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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)
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