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EPO’s highest legal authority to decide if post-published data can support inventive step
The European Patent Office’s (EPO) highest legal authority, the Enlarged Board of Appeal, is about to be referred questions
The Business of IP – Understanding and Creating Value: Part 4 – Spin-Offs
In this six-part series, Anders Isaksson explores some of the critical factors and motivators for why companies, small or
Was this the last hurdle for German UPCA Ratification?
At the end of 2020, German ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) looked promising as
MedTrace receives $30 million investment fuelling US expansion and new business area
AWA’s client MedTrace Pharma A/S has received nearly $30 million from Swiss-based Swisscanto Invest and Danish investors ATP and
The Business of IP – Understanding and Creating Value: Part 3 – Mergers and Collaborations
In this six-part series, Anders Isaksson explores some of the critical factors and motivators for why companies, small or
CellaVision acquires exclusive rights to novel microscopy technology
AWA’s client CellaVision has signed an agreement to acquire the exclusive rights to a patent portfolio on Fourier Ptychographic
EPO releases Patent Index 2020: Applications stable despite pandemic, healthcare innovation soars and the US tops geographic origin of applications outside of Europe
The European Patent Office (EPO) released its Patent Index 2020 this week. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, filings remained stable
All eyes on Germany as UPC is resuscitated at Bundestag and Bundesrat
German ratification of the UPCA is one of the last hurdles for the Unitary Patent system. The system has
IP Strategy
In this fifth and final webinar in this series Anders Heebøll-Nielsen talks about the importance of creating an IP
China introduces compensation for patent terms
China’s amended Patent Law comes into force on June 1, 2021. Hai Liu from AWA Asia discusses compensation for