Navigating Legal Challenges in US-Sweden Innovation Collaborations

It can be challenging to get the signatures needed to start a bilateral collaboration. In some cases, it only leads to delays, in other cases the whole project must be cancelled.

This webinar provides hands-on advice on how to reduce the risk of such problems. The target group is the Swedish side of existing or potential bilateral innovation collaborations between Sweden and the United States.

This event is organized by Future Mobility in collaboration with GTI and AWA.

Agenda

Introduction

    Hans Pohl, Program Director, Future Mobility and Linda Andrén, Executive Director, GTI
 

Why it might be difficult to get an agreement in place and how to handle it

              Thomas Ewing, Commercial Lawyer, Innovation Consultant, IP Systems Researcher, AWA

Q&A 

        Moderated by Rikard Lundgren, AWA
 

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Warm welcome, 
Future Mobility, AWA & GTI

About

Thomas Ewing is a commercial lawyer, innovation counselor, and registered patent and trademark attorney with nearly 30 years of experience in the intellectual asset field. In his consulting practice, Tom routinely advises international organizations, government agencies, universities, law firms, multinational corporations and financial institutions. IAM Magazine has consecutively named Tom as one of the world's top 250/300 IP strategists in each of the past 15 years. Tom is also an academic researcher in intellectual asset matters with numerous professional and academic publications. In addition to private legal practice, Tom was formerly on the legal staff of the California Institute of Technology, the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of a San Francisco-based software firm.

Future Mobility catalyzes research and innovation collaboration within sustainable mobility between the US and Sweden. With dedicated resources in both countries, the Future Mobility initiative aspires to lower the thresholds to collaboration. Future Mobility can support you by matchmaking and propose relevant funding opportunities. 

GTI
The objective of the Green Transition Initiative (GTI) is to position Sweden as a key partner to U.S. cities and states in their urban transformation, connect Swedish and U.S. stakeholders, and leverage opportunities in sectors such as mobility, energy, and buildings. The initiative aims to strengthen innovation collaboration, trade, and investments between Sweden and the United States.

GTI is a joint initiative between the Embassy of Sweden in Washington D.C., Business Sweden, the Swedish Energy Agency, and Sweden’s innovation agency Vinnova.

AWA is a leading intellectual property firm with over 400 employees across 20+ offices in Belgium, China, Denmark, Hong Kong, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, together serving about 5,000 clients, ranging from local start-ups to global giants, in almost 70 countries. Our IP professionals supply a full-service offering in prosecution, dispute litigation, aftermarket services, legal advice, strategy and commercialization. We foster long-term partnerships to deliver durable solutions to secure innovations, build brands and develop solid IP portfolios globally. In sum, we help companies navigate the complexities of IP, driving growth and maximizing value through strategic IP and IA management services. AWA was founded in 1897 by the Swedish engineer Anders Wilhelm Anderson. His initials form our company name and remind us of our proud history and the experience we bring.