Networks, partners and useful links
The associations of which we are a member and/or work with are:
Bioteknikforum is a professional and industrial organisation and a network for companies and organizations in the area of biotch. Bioteknikforum is working to strengthen the cooperation between industry, academies and society. The forum acts also for an increased understanding of biotech. For more info, please visit http://www.bioteknikforum.org
Center for Intellectual Property Studies, CIP Partnership Program is a development center for knowledge-based business at the intersection of industry and academia. Founded in a joint effort between Chalmers University of Technology and School of Business, Economics and Law at Göteborg University, CIP is today a world-leading actor in the area of knowledge-based business, providing education, research, collaboration, and practice in an interdisciplinary environment. CIP’s main goal is to promote the creation of both wealth and welfare for industry, academia, and society in the joint construction of the knowledge-based economy.
For more information, please visit
http://www.cip.chalmers.se
Connect assists entrepreneurs and SME's in reaching funding and business competence. Brann is a main partner in Connect Öst (Stockholm region), partner in Uppsala and Lund. We are participating in networking and we are creating contact areas such as seminars and workshops for Swedish entrepreneurs and SMS's who is a part of the Connect network. Our patent attorneys and our attorneys-at-law are frequently attending the panels at the Connect spring-boards.
For more information, visit http://www.connectsverige.se
IVA, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science
Brann is holding a membership in IVA which is an independent arena for exchange of knowledge. The forum acts as a cross fertilizer between research and industry. IVA wants to influence society through lobbying. Throug IVA we increase our areas of contact with both research and industry and we maintain a valuable forum for knowledge transfer and a possible platform for lobbying. For more information, please visit http://www.iva.se
Medicon Valley Alliance is one of Europe's strongest life science clusters. It spans the Greater Copenhagen area in Denmark and the Skåne region of southern Sweden. Since the mid-1990s a fast-paced development has been taking place, and today Medicon Valley comprises a dense cluster of universities, hospitals and companies within life science, biotech, medtech and pharma, many of which are R&D based. Medicon Valley strives to be the most attractive bioregion in Europe.
For more information, please visit http://www.mediconvalley.com
Stockholm Chamber of Commerce/Chamber of Commerce of Central Sweden
We are members in both organizations in order to meet with new competences, experiences and ideas to create new business opportunities, and alos to discuss matters as personal development and problem solutions. Our patent attorney Anders Tangen is appointed network leader in the Life Science and MedTech network within the Chamber of Commerce. For more information, please visit http://www.chamber.se and http://www.mhk.cci.se
SwedenBIO is the national organization for the life science industry in Sweden and is a private non-profit organization. The main objective is to improve industry conditions and to support business development among the member companies. The organization has 6 working groups for interaction with decision makers. For more info, please visit http://www.swedenbio.com
Tools of Science provides researchers from academia and industry with information about service companies, core facilities, technologies, competence and collaboration partners along the entire value chain within life science. Tools of Science is a joint research information system run by Stockholm Science City. The platform makes research competences and core facilities at Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Stockholm University, as well as knowledge-intensive companies delivering service to the life science industry more visible and accessible, in order to stimulate research collaboration in Stockholm. For more information, please visit http://www.toolsofscience.se
Abanet
American Bar Association
AIPLA
American Intellectual Property Law Association
AIPPI
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle
International association for the protection of Intellectual Property
Bolagsverket
The Swedish Companies Registration Office
ECTA
European Communities Trademark Association
EPI
European Patent Institute
EPO
The European Patent Office
EPO Official Journal
FICPI
Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle
International federation of Intellectual Property attorneys
IACC
International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition
IBA
International Bar Associates
INTA
International Trademark Association
IPO
Intellectual Property Owners Association
ITMA
Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
LES
Licensing Executives Society
MARQUES
Association of European Trademark Owners
PRV
The Swedish Patent and Registration Office
PTMG
Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group
SACG
Swedish Anti-Counterfeiting Group
SEPAF
Association of Swedish Patent Attorney Firms
SIPF
The Association of Patent Attorneys in Swedish Industry
SFIR
Swedish Association for the Protection of Industrial Property
SPOF
The Association of Swedish Patent Attorneys
WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization
WTO
World Trade Organization