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EPO’s Patent Information News refers to Awapatent
Posted on December 18, 2013
In the latest issue of Patent Information News from the EPO, Marjolaine Thulin, Patent Information Specialist at Awapatent’s Stockholm office is referred to twice. The magazine writes about statistical analysis of legal status data and how it can contribute to improved patent information.
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Awapatent continues supporting SOS Children’s Villages and Team Rynkeby
Posted on December 10, 2013
During 2013 Awapatent has been a sponsor of SOS Children’s Villages and Team Rynkeby. Both cooperations will continue during 2014. Awapatent’s donation to SOS Children’s Villages goes to the family programs in Dassa-Zoumé in Benin. About 225 children get education, health care, food and psychological support. The parents get education, coaching and microloans to start...
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Swedish purchasers of IP services choose Awapatent
Posted on November 12, 2013
Awapatent, together with the law firms Lindahl and Delphi, is the most preferred supplier of intellectual property services in Sweden. This is shown in the Klientbarometern survey, which is based on answers from more than 1000 purchasers of law services.
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Awapatent attorney nominated for alumni award
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
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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Awapatent’s Innovation Barometer shows: Swedish and Danish companies continue to invest in R&D
Posted on October 21, 2013
89 per cent of the R&D managers in Sweden and Denmark believe that they will have an unchanged or increased budget for R&D in the nearest future compared to last year. 52 per cent say their budget will be unchanged, whereas 37 per cent think it will increase. As many as 96 per cent of...
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Relaxed requirements for divisional European patent applications
Posted on October 21, 2013
The deadline for filing divisional European patent applications will be amended 1 April 2014. It will again be possible to file divisional European applications as long as the parent application is pending. For some time, there have been rumours and speculations that the time limit for filing divisional European applications would be amended. This has...
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Awapatent climbs higher in Managing IP’s PCT ranking
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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Awapatent attorney new member of INTA subcommittee
Posted on October 3, 2013
Robin Berzelius, Attorney-at-Law at Awapatent has been appointed member of INTA’s (International Trademark Association) Design Rights Subcommittee of the Related Rights Committee for a two-year term. In addition, Robin is a new member of the Swedish ICC’s (International Chamber of Commerce) reference group for intellectual property. ICC’s reference groups – 15 in total – aim...
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Beware of bogus invoices
Posted on September 19, 2013
Some of our clients have contacted us regarding suspicious invoices that concern some kind of patent registration or monitoring service. You should always pay close attention when you receive an invoice regarding your IP rights from an unknown company. If you are not sure about the validity of the invoice, please contact your Awapatent consultant.
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