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    European patents can be validated in Tunisia

    The European Patent Office (EPO) has signed an agreement with Tunisia under the terms of which the North African country recognises the validity of European patents. The agreement means that…

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    Awapatent highly ranked in “MIP IP Stars Handbook 2014 – Patents”

    Denmark Patent prosecution – Tier 2 Sidsel Hauge, Peter Indahl and Kim Garsdal Nielsen are so called IP stars in the individual ranking. In the anonymous client references Mikkel Roed…

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    Belgium and Denmark ratifies patent agreement

    The governments of Belgium and Denmark have ratified the agreement on a Unified Patent Court. This means that in total five member states (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France and Sweden) are…

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    Awapatent congratulates Heliospectra to its NASDAQ listing

    Heliospectra develops, produces and sells intelligent and energy efficient LED lighting solutions for plant science and horticulture applications. The company has received several international awards and nominations for its green…

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    Swedish patents in English from 1 July

    In practice, this means that an applicant who wishes that notices, decisions during the case handling and other official documents shall be in English, and who wants to reply to…

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    Sweden has ratified the Unified Patent Court

    The Swedish parliament recently approved a government proposal for a unitary patent protection in the EU. This means that Sweden, following Austria and France, ratifies the agreement on a Unified…

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    Danes say yes to the Unified Patent Court

    The clear support to the European Unified Patent Court is remarkable. The last referendum in Denmark was 14 year ago in 2000 on the implementation of the EURO, and the…

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    Swedes nominated for European innovation prize

    Swedish innovators is behind two out of fifteen nominations for the European Innovator Award, which is presented by the European Patent office (EPO). Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin are nominated…

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    Helén Osbacker – new team leader for Awapatent’s Team Legal in Region South

    Today, on 2 May Helén Osbacker will start as a new team leader for Team Legal, Region South. The team consists in total of twelve attorneys at law and assistants…

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    Samsung filed the most European patent applications

    Demand for patent protection in Europe continues to grow, with more applications being filed with the European Patent Office (EPO) than ever – 266,000 in 2013, up from 258,000 in…