In the latest edition of the IP publication Managing IP’s survey on patent firms, Awapatent’s high rankings from previous years remain unchanged, both in Sweden and Denmark. The leading IP…
Awapatent Launches Asian arm in Beijing and Hong Kong as AWA Asia
Awapatent’s Asian practice, branded AWA Asia will be managed by IP heavyweight Ai-Leen Lim, the former international partner and head of trademark portfolio management of Bird & Bird in Greater…
Awapatent remains at the top in WTR 1000
This year’s edition of the international directory World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals has recently been released. Awapatent Denmark is recommended in the silver category in…
Awapatent sponsors Zennström Green Mentorship Award
The Zennström Green Mentorship Award was created by Zennström Philanthropies to support individual cleantech startups as well shine a spotlight on entrepreneurs in Sweden working to tackle climate change and…
Norway joined the London agreement
On 1 January 2015, the London agreement entered into force in Norway. This means that it is no longer necessary to translate European patents in order to validate the patents…
European patents in Morocco from March 2015
Starting on 1 March 2015, anyone filing a European patent application will be able to request validation for Morocco. European applications and patents validated for Morocco will have the same…
Increasing number of patent filings to EPO
According to preliminary data from the European Patent Office (EPO), the number of patent filings received by the office last year increased by around 3% to more than 273 000….
Open innovation article by Awapatent attorney in NIR
Patrik Andersson, Associate at Awapatent, has published an article about how to manage IP in Open Innovation in the legal periodical Nordiskt Immateriellt Rättsskydd (NIR). The article is based on…
Our Stockholm office moves to new premises
On 12 December, Awapatent’s Stockholm office moves to new premises at Jakobsbergsgatan 36. The new office will be located centrally between Hötorget and Stureplan, close to the underground station Hötorget….
17 West African countries enter international trademark system
The Madrid system, which now covers more than 100 countries, is a cost-effective way of protecting brands and trademarks in the international arena. By filing a single application it is…