the world’s...
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