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Kuwait and Djibouti join international patent system

By AWA Editor | Posted on August 22, 2016

In September, Kuwait and Djibouti will be the 149th and 150th contracting states to the international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).The PCT, which is administered by the UN agency the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), makes it possible to submit just one single patent application that will subsequently protect an innovation in many different countries. Read...

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Switzerland still the world’s most innovative country

By AWA Editor | Posted on August 19, 2016

China has entered the top-25 countries of the ranking, which is the first time a middle-income country joins the highly developed countries that have historically dominated the top of the GII. The GII 2016 surveys 128 economies around the world, using 82 indicators to gauge both their innovation capabilities and measurable results. Top ten ranking...

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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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