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Article by AWA Asia counsel in World Trademark Review
By AWA Editor | Posted on June 8, 2015
An article written by Ai-Leen Lim and Lawrence Yeung of AWA Asia was published in the April issue of World Trademark Review. Read it here: Beijing Higher People’s Court considers evidence of use in non-use cancellation actions
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Articles by Awapatent attorneys published in Chinese IAM
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 25, 2015
Two articles written by Awapatent’s attorneys were published in the April issue of Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Chinese edition. Read them here: 商标所有者视角： 中国品牌资产中 社交媒体的力量 (PDF document, 3.9 MB) (, 3.9 MB) (“The power of social media in building brand assets in China: a trademark owner’s perspective”) – by Ai-Leen Lim and Rhonda Tin 欧洲单一专利新体制 (PDF document,...
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Awapatent client is Sweden’s best young entrepreneur
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 22, 2015
Mehrdad Mahdjoubi, CEO of water recycling technology company Orbital Systems, is Sweden’s best young entrepreneur according to business daily Dagens Industri. Orbital Systems was founded in 2012 and has developed an environmental-friendly shower that cleans and recycles the water. Learn what Awapatent has done for Orbital Systems. Photo: Andreas Offesson
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Sweden, Denmark, and Finland are leading EU innovators
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 22, 2015
Sweden, Denmark, and Finland are at the forefront when it comes to innovation in the European Union. This was noted by the European Commission in its annual Innovation Union Scoreboard survey for 2015. The survey measures the innovation capacity of Member States based on 25 indicators. The survey is intended to help the countries raise...
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Chinese telecom companies top international patent filing rankings
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 21, 2015
The number of international patent applications filed under the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) continued to rise in 2014. This is the fifth consecutive year that PCT filings have risen. In all some 215,000 applications for patents were registered during the year, a 4.5 percent increase on figures for 2013. The most active users of the...
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Microsoft barred from registering Skype as trademark – too similar to Sky
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 19, 2015
Skype is not eligible for registration as a trademark, because it may be confused with the registered trademark for Sky that predated it. That is the decision reached a short while ago by the judges at the General Court of the European Union. When Microsoft-owned Skype, a provider of web-based telephony services, applied for EU...
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AWA Asia in the news
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 12, 2015
Since the launch of AWA Asia in February quite a few news articles and social media posts have been published about the new firm. Below is a brief selection: Awapatent enters Asia, recruits Bird & Bird’s Greater China trademark head – Asian Legal Business Awapatent Launches Asian Arm In Beijing And Hong Kong As “AWA...
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Awapatent is proud to work with DropBucket – one of the winners in Red Dot Design Awards
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 11, 2015
DropBucket was started in 2012 by Marie S. Berggreen and Heiða G. Nolsøe, Bachelors of Design & Innovation from DTU (Technical University of Denmark). Their product is a disposable trash can to be used at concerts, festivals and other events where the visitors generate a lot of trash. The DropBucket is made of recycled paper...
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Awapatent’s attorneys score high in new rankings
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 8, 2015
Three of Awapatent’s attorneys have been listed in the Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2015 guide which places them among the world’s leading trademark lawyers. The attorneys are: Ai-Leen Lim, CEO and Principal Counsel, AWA Asia Ann-Charlotte Järvinen, Attorney at Law, Awapatent Sweden Martin Tranälv, Attorney at Law, Awapatent Sweden In addition to this, Ai-Leen Lim...
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Awapatent supports earthquake relief efforts in Nepal
By AWA Editor | Posted on May 7, 2015
In connection to the earthquake disaster in Nepal on 25 April Awapatent has decided to support the important work of Médecins Sans Frontières by donating SEK 25,000. Médecins Sans Frontières is involved in different relief actions in Nepal right now, and at the same time evaluates the humanitarian and medical needs across the country. About...
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