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Four of the World’s Top 300 IP Strategists at AWA
AWA can now boast of having four of the world’s top 300 IP experts on our dedicated team. Four of AWA's IP professionals are listed on the well-renowned IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists . Head of AWA Strategy Henrik Olsson joined the firm in 2016 after six…
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AWA welcomes back senior IP specialist Joakim Hammarsjö
Joakim Hammarsjö has re-joined AWA as a Team Leader in the Gothenburg Office. Joakim’s most recent position was as Group Director of IP Strategy and Portfolio at the Volvo Group, where he managed a team of global heads responsible for sub-portfolios, IP intelligence analysts and IP portfolio partners…
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EU backs new controversial copyright laws
Yesterday, MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) voted in favour of a series of law changes concerning the internet and copyright. The copyright reform could change how the internet treats user-generated content. The most controversial parts of the reform are Article 13, which requires internet…
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Ai-Leen Lim and Xiaofan Chen from AWA Asia published in The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Comparative Legal Guide
CEO and Principal Counsel Ai-Leen Lim and Xiaofan Chen, Partner of AWA Asia have authored the China Chapter in the The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Intellectual Property Comparative Legal Guide. The Comparative Legal Guide covers intellectual property rights, licensing, enforcement, establishing…
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Opportunity to hear Swedish IP judges comment on trademark law at MARQUES’ ‘Meet the judges’ event
On 10 October, MARQUES will host the event 'Meet the judges'. Come and listen to Swedish judges from e.g. PMD and the appeal court PMÖD, in a trademark law context, comment on - new procedural rules, the issue of the Patent and Registration Office's role as party in appeal cases re. registration…
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Martin Jansson joins AWA Strategy
AWA Strategy welcomes Senior IP Strategist Martin Jansson to the Gothenburg-based team. Prior to joining AWA Strategy, Martin spent 14 years working with IP in the industrial sector in various positions and different aspects of IP. The past eight years he was the Head of IP Strategy & Intellectual…
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We welcome new colleagues to AWA
The AWA family is expanding and we are very happy to welcome IP professionals Josefin Alvén, Cathrin Johansson, Ylva Strandberg, Päivi Emilia Leino, Daniel Enetoft and Nora Spjuth to our firm. Josefin Alvén is Vice President, Business Area Manager West Sweden at AWA. She has a background both from…
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Apple tops PTAB petitioner list
Apple was the number one filer of petitions in Q1 2018 as they went from 28 filed petitions in the second half of 2017 to 53 in the first half of 2018, says a new report from PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeal Board). Samsung and LG are in joint second place with 40 filed petitions each. The PTAB has…
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Three new EPAs at AWA
We are happy to congratulate three of our patent attorneys for having passed this year's European Qualifying Examination (EQE). Linlin Zheng (Linköping), Carl-Johan Eklund (Göteborg), and Nora Spjuth (starting at AWA in Stockholm on 3 September) are now qualified European Patent Attorneys (EPAs). AWA…
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Bulgaria one step closer to the Unified Patent Court
Bulgaria has now deposited its instrument of ratification of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement's Protocol on Provisional Application (PPA) on 24 July 2018, with the EU Council's General Secretariat. Bulgaria ratified the UPC Agreement already on 3 June 2016, and consequently signed the PPA on…