Mehrdad Mahdjoubi, CEO of water recycling technology company Orbital Systems, is Sweden’s best young entrepreneur according to business daily Dagens Industri. Orbital Systems was founded in 2012 and has developed…
Chinese telecom companies top international patent filing rankings
The number of international patent applications filed under the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) continued to rise in 2014. This is the fifth consecutive year that PCT filings have risen. In…
Microsoft barred from registering Skype as trademark – too similar to Sky
Skype is not eligible for registration as a trademark, because it may be confused with the registered trademark for Sky that predated it. That is the decision reached a short…
AWA Asia in the news
Since the launch of AWA Asia in February quite a few news articles and social media posts have been published about the new firm. Below is a brief selection: Awapatent…
Awapatent is proud to work with DropBucket – one of the winners in Red Dot Design Awards
DropBucket was started in 2012 by Marie S. Berggreen and Heiða G. Nolsøe, Bachelors of Design & Innovation from DTU (Technical University of Denmark). Their product is a disposable trash…
Awapatent’s attorneys score high in new rankings
Three of Awapatent’s attorneys have been listed in the Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2015 guide which places them among the world’s leading trademark lawyers. The attorneys are: Ai-Leen Lim, CEO…
Awapatent supports earthquake relief efforts in Nepal
In connection to the earthquake disaster in Nepal on 25 April Awapatent has decided to support the important work of Médecins Sans Frontières by donating SEK 25,000. Médecins Sans Frontières…
Spain’s actions against unitary patent protection dismissed
On May 5, a potential legal obstacle against the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court was removed when the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) dismissed two Spanish…
Join Awapatent’s Trainee Programme in Copenhagen
In September the 18th edition of our renowned Trainee Programme starts and now we need candidates to our Copenhagen office. We are looking for people with a Master of Science…
Celebrate ‘Women in IP’ with Awapatent and AIPLA
On 21 May, the global networking event “Women in IP” takes place for the eighth time. In Copenhagen and Stockholm, Awapatent is hosting the celebration. Join us to celebrate women…