Lawyers

Anna Kosar

Anna Kosar

Cobalt, Estonia

Work Department

Patents, Trademarks & Industrial Designs, Data Protection, IT & Communications, Copyright & Related Rights

Position

Anna Kosar has been an Estonian patent attorney in the field of trade marks, industrial designs, and geographical indications since 2012. She has been the official representative of the European Union Intellectual Property Office in the field of trade marks and industrial designs since 2015.

Anna has extensive knowledge in the field of intellectual property as well as data protection. Before joining COBALT, she worked as a patent attorney at Koitel Patent & Trademark Agency, and then as a legal counsel at a firm practicing commercial law. Anna has been engaged in legal protection related to copyright, registration of trade marks and industrial designs, and related procedures (renewals of the term of legal protection, transfers, pledges, licensing, etc.). She has also represented clients before the Estonian Industrial Property Board of Appeal, in court proceedings, before the Domain Disputes Committee, and at the European Union Intellectual Property Office in relation to trade mark disputes. In addition, she has represented clients in connection with seizure of suspected goods by the Estonian Tax and Customs Board.

In terms of data protection, Anna has been counselling clients in various business sectors since 2017. She has also acted as a data protection officer for some clients. She has also, for example, represented clients before the Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate and the Finnish Data Protection Ombudsman.

Career

Anna Kosar is a Patent Attorney and Senior Associate at COBALT Estonia

Languages

Estonian, English, Finnish, Russian

Memberships

Official representative of the European Union Intellectual Property Office in the field of trade marks and industrial designs (2015) Estonian patent attorney (reg. no. 070) in the field of trade marks, industrial designs and geographical indications (2012) Chamber of Estonian Patent Attorneys (2019)

Education

Master of Arts in Social Sciences (MA), law, University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, Estonia (2010) Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences (BA), law, University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, Estonia (2008)

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