Intellectual Property - November 25, 2016
Kimberlie Cerrone – An IP strategist and a digital health entrepreneur
Often the greatest value of a company is not its buildings and equipment but its plans and creations. A firm’s intellectual property (IP) – its collective ideas, inventions and brainpower – is not always easily measured and often overlooked. Safeguarding it and maximizing its potential can give businesses – especially those in the life science […]
Legal Advice article - November 24, 2016
Marketing Regulations
While pharmaceutical companies in Sweden and the United Kingdom claim to police their own marketing practices, when it comes to promoting products, a long list of violations tells a different story, according to a recent study by three researchers from the University of Lund, Sweden. The researchers, Anna V. Zetterqvist, Juan Merlo and Shai Mulinari, […]
Legal Advice article - July 4, 2016
Medical technology top field for patent applications
The European Patent Office’s annual report showed an increase in the number of patent filings and the field of medtech is once again on top of the list. The number of European patent filings grew again in 2015, reaching a new high of nearly 279 000. The EPO’s 2015 annual report also shows that the […]
Legal Advice article - June 14, 2016
The European Inventor Award 2016
The EPO showcased the best and brightest in innovation on June 9th at the European Inventor Award 2016 ceremony in Lisbon. Now in its 11th year, the award is presented annually by the EPO to recognise outstanding inventors from Europe and around the world, who have made an exceptional contribution to social development, technological progress […]
Legal Advice article - June 1, 2016
Can we trust health apps?
The market for health apps is growing very rapidly and the questions of privacy and personal data and false diagnosis have become hot topics for users, providers and other actors on the market. The market for health and fitness apps (software that give new functions to phones) was valued at SEK 90 billion last year […]
Legal Advice article - April 27, 2016
A Swedish finalist in the European Inventor Award 2016
The 15 finalists for the European Inventor Award 2016, announced yesterday by the European Patent Office, have advanced technology, and helped generate economic value and employment in Europe and around the world. From Sweden, Tore Curstedt has been nominated in the category Lifetime achivement. Lifetime achievement Tore Curstedt has been nominated in the category lifetime achievement for […]
