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We welcome Anders back to Awapatent!

By AWA Editor | Posted on November 20, 2015

On 5 October Anders Fredriksson came back to Awapatent not only as European Patents Attorney but also as a new Team Manager for “Team ChemMech” at our Malmö office. Anders was recruited from Tetra Pak where he was working as a Patent Counsel. Anders is well-known within Awapatent, since he worked here as a Patent...

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NASA offers patents to startups in the USA

By AWA Editor | Posted on November 2, 2015

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has presented an offer to startup companies to license NASA patents with no up-front payment. This allows startup companies to choose from a portfolio of more than 1,200 technologies ranging from materials and coatings to sensors, aeronautics technologies, instrumentation and more. NASA waives the initial licensing fees and...

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Awapatent ranked as number nine in PCT survey

By AWA Editor | Posted on October 26, 2015

The industry magazine Managing IP’s annual ranking of the number of PCT applications filed has just been published. In the “EPO” category Awapatent is ranked number nine with 260 PCT applications filed. In the “Sweden” category the firm are ranked number one with 206 PCT applications filed. MIP does not report any country-specific statistics from...

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No copyright protection for yoga

By AWA Editor | Posted on October 15, 2015

A United States court of appeals recently declared that yoga poses are not entitled to copyright protection. The Indian yoga teacher Bikram Choudhury had previously accused the founders of the yoga studio Evolution Yoga of copying his yoga method consisting of 26 positions that must be performed in a specified order in a room heated...

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New agreements struck in Sweden concerning competition clauses and employee inventions

By AWA Editor | Posted on October 13, 2015

In some cases companies make the employee sign a non-competition clause to ensure loyalty and confidentiality during a certain period after termination of the employment. The newly struck agreement applies to all enterprises where there are trade secrets, not as before, focused primarily on companies in the industry. Regarding the employees’ invention, the ownership of...

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Next step in unifying the European patents

By AWA Editor | Posted on September 27, 2015

The Unitary Patent that is evolving for the European market has taken another step forward and Italy has initiated the process to join the UP as well. By doing this, Europe is now covering a market which is comparable to that of the United States counting the GDP. The Unitary Patent is a European patent...

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