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Awapatent welcomes ten new trainees

By AWA Editor | Posted on September 3, 2014

This round of the programme is the seventeenth since the start in 1994. In total, more than 200 trainees have completed the programme. “It’s always exciting to welcome new trainees for our industry-unique trainee programme”, says Magnus Hallin, CEO of Awapatent. “This year we also celebrate the programme’s anniversary as it’s been 20 years since...

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Awapatent strengthens Life Science Team

By AWA Editor | Posted on August 29, 2014

Awapatent is happy to announce that European Patent Attorney Michael Bech Sommer joined the Copenhagen office 1 August. Michael specializes in organic/pharmaceutical chemistry and litigation and enjoys an extensive international network which he has built up during his +10 years of working in the field of IP. Prior to joining Awapatent, Michael Bech Sommer was...

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European patents can be validated in Tunisia

By AWA Editor | Posted on August 25, 2014

The European Patent Office (EPO) has signed an agreement with Tunisia under the terms of which the North African country recognises the validity of European patents. The agreement means that an applicant filing for a European patent can also opt for validation in Tunisia, despite the fact that the country is not an EPO member...

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Awapatent highly ranked in “MIP IP Stars Handbook 2014 – Patents”

By AWA Editor | Posted on August 20, 2014

Denmark Patent prosecution – Tier 2 Sidsel Hauge, Peter Indahl and Kim Garsdal Nielsen are so called IP stars in the individual ranking. In the anonymous client references Mikkel Roed Trier is honoured for his business-mindedness. Sweden Patent prosecution – Tier 1 Patent contentious – Tier 2 Inga-Lill Andersson, Peter Kenamets and Urban Lind are...

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Belgium and Denmark ratifies patent agreement

By AWA Editor | Posted on July 4, 2014

The governments of Belgium and Denmark have ratified the agreement on a Unified Patent Court. This means that in total five member states (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France and Sweden) are ready to adopt the ‘patent package’, which comprises the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court. In order for the new court to become operational,...

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Awapatent congratulates Heliospectra to its NASDAQ listing

By AWA Editor | Posted on June 24, 2014

Heliospectra develops, produces and sells intelligent and energy efficient LED lighting solutions for plant science and horticulture applications. The company has received several international awards and nominations for its green technology. Awapatent is deeply involved in Heliospectra’s IP work, and the cooperation includes agreements, IP policy, trademarks, patents and design. Client responsible is Angela Boman,...

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Swedish patents in English from 1 July

By AWA Editor | Posted on June 18, 2014

In practice, this means that an applicant who wishes that notices, decisions during the case handling and other official documents shall be in English, and who wants to reply to notices and in general write to PRV in English, may do so without having to translate the documents at any point. For informative purpose only,...

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Sweden has ratified the Unified Patent Court

By AWA Editor | Posted on June 12, 2014

The Swedish parliament recently approved a government proposal for a unitary patent protection in the EU. This means that Sweden, following Austria and France, ratifies the agreement on a Unified Patent Court. In order for the new court to become operational, another ten countries (including Great Britain and Germany) must complete the process of ratification...

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Danes say yes to the Unified Patent Court

By AWA Editor | Posted on May 27, 2014

The clear support to the European Unified Patent Court is remarkable. The last referendum in Denmark was 14 year ago in 2000 on the implementation of the EURO, and the majority voted no. The referendum on the UPC was held on 25 May 2014, the same day as the election to the European Parliament and...

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Swedes nominated for European innovation prize

By AWA Editor | Posted on May 23, 2014

Swedish innovators is behind two out of fifteen nominations for the European Innovator Award, which is presented by the European Patent office (EPO). Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin are nominated in the class Small and medium-sized enterprises for their inflatable bike hemet. Ericsson-engineers Stefan Parkvall, Erik Dahlman, Muhammad Kazmi, Robert Baldemair, George Jöngren, Henning Wiemann,...

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