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Navigating Legal Challenges in US-Sweden Innovation Collaborations

Thursday, May 8, 2025

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.

Future Mobility, AWA and GTI hosted a webinar that provides hands-on advice on how to reduce the risk of such problems. Now the webinar is available to rewatch! 

Webinar Content

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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