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Born on
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EDUCATION
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| 2007 - 2008 |
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Faculty of Law in Turin (Italy) and the World Academy with the World Intellectual Property Organization, joint postgraduate programme – Master of Laws in Intellectual Property (LLM) |
| 1992 - 1995 |
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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of Zagreb, postgraduate scientific study – Master of Science (MSc) |
| 1986 - 1991 |
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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of Zagreb, graduate study – bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (BSc) |
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WORK EXPERIENCE
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| 2008 - 2012 |
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Deputy Director General, State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia |
| 2004 - 2008 |
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Assistant Director General, Information and Cooperation Department (Intellectual Property System Development Department), State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia |
| 2002 - 2004 |
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Senior Expert Adviser at the Unit for information and Cooperation in the Field of Intellectual Property, State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia |
| 1999 - 2002 |
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Head of the Section for Cooperation with Economic Entities, State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia |
| 1991 - 1999 |
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Research Assistant, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of Zagreb |
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
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| November 2011 |
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Executive Education “Leadership Decision Making”, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard (USA) |
| September 2011 |
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On-line course “Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights”, World Trade Organization |
| May 2011 |
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WIPO/WTO Advanced Course on Intellectual Property, Geneva (Switzerland) |
| April 2011 |
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On-line course “Introduction to the WTO”, World Trade Organization |
| December 2010 |
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Seminar on the “Strategic Planning in the Context of European Integrations”, Centre for Vocational Training and Professional Improvement of Civil Servants, Zagreb |
| January 2009 |
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Executive Education “21st Century Governance: Critical Skills for Leading and Sustaining Innovative Organizations”, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Zagreb |
| June 2007 |
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Seminar on the “Opposition and Appeals Procedures at the European Patent Office”, European Patent Academy, Munich (Germany) |
| October 2006 |
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USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy Patents Program, Alexandria (USA) |
| September 2006 |
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Seminar on the Patent Mapping, European Patent Academy, Vienna (Austria) |
| June 2006 |
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Course on “Project Management Basics”, IBM Certification Knowledge Centre, Zagreb |
| May 2006 |
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Seminar on the IP Information Sharing, European Patent Academy, Prague (Czech Republic) |
| October 2005 |
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Seminar on the Design of Innovation Support Campaigns, European Patent Academy, Newport (United Kingdom) |
| May 2004 |
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Seminar on the Patent Documentation and Classification, International Academy of the European Patent Office, Hague (Netherlands) |
| November 2003 |
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German courses for high-ranked civil servants from the EU acceding countries, organized by the Goethe Institute, Berlin (Germany) and Brussels (Belgium) |
| April 2002 – April 2003 |
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Courses of “German for Lawyers”, Goethe Institute, Zagreb |
| May 2002 |
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Seminar on the “Law Basics of the European Communities”, Ministry for European Integrations, Zagreb |
| March 2002 |
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Seminar on the “European Union Basics”, Ministry for European Integrations, Zagreb |
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MEMBERSHIPS
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Supervisory Board of the Academy of the European Patent Organization (deputy member 2011 – 2013, member 2013 – 2016); in October 2015 elected Chair of the Assembly of the Patent Law Treaty of the World Intellectual Property Organization. |
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AWARDS
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Microsoft award for the best final paper within master’s degree programme in the field of intellectual property 2007-2008; “Josip Lončar” silver plaque of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of Zagreb for the outstanding master’s thesis. |
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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PAPERS
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Author or co-author of 6 published research papers in the field of intellectual property; author or co-author of 14 published scientific research papers in the field of electric engineering and 6 research studies in the same field. |
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FOREIGN LANGUAGES
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| English |
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Proficient user (C2) |
| German |
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Independent user (B2) |
| French |
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Independent user (B1) |
| Spanish |
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Basic User (A2) |