British Court of Appeal rules that Kitkat’s format cannot be trademarked as it has “no inherent distinctiveness”. After intense court proceedings to get the four finger shape of their chocolate…
GEN-PEP film wins Golden Egg Award
Being a proud supporting partner, Awapatent congratulates GEN-PEP and the one of the other supporting partners, the PR agency Forsman & Bodenfors, on winning one of the prestigious Golden Egg…
New statistics suggest lack of competence is the greatest threat to innovation in Sweden
According to Awapatent’s Innovation Barometer, more than half (52%) of the asked IT/Telecom companies and over a quarter (27%) of MedTech/BioTech enterprises in Sweden find that the main obstacle for…
Swedish Innovation Parliament 2017
On 25-26 April, the cities of Linköping and Norrköping hosted the 2017 Swedish Innovation Parliament (#SIR17, Sveriges Innovationsriksdag), a meeting and discussion arena for anyone who is a part of…
Celebrating World IP Day
World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated today, on 26 April, with the aim to increase awareness of the importance of IP rights for stimulating innovation and creativity. The 2017 theme…
Awapatent recommended by The Legal 500
We are proud to announce that The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa has recommended Awapatent for Intellectual Property and Media (Sweden). The Legal 500 also recommended AwaLaw for…
Henrik Olsson published in IAM Magazine
AWA Strategy’s Henrik Olsson has been published in the well-renowned magazine IAM. To read the full piece please click on the link below. “How you know when you have a…
Nomination to Golden Egg Award for GEN-PEP film
Being a proud supporting partner of GEN-PEP, Awapatent congratulates one of the other partners, the well-known PR agency Forsman & Bodenfors, for nomination to a Golden Egg Award for the…
Awapatent and AWA Asia in Swedish media
When entering the Chinese market, there are several branding and marketing aspects for Scandinavian companies to consider. Read what AWA Asia’s CEO Ai-Leen Lim says here. (In Swedish only). In…
WIPO: Record year for international patent applications in 2016
Recently published statistics from WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) show that last year saw an all time high of international patent applications, but also an increasing demand for trademark and…