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Awapatent writes about advertising in WTR
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 10, 2016
Ai-Leen Lim (AWA Asia), Kristian Martinsson (Awapatent Sweden), Mette Bender (Awapatent Denmark) and Anette Rasmussen (Awapatent Denmark) are among the contributors to a roundtable on advertising in World Trademark Review issue 61. You find the article here. (PDF document, 226 kB)
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Italy and Lithuania has begun the ratification process for UPCA
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 10, 2016
Both the Italian and Lithuanian governments have begun the process for ratifying the Unified Patent Court Agreement. In Italy the Council of Ministers have approved draft legislation, and the parliament is now about to approve the bill. Italy will most likely ratify later this year, and it is further expected that a local division will...
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Ai-Leen Lim, CEO of AWA Asia, one of the Top 250 Women in IP
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 9, 2016
We are happy to announce that Ai-Leen Lim, CEO of AWA Asia, has been selected as one of the world’s Top 250 Women in IP by the international IP magazine MIP (Managing Intellectual Property). The list was comprised after a thorough research between November 2015 and February 2016 including both interviews and surveys. Together, the...
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Awapatent is now a proud partner to Uppsala Innovation Center (UIC)
By AWA Editor | Posted on April 27, 2016
Uppsala Innovation Centre (UIC) is one of Sweden’s premier business incubators with university connections and Awapatent is proud to announce that we are one of their new sponsors. Read more (in Swedish): http://uic.se/2016/04/21/awapatent-ny-uic-partner/
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Celebrate World IP Day
By AWA Editor | Posted on April 26, 2016
The theme for this year’s celebration is “culture in the digital age: how we create it, how we access it, how we finance it.” In 2000, WIPO’s member states decided that this day would be a World Intellectual Property Day with the aim of increasing general understanding of IP. It is the same date as...
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Attorneys from the AWA Group are among the WIPR Leaders
By AWA Editor | Posted on April 22, 2016
Inga-Lill Andersson (Awapatent Sweden), Peter Indahl (Awapatent Denmark) and Ai-Leen Lim (AWA Asia) have been selected as “WIPR Leaders 2016” by World IP Review. “WIPR Leaders” is divided into one patent volume and one trademark volume, and aims to guide to the best individuals working in intellectual property across the globe. The AWA Group is...
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Awapatent, AWA Law and Anette Rasmussen recommended by Legal 500
By AWA Editor | Posted on April 19, 2016
In the 2016 edition of Legal 500 both Awapatent in Sweden and AWA Law have been recommended in the following practice area: Sweden: Intellectual property Denmark: Intellectual property For the second consecutive year Awapatent AB is recommended by Legal 500; it’s the first time for AWA Law. In addition, Anette Rasmussen, Attorney at Law and...
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Bulgaria about to ratify the Agreement
By AWA Editor | Posted on April 18, 2016
According to the latest news from the Preparatory Committee of the Unified Patent Court, Bulgaria will ratify the Agreement at the end of April, bringing the total number of countries that have ratified up to 10. Also, in the Case Management System for the UPC, the city of Sofia has been uploaded as a division...
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Henriette Rasch is a new INTA Committee member
By AWA Editor | Posted on April 14, 2016
The Committee is ongoing and works with defined issues related to famous and well-known marks. The Committee members have a high influence on which topics are discussed. The Committee consists of both representatives and owners of trademarks, including famous and well-known trademarks.
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Awapatent at BIO-Europe
By AWA Editor | Posted on April 12, 2016
European Patent Attorney Niklas Mattsson successfully participated in a panel discussion on the theme “Finding the sweet spot: Accessing your market”. You could also meet Johanna Bergh, Frida Björk, Torben Ravn Rasmussen and Tomas Lundquist – all European Patent Attorneys from Awapatent in Sweden and Denmark.
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