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Germany begins the journey into the Unitary Patent system
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 18, 2016
Finally the news broke that Germany has started the ratification of the Agreement on a unified patent court and thus the Unitary Patent, by the publication of two law proposals by the German Federal Ministry of Justice (Bundesjustizministerium). The first proposal is to ratify the Unified Patent Court. The other one contains changes to the...
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The IP Stars rankings: Denmark is climbing to the top
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 16, 2016
MIP’s annual IP Stars Rankings (former called “World IP Survey”) of leading trademark practitioners/firms for 2016 is out. In Denmark, Awapatent A/S has climbed to Tier 1 in the category “Trademark prosecution” and is still in Tier 3 in the category “Trademark contentious”. In Sweden, Awapatent AB is still in Tier 1 in the category...
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WIPO Re:Search surpasses 100 members
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 2, 2016
WIPO’s consortium for combating dangerous diseases – WIPO Re:Search – has now more than 100 participating organizations after the French research foundation Institut Pasteur recently became the 101st member. WIPO Re:Search was established in 2011 to help fight neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis and malaria that affect more than a billion people worldwide, largely in poorer...
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Awapatent is double-nominated in MIP’s Global Awards 2016
By AWA Editor | Posted on February 1, 2016
The list of IP firms nominated for “Managing IP Global Awards 2016” has just been released. Awapatent is proud to be nominated in two categories: “Sweden – IP firm of the Year” and “Regional – Scandinavian IP Firm of the Year”. The winners will be presented at a ceremony in London on 10 March. Read...
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Awapatent is one of Team Rynkeby’s gold sponsors 2016
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 27, 2016
Team Rynkeby is an organization supporting leading child cancer charities in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and the Faroe Islands. They arrange a variety of fund-raising events, the largest one being a cycle ride to Paris each summer with 1,600 participants and 400 volunteers. In 2015, Team Rynkeby raised just over 6.45 million EUR.
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United Kingdom moves closer to the Unified Patent Court
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 26, 2016
The UK government has published a draft Statutory Instrument (SI) and laid it before the Parliament. The changes moves the UK one step closer to the unitary patent and Unified Patent Court (UPC). The SI draft, entitled “The Patents (European Patent with Unitary Effect and Unified Patent Court) Order 2016”, will now pass through Parliament...
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Awapatent continues supporting SOS Children’s Villages
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 25, 2016
Our yearly donation to SOS Children’s Villages is 100 000 SEK and goes to the family programs in Dassa-Zoumé in Benin. About 225 children get education, health care, food and psychological support. The parents get education, coaching and microloans to start their own businesses. The aim is to get the families self-supporting and independent. More about...
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Finland has joined the Unified Patent Court
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 25, 2016
Finland has now fully ratified the ‘Agreement on a Unified Patent Court’ by depositing its instrument of ratification. By ratifying the agreement it will be possible for an applicant to get protection through a unitary patent in Finland together with all the other countries that have ratified the unitary patent. The Unified Patent Court will...
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AWA climbs to the very top in WTR 1000
By AWA Editor | Posted on January 18, 2016
The latest edition of the international directory World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals has just been released, and Awapatent/AWA Asia is recommended in the Danish, Swedish and Chinese rankings as well as in the overall international ranking. Awapatent as a group is recommended in the international ranking (consisting of 17 IP...
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The Unitary Patent moves one step closer
By AWA Editor | Posted on December 16, 2015
Yesterday on 15 December 2015 the Select Committee, which represents the EU member states participating in the Unitary Patent (UP), formalized a series of agreements (comprising implementing rules, budgetary and financial rules, level and distribution of renewal fees between EPO and the participating member states) into a complete secondary legal framework. This means that the EPO...
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