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Tunisia new member in international trademark cooperation

By AWA Editor | Posted on November 14, 2013

On 16 October 2013 Tunisia acceded to the international cooperation agreement on trademark registration that is commonly known as the Madrid System and is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, WIPO. The Madrid System offers a cost-effective solution to the challenge of protecting brands and trademarks in the international arena. By filing just one...

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Awapatent attorney nominated for alumni award

By AWA Editor | Posted on November 5, 2013

Helena Ribbefors, Attorney at Law in Awapatent’s Gothenburg office, has been nominated for the title “Young Law Alumnus of the Year 2013” by the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg. The winner will be presented at a ceremony on 20 November.

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Anette Rasmussen elected vice-chair of ECTA Committee

By AWA Editor | Posted on October 24, 2013

Anette Rasmussen, Attorney at Law at Awapatent and Managing Partner for Awa Law Advokater in Copenhagen, has been elected vice-chair for the OHIM-Link Committee in ECTA. This policy-making committee is very important and establishes the link between ECTA and OHIM in the sense that the committee is being called upon to comment trademark legislation and...

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Prison for trading in counterfeit clothes brands

By AWA Editor | Posted on October 17, 2013

Stockholm District Court has sentenced a man to ten months behind bars for importing and selling counterfeit clothes brands. The relatively strict punishment was imposed even though the man has no previous convictions. The court motivates its decision by emphasising that this was an extensive criminal operation that has been going on for a long...

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Awapatent climbs higher in Managing IP’s PCT ranking

By AWA Editor | Posted on October 14, 2013

Awapatent climbs four positions to 6th place in industry magazine Managing IP’s annual PCT survey, a ranking of European IP firms based on the number of PCT applications filed. Awapatent filed 25 percent more PCT applications compared to the previous year. Awapatent also filed the highest number of PCT applications of all Swedish IP companies,...

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UK term of copyright extended to 70 years

By AWA Editor | Posted on October 14, 2013

On 1 October this year an important amendment was made to UK copyright law. Following the change, the term of copyright has now been increased from 25 years after the death of the author to 70 years, thus bringing UK legislation into line with that of most other European countries. Because of the shorter protection...

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Coca-Cola loses its status as the world’s most valuable brand

By AWA Editor | Posted on October 7, 2013

Coca-Cola, IBM, Microsoft. For year after year these three companies have regularly topped Interbrand’s list of the world’s most valuable trademarks and brands. Last year, however, Apple succeeded in leapfrogging into second place, and this year it has climbed further to hold the number one position. Coca-Cola has dropped to third place behind the new...

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