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Client case study Crunchfish – Proactive patent strategy with the world as market

11 November, 2020

Joachim Samuelsson, CEO and principal owner of the Nasdaq First North listed Crunchfish, talks enthusiastically about the company’s latest investment in offline payment and what lays the foundation for global success: a proactive patent strategy. Today, when less than one in ten purchases in Sweden is made with cash, Sweden’s well-functioning IT infrastructure drives the… Read more »

Ström & Gulliksson answers an extensive Q&A about the patent process in Sweden published in Global Patent Litigation Guide

8 November, 2020

Rikard Roos and Björn Andersson explain how the patent process works in Sweden in a publication that provides vital insights for every IP owner interested in patent litigation around the world. How can patent owners best enforce their rights in your jurisdiction? What level of expertise can litigants expect from courts? To what extent is… Read more »

European Patent Attorneys Malin Ahlgren and Edmund Lobb – selected as MIP Rising Stars

22 October, 2020

Ström & Gullikson is proud to announce that European Patent Attorneys Edmund Lobb and Malin Ahlgren have been selected as Rising Stars 2020 by Managing Intellectual Property. Malin Ahlgren, who works mostly within computer science and mechanics, has recently joined Ström & Gullikssons’s management team. Parallel to joining the management team, she has also taken on the responsibility of being the leader… Read more »

Sweden – innovation leader of the EU and a global hotbed of innovation

2 July, 2020

The European innovation scoreboard has been released and Sweden continues to be the EU innovation leader. – Sweden has a long history of strong innovation power, a result of our ability to transform, develop and modernize our industry. Also, we see that there is a great understanding of using patents to reap strategic and competitive advantages… Read more »

IAM Patent 1000: Ström & Gulliksson – individual mentions, highly recommended in Sweden and before the European Patent Office

17 June, 2020

This year’s edition of the IAM Patent 1000 has now been released by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM). Ström & Gulliksson retains its position as one of the leading patent law firms in Sweden and is one of a small number of recommended firms at the European Patent Office. We are proud to be recognized as a “highly recommended” patent… Read more »

The Importance of Specifying Measurement Methods in Your Patent Application

28 May, 2020

When drafting a patent application, the meaning of each word, value and unit needs to be clear. One might think that a number is less likely to be misinterpreted than a word, but a recent decision from the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) tells us otherwise. Our Patent Consultant Tiolina Östergren… Read more »

Novelty of sub-ranges

15 May, 2020

Our European Patent Attorney William Helin shares a brief reflection on the EPO Guidelines on novelty of sub-ranges. “Did you see that the EPO Guidelines on novelty of sub-ranges were amended late last year? One of the test criteria for novelty of sub-ranges was dropped. Now, the twofold novelty criteria are that the sub-range must be: 1. Narrow… Read more »

Rikard Roos and Christian Arkelius – selected as IP Stars 2020 by MIP

6 May, 2020

It is with a great deal of gratitude and pride we can announce that our Managing Partner Rikard Roos and our Partner Christian Arkelius are selected as IP Stars 2020 by MIP (Managing Intellectual Property). According to MIP IP Stars, being selected as an IP Star amounts to being considered as an experienced senior IP… Read more »

We take measures to help and protect the innovative society

31 March, 2020

Ström & Gulliksson has decided – as a result of the pandemic spread of SARS-CoV-2 – to take measures to help and protect the innovative society. This means that we are specifically focusing on getting companies particularly exposed to the effects of SARS-CoV-2 through this tunnel of problematic times. Because there will be light at the other… Read more »

Brexit – what happens now?

3 February, 2020

As of midnight European time on Friday 31 January 2020, the United Kingdom is no longer a member of the European Union and has entered a transition period until 31 December 2020. What does this mean for your European and UK IP rights? Edmund Lobb explains below. What is the transition period?The UK has now… Read more »