FENIX LEGAL - IP STARS

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Fenix Legal is again highly ranked for patent & trademark prosecution in Sweden 2023.

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Is your trademark aligned for
Only One Earth?

We have "Only One Earth”, and the young generation is actively
looking for goods and services
whose trademarks give a clear signal that they are climatefriendly and thereby ready for the next generation. Petter Rindforth describes the Swedish industry's patents and trademarks that are focused on climate friendly products. 

See the full  The Trademark Lawyer article here:

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Online oral proceedings: are they here to stay?

Back in February 2021, the Swedish Association of Patent Attorneys (SPOF), representing private practice patent, trademark and design attorneys in Sweden, arranged a seminar with the Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) on the topic “Oral proceedings online”. It was clear that if both parties agreed, oral proceedings could be held online. However, a question from the audience remained unanswered: What happens if one party wants to be online, and the other attends physically? How to ensure that both parties receive an equal assessment in the dispute? The question has now finally been answered by the Svea Court of Appeal, case No. T 7158-20.

Maria Zamkova of Fenix Legal explain the new Swedish praxis of arbitration in the pandemic, in the World IP Review Annual 2022 Jurisdiction Report. Read the full article:

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ALTERNATIVE

DISPUTE RESOLTION

Not an "alternative", but rather the main way to act.

Fenix Legal continues to activate in the international work with new ways to solve intellectual property disuptes and to update the present dispute resolution systems.

Petter Rindforth, Managing Partner of Fenix Legal, has been appointment as Member of the Standing Committee on ADR – Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), for a period of three years.

Petter has also been appointed as the representative of Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Intellectuelle (FICPI) at the Alternative Dispute Resolution Stakeholders Advisory Board (ADR-SAB) of EUIPO, the European Union Intellectual Property Office.

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Geographical indications:

the history of the Swedish horse and knife

Since 1992 a special type of protection for wines, spirit drinks and other agricultural products and foodstuffs such as cheese has been available in the European Union. It is called geographical indications (GI).

On May 24, 2023, EU ambassadors confirmed an agreement reached between the Council Presidency and the European Parliament representatives on the proposal for a Regulation on geographical indication protection also for craft and industrial products. The new system aims to promote and protect cultural heritage and traditional know-how in Europe and is expected to cover as many as 800 jewellery, textile, lace, natural stone, cutlery, glass and porcelain products.

In the World IP Review, No 1 / 2023, Petter Rindforth of Fenix Legal  describes the new system and how two well-known Swedish examples  - the Dala Horse and the Mora Knife may or may register for this new protection.

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ECTA 41st Annual Conference in Prague: Exploring IP Magic

Maria Zamkova and Petter Rindforth participated in the ECTA Annual Conference in Prague, Czech Republic. Some of the interesting topics of the sessions/presentations were:

“Latest IP News and Trends: What Are the Current Forces Driving the World of IP?”, “Illuminating the Design Reform”, “Non-agri GIs: Alchemy?”, “Works of Applied Arts: Sparkles Between Corpus Mysticum and Corpus Mechanicum? Paris and Berne Convention”, CP13 (Bad Faith) and CP14 (Public Policy or Principles of Morality), and EU Case Law Updates.

Petter, as representing Sweden in the Supervisory Board, discussed on the topic of co-operation with EUIPO and EPO on Unitary Patent.

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Prior Art: Unlocking the secrets of the past

When you realize that someone is
trying to infringe your protected
patents it is necessary to act quickly
to minimize the damages. But when is the right time to act, and what is needed to reach quick decisions from the court? The Swedish Patent
and Market Court of Appeal have made a coupleof indicative rulings that may assist in planning the court actions.

In the September/October 2022 issue of The Patent Lawyer Magazine, Maria Zamkova of Fenix Legal evaluates two recent cases to offer advice for claiming preliminary and ex parte injunction for successfully protecting a patent even before the patent is granted.

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