Dr. David Štros
Attorney-at-law, patent attorney 

Born: 1974

Education: 
Doctor of Laws, Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague (1992 - 1998)
Certified patent attorney (trademarks), Czech Patent Office (2003)
Certified European trademark & design attorney (July 2004)

Further Education and Work Experience
Phare EU scholarship studies at the University of Passau, Federal Republic of Germany, Faculty of Law (1994-1995)
Scholarship studies at Deutsche Stiftung für internationale rechtliche Zusammenarbeit e.V., Bonn, Germany (1999)
Internship at the European Patent Office (Legal/International Affairs, Directorate 5.2.1. Substantive Patent Law) ( 2003)

Languages
English  - Court-certified translator
German  - Court-certified translator
Swedish - Court-certified translator

Professional Organisations
Member of the Czech Bar Association - since 1998
Member of the Slovak Bar Association - since 2005
Member of the Intellectual Property Law Committee of the Czech Bar Association Chairman of the editorial board of the magazine Industrial Property/Průmyslové vlastnictví
Permanent representative of the Czech Bar Association in the European Bars Federation (FBE),vice-president for Eastern Europe of the Legal Aid Commission,Member of
the Eastern Advocacy Supporting Comittee 
Panelist on EU domain name disputes 
Member of the Czech Association of Patent Attorneys - since 2004 
Member of the GRUR, ECTA, LES, and AIPPI 

Career History
2005 onwards: Partner, Štros I Kusák Law Offices 
2004 to 2005: Senior Attorney, Glatzová & Co. Law Offices 
1998 to 2004: legal trainee, attorney Čermák Hořejš Vrba

Lectures:
Lecturer on IP rights enforcement, PHARE education programme for state administrators and judges, Czech Patent Office, 2003 – 2004, 2007  

Institute for Industrial Property Education, Czech Patent Office 
Lecturer on intellectual property rights (scope and limits of trademarks, industrial designs, and unfair competition laws), Innovation Support Training Programme, European Patent Office 

Publications:

Articles: 
"Exhaustion of trademark rights and product placements outside the EEA market" (Průmyslové vlastnictví, 2002)
"Patent protection of pharmaceuticals" (Právní rozhledy, 2002)
"Opposition proceeding before the European Patent Office" (Průmyslové vlastnictví, 2003)
"Novelty of invention and state of the art" (Průmyslové vlastnictví, 2004)
"New Czech Trademark Act No. 441/2003 Coll." - (published by Blatt für PMZ, 2004)
"Maintaining trademark registration by third party use with consent of the trademark owner" (Právní rozhledy, 2005) 

Books:
Author of Patent Protection for Pharmaceuticals and Its Current Issues (published by MAFS PRAGUE, 2002)
Textbook contibutor to Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (published by HP Education, 2003, 2007)