Legal Advice article - December 22, 2015
Unitary Patent ready to go
On proposal of the European Patent Office (EPO), the Select Committee which represents the EU member states participating in the new Unitary Patent, has formalized a series of agreements into a complete secondary legal framework comprising the implementing rules, budgetary and financial rules, the level of the renewal fees and the rules concerning the distribution […]
Legal Advice article - April 10, 2014
Getinge staff member arrested
A staff member at Swedish Getinge has been arrested. The employee is suspected of insider dealing. According to information that Nyhetsbyrån Direkt has taken part of the male staff member has previously held a management position within IT at the company and has during at least two occasions made deals on non public information in […]
Legal Advice article - January 1, 2013
Downturn in Swedish life science patents
After several years of stability, patent applications from Swedish life science companies now appear to be diminishing. Sweden has long been a strong per-capita contributor of new patent applications. This has been particularly true in research dominated fields including life science. Lately, however, it seems as if the intensity of Swedish patent applications in life […]
