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Google reaches top in global brand ranking

By AWA Editor | Posted on June 14, 2016

In the 2016 edition of Millward-Brown’s annual ranking BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands, Google reclaims the number one position from Apple. According to the ranking, Google’s brand values grew 32% to $229 billion, while Apple’s value decreased 8% to $228 billion. Microsoft remains at third place with a brand value of $122 billion....

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M&M’s banned in Sweden in trademark dispute

By AWA Editor | Posted on June 9, 2016

According to the decision, “m” and “m&m’s” are confusingly similar to Kraft foods trademark “m” for chocolate-covered peanuts, sold in Sweden under the Marabou brand with a single “m” on the packaging. Therefore, Mars is guilty of trademark infringement, the Court asserts. Mars first started marketing M&M’s in Sweden in 2009. Kraft Foods product has...

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The US dominated international patent and trademark filings in 2015

By AWA Editor | Posted on June 8, 2016

2015 was another year of growth for worldwide intellectual property filings, according to statistics from WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Patent applications, as well as trademark and industrial design applications increased during the year. During 2015, international patent applications under WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) grew by 1.7% to 218,000, a new annual record. Despite...

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Awapatent also climbs in “IP Stars Handbook – Trademark and Copyright”

By AWA Editor | Posted on June 2, 2016

ChinaIn the category “China – Foreign firms – Trademark” AWA Asia is ranked in tier 2. AWA Asia makes its debut in this listing. DenmarkIn the category “Denmark – Trademark – Prosecution” Awapatent appears in tier 1. In the category “Denmark – Trademark – Contentious/Copyright” Awapatent is ranked in tier 3. Praised attorneys are Anette...

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Ai-Leen Lim and Kristina Fredlund listed in ”Expert Guides – Trademark”

By AWA Editor | 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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Awapatent increases its presence in IAM Patent 1000

By AWA Editor | Posted on May 25, 2016

SwedenAwapatent AB as a firm is “Highly recommended” in the field of prosecution. An example of a comment from the IP industry: “… the established international player is a smart choice for globetrotting businesses. It sets the benchmark for prosecution …”. In addition to this, the following attorneys are recommended for their prosecution skills: Inga-Lill...

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AWA Asia’s Ai-Leen Lim recognized as ”IP Star 2016”

By AWA Editor | Posted on May 24, 2016

For the second consecutive year Ai-Leen Lim, CEO and Principal Counsel of AWA Asia, has been named an “IP Star” in the trademark category by the international IP magazine Managing IP. Ai-Leen advises clients on their intellectual property portfolio management in China, Hong Kong and worldwide, specialising in contentious and non-contentious trade mark, patent, design,...

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Awapatent at Cleantech Capital Day

By AWA Editor | Posted on May 20, 2016

Awapatent has just had two successful days at Cleantech Capital Day in Malmö, which is a two-day event for the Nordic cleantech industry arranged by Cleantech Scandinavia. The patent attorneys Malin Wennberg and Helle Friis Svenstrup from Awapatent’s offices in Malmö and Copenhagen met many interesting cleantech companies, looking for information or support within IP.

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