Category: Insights

Client-attorney privilege for non-US attorneys: Can clients trust that privileged communications with their patent attorneys will not be disclosed in US courts?

The legal situation in the US concerning client-attorney privilege for patent attorneys has seen some development in recent years.

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Co-inventorship to a patent had not been proved

On 10 October 2018 the Eastern High Court in Denmark gave judgement in a case between Coloplast and Hollister, regarding

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Banksy shreds his art

The Banksy stunt: The copyright holder’s right to shred the artwork

I don’t think anyone has missed the extraordinary event at the Sotheby’s auction in London a couple of weeks

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Bracing ourselves for a “no Brexit deal”?

The point of no return, the date of jumping off the cliff, the end of the conveyor belt, or

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Beijing, China

China’s innovation rise – patent landscape review and outlook

For the first time in 11 years China broke into the world’s top 20 most innovative economies in the

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fintech

Creating an effective FinTech IP strategy

AWA Asia’s IP strategy and patent team in Beijing looks at the China FinTech market, discusses available IP protection

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Adoption of the copyright directive in the digital single market – Should we be scared or delighted?

On 12 September 2018, the European Parliament voted on the much debated copyright directive – and this time around

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Denmark makes the IPR taskforce set down by the Public Prosecutor for Serious Economic Crime permanent

Since November 2017, all filings for criminal investigation regarding IPR crime in Denmark have on a trial basis been

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Cargo bike

Christiania Bikes – Not a generic term for cargo bikes

New decision from the Maritime and Commercial High Court in Denmark The Copenhagen area of Christiania is well-known worldwide

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Mbappe

Rush to register French football star Mbappé’s name highlights China’s rampant trademark squatting problem

The 2018 FIFA World Cup ended with France being victorious and a new star player emerging among the winning

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