Frida Björk
Frida is a Partner and European Patent Attorney with extensive patenting experience in the life science industry, focusing on pharmaceuticals, gene engineering, biochemistry, peptides, foodstuffs and microbiology.
She assists small and medium-sized enterprises in research-intensive industries with global patent drafting, applications and management, freedom-to-operate analyses, infringement investigations, and Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs). Frida has also been heavily involved in assisting clients with their IP strategies to maximise value and align with business strategy.
As Deputy Business Area Manager, Frida is an integral part of Sweden’s life science and chemistry team. She is heavily involved in business development activities with clients and partner firms in Asia, regularly attending the annual APAA (Asian Patent Attorneys Association) conference.
Contact information
Phone:
+46 40 98 51 87Email:
frida.bjork@awa.comVisiting address:
Extended profile
Frida’s technical competence includes food-related inventions and microbiology, such as probiotics and protecting healthy food supplements. She also protects inventions within sustainable industry sectors, working with some of the most innovative companies in this space.
She regularly files Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) for clients in Sweden, extending the period of effective patent protection. She has also been involved in SPC appeal proceedings before the Swedish Patent and Market Court and the Swedish Patent and Market Appeal Court.
Practices
- IP Strategy
- SPCs - Supplementary Protection Certificates
Industries
- Chemistry
- Food & beverage
- Life sciences
- Pharma
Languages
- English
- French
- Swedish
Education
- M.Sc. Chemical Engineering (Biotechnology), Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Lund University
Authorisations
- European Patent Attorney
- Authorised Patent Attorney (Sweden)
Memberships
- SPOF (Association of Swedish Patent Attorneys)
- epi (Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office)