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Awapatent, AWA Law and Anette Rasmussen recommended by Legal 500
In the 2016 edition of Legal 500 both Awapatent in Sweden and AWA Law have been recommended in the following practice area: Sweden: Intellectual property Denmark: Intellectual property For the…
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Awards and Rankings
Bulgaria about to ratify the Agreement
According to the latest news from the Preparatory Committee of the Unified Patent Court, Bulgaria will ratify the Agreement at the end of April, bringing the total number of countries…
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Henriette Rasch is a new INTA Committee member
The Committee is ongoing and works with defined issues related to famous and well-known marks. The Committee members have a high influence on which topics are discussed. The Committee consists…
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Awapatent at BIO-Europe
European Patent Attorney Niklas Mattsson successfully participated in a panel discussion on the theme “Finding the sweet spot: Accessing your market”. You could also meet Johanna Bergh, Frida Björk, Torben…
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Another senior European Patent Attorney joins Awapatent’s Uppsala office
Christer Hällgren most recently worked for DeLaval, where he was Patent Manager. For several years Christer held different management roles at AstraZeneca, and was involved in their global patent disputes…
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Awapatent remains at the top of Managing IP’s international rankings
In MIP’s international rankings “IP Stars 2016”, where top firms in over 70 jurisdictions are ranked for their patent work, Awapatent keeps the top positions from previous years in Sweden…
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Increase of cybersquatting due to new top level domains
Last year, trademark owners filed 2,754 “cybersquatting” cases with WIPO, an increase of 4.6% over the previous year. Cybersquatting typically means the registration of a domain name with bad faith…
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Swedish government initiates an IP drive
As a start of this drive the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications arranged a seminar in Stockholm on 23 March. People from innovative companies, authorities, organizations and universities…
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AWA Asia in Asia Legal Business’ Innovative List
ALB or Asia Legal Business, is Thomson Reuters’ leading provider of legal news and regional market trends for legal practitioners in China, North & South East Asia, Japan, Australia and…
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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…