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Changed conditions regarding the possibility to register “geographical” trademarks

As you might have heard before, a fundamental requirement for registering a trademark is that the trademark is distinctive,

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Fuelling up

Today CEO, central and regional management as well as all business unit managers gathered in Awapatent’s Gothenburg premises. The

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The on-sale bar under the AIA

Do non-public sales in Europe destroy novelty in the U.S.? Among the many news that applicants have had to

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An End to Faking It

Contrary to what many think, IP-law is not subject to an EU-wide harmonisation. This is probably due to the

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Russian documents unveiled

Russian is the 22nd available language in Patent Translate, a machine translation tool specially tuned – by Google and

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A slip of the pen?

A claim for 90 MSEK worth of damages is being filed today in the Skellefteå District Court by 707

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Cookyright…? Cookieright…? huh…?

A couple of years ago a successful German chef with a restaurant in Rome called for protection of recipes. And

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Infringement – Gangnam Style

In our line of business we deal with protection of intellectual property, ranging from purely technical issues to art.

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The 5th China IP Counsel Congress 2013

Recently  almost two hundred people, mostly IP in-house counsels, but also IP attorneys, met in Shanghai for the 5th

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Awapatent at Enterprise Day

On April 18, Awapatent joined the Student Association at the Stockholm School of Economics as a premium partner at

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