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European patent applications continue to grow
The 2015 annual report of the European Patent Office (EPO) shows that 160 000 European patent applications were filed with the EPO last year. This is an increase with 4.8…
No fee for requesting opt-out
The Preparatory Committee of the Unified Patent Court has recently published a new suggestion regarding the fee for opting out, in which the fee will be 0 EUR, instead of…
Germany begins the journey into the Unitary Patent system
Finally the news broke that Germany has started the ratification of the Agreement on a unified patent court and thus the Unitary Patent, by the publication of two law proposals…
The IP Stars rankings: Denmark is climbing to the top
MIP’s annual IP Stars Rankings (former called ”World IP Survey”) of leading trademark practitioners/firms for 2016 is out. In Denmark, Awapatent A/S has climbed to Tier 1 in the category…
IKEA loses its trademark in Indonesia
Swedish furniture retailer IKEA has lost the rights to its own trademark in Indonesia. The Indonesian supreme court has ruled that the trademark belongs to the local rattan furniture company…
WIPO Re:Search surpasses 100 members
WIPO’s consortium for combating dangerous diseases – WIPO Re:Search – has now more than 100 participating organizations after the French research foundation Institut Pasteur recently became the 101st member. WIPO…
Awapatent is double-nominated in MIP’s Global Awards 2016
The list of IP firms nominated for “Managing IP Global Awards 2016” has just been released. Awapatent is proud to be nominated in two categories: “Sweden – IP firm of…
Awapatent is one of Team Rynkeby’s gold sponsors 2016
Team Rynkeby is an organization supporting leading child cancer charities in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and the Faroe Islands. They arrange a variety of fund-raising events, the largest one being…
United Kingdom moves closer to the Unified Patent Court
The UK government has published a draft Statutory Instrument (SI) and laid it before the Parliament. The changes moves the UK one step closer to the unitary patent and Unified…