Intellectual Property from IP Law Experts
From our offices across Europe and Asia, we provide clients with strategic advice and durable solutions to secure innovations, protect brands and develop solid intellectual property portfolios.
As industries and sectors become overcrowded, AWA helps innovators monetise on intangible assets. As markets become saturated, we help brands differentiative themselves and stand-out.
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Patents, trademarks, IP legal, design, copyright and domain names
We identify the best combination of intellectual property rights to offer strong protection for our clients including patents, trademarks, IP legal, copyright, domain names and design rights.
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Capturing IP value
AWA focuses on the long-term – building a business is a journey that requires strategy throughout the corporate cycle to protect and enforce IP rights, but to also identity and capture the value of intellectual assets. This strategy is what will support your business as it navigates evolving marketplaces.
Services
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Brand Management and Trademarks
Protecting your brands, enforcing trademarks and creating strategies aligned to your business plan and future direction.
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China Market
Assisting international companies with this key global market or as destination for manufacturing activities.
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Designs
A valuable tool against infringers and copycats, we work with clients to protect the visual appearance of products.
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Dispute Resolution and Litigation
Support at every stage of your dispute, drawing on deep technical and sector-specific knowledge.
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Domain Names
We help you navigate the crowded domain space and ensure this digital asset forms part of your IP portfolio.
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IP Transactions
We provide strategic assistance with agreements whilst understanding the worth and value of IP to your business.
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Patents
Since 1897 we have worked with some of the world's greatest innovators to protect patents and use them as a commercial asset.
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Renewals
Manage all of your intellectual property renewals through our easy-to-use digital tool exclusively for AWA clients.
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Strategy
A dedicated team focusing on the strategic and commercial aspects of intellectual property.
- Four AWA attorneys recognised as Rising Stars by Managing IP
- Ai-Leen Lim listed in the Women in Business Law Guide 2020 by Expert Guides
- Ai-Leen Lim listed in WTR Global Leaders 2020
- Ann-Charlotte Järvinen, Ai-Leen Lim and Ulf Willquist listed as Global Leaders in Who’s Who Legal Trademarks 2020
- Four from AWA named as world’s leading IP strategists in IAM Strategy 300
- AWA recognised as a top tier firm in Managing IP’s patent rankings
Let's Develop the Market Together
Let's talk. AWA has over 350 employees across Belgium, China, Denmark, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland offering strategic IP advice virtually or physically. There is no charge for this initial contact, so let's talk to identify your intellectual property needs and start developing the market together.
Some initial questions clients come to us with:
• How do I manage IP infringement on a global scale?
• How do we implement a brand management strategy?
• Is our trademark protected globally?
• Can domains with my brand name be registered by others?
• How does a patent stop competitors from stealing our ideas?
• How do I know if someone else has patented my innovation?
• What intellectual property rights do my competitors own?
• How can I renew an expired design, patent or trademark?
China issues Opinions on destroying infringing and counterfeit goods
On August 13, 2020, nine of China’s authorities including the Supreme People’s Court and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly released the Opinions on Strengthening the Destruction of Infringing and Counterfeit Goods (Opinions). The nine authorities involved are: National Leading Group for Combating Infringement and Counterfeiting, Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, […] The post China issues Opinions on destroying infringing…
