For the past four decades, foreign companies have been confronted with Chinese trademark squatting. Trademark squatting, in which someone else registers your trademark, suddenly prevents you from using your brand in China. Causing massive headaches every year, foreign companies are often left with little choice but to cough up huge sums to buy back the...
Join us for this special webinar where we talk to AWA’s client Oxeon about its signature product TeXtreme® – a unique weaving technology from the composites industry, particularly used for producing carbon reinforcements. Fredrik Engdahl and Martin Jansson from AWA’s Gothenburg office will sit down with Andreas Martsman – Oxeon’s VP of Marketing & Sales....
Insufficient patent protection and enforcement in China has been a long-standing frustration not just for international but also domestic rights holders. After several rounds of revisions and years in the making – the revised PRC Patent Law entered into force on June 1, 2021. The fourth amendments bring substantial changes including the creation of a...
Regulated as pharmaceuticals with a requirement for market approval, ATMPs (cell and/or gene therapy products) need to have a strong business model to survive costs of high-risk development, GMP manufacture and clinical trials. Partnering with commercial entities can often assist in your GMP translation, CMC, device and clinical trials development, but your partners need confirmation of protection for the commercial...
When creating a new product line or starting a new company, many types of considerations and preparations are necessary. Experience shows that the IP considerations are often near the bottom of the to-do list. However, not giving IP due focus may lead to substantial problems and headaches down the road. Some of these problems can be very...
17 NOV (10 AM-4 PM CET) Hybrid Career Fair (Day 1): Please, visit us at ARKAD 2021, Lund University-Faculty of Engineering Discover Your Future in Intellectual Property (IP)! Welcome to Stand # 45 at Studiecentrum (1st Floor), or stop by our virtual booth, to learn more about AWA and IP! 18 NOV (10 AM-3 PM CET) Hybrid Career Fair (Day 2): Please, visit us at ARKAD 2021,...