Adora Intellectual Property

Adora IP offers brand, domain name and IP protection services for innovators and artists. We help transform brands, grow businesses and create goodwill.

- Providing legal and advisory services in the area of intellectual property law, domain names, blockchain, websites, apps and privacy
- Collaborating with IP lawyers and law firms from several countries across the EU
- Providing training and organising educational courses, webinars and lectures for individuals and companies

Owner | Intellectual Property and Domain Name Expert

CAC- Czech Arbitration Court

The Czech Arbitration Court is a dispute resolution provider for Top-Level Domains (TLDs) under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (the "UDRP"), as well as for .EU ccTLDs under the .EU Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules (the “ADR Rules”). 

- Serving as a panelist for disputes involving .EU ccTLDs

Domain Name Panelist

Latin America IP SME Helpdesk

The Latin America IP SME Helpdesk is a service of the European Commission that provides free, confidential first-line assistance on Intellectual Property related issues to EU SMEs that are operating in Latin America or are willing to do so.

Intellectual Property Expert

ECTA (official)

ECTA promotes the knowledge and professionalism of the intellectual property law community in the fields of trade marks, designs, copyright and other intellectual property rights, within the European Union.

The Mission of the Internet Committee is to analyse the legal and practical implications of the internet and of new technologies on trade marks and other distinctive signs and to identify solutions respectful of these rights in case of conflicts. The Committee also advises on how ECTA can better harness the use of the internet and of the new technologies.

Member of ECTA's Internet Committee

Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria

The Ideas Powered for business SME Fund is a grant scheme designed to help EU small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) protect their intellectual property (IP) rights. The SME Fund is a European Commission initiative implemented by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

IP Scan puts you directly in contact with an IP expert designated from a National IP office who will work with you to review your business model, products/services, and growth plans.

My duties as an IP Expert include:

- Analysing SMEs' business models, assessing their IP, and identifying the most appropriate IP strategy for them. 
- Presenting the findings of the analysis in a report and offering recommendations on how to integrate an IP strategy into SMEs’ business plans.
- Working with SMEs to integrate the recommendations into their business.

IP Scan Expert for the Bulgarian Patent Office

World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO

WIPO is a specialised agency of the United Nations and the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center is a neutral, international and non-profit dispute resolution provider, and the global leader in the provision of domain name dispute resolution services under the WIPO-designed UDRP.

- Provided input in the assignment and supervision of work of 20 Legal Case Managers, and guidance on issues arising in the management of cases
- Provided input in the review of panel decisions for the purpose of inclusion in WIPO's publicly available case-related resources
- Made proposals on the allocation of WIPO panelists based on case requirements
- Maintained relations with and provided information to users, relevant organisations and registrars on internet dispute resolution and operational matters
- Delivered training and presentations on internet dispute resolution matters

Associate Legal Officer

- Shepherded cases through the UDRP procedural process, administering disputes under generic Top-Level Domains ("gTLDs") and country code Top-Level Domains ("ccTLDs") (working languages: English,  Spanish and Bulgarian)
- Provided information to users, relevant organisations and registrars on internet dispute resolution and
operational matters
- Assisted WIPO Panelists with jurisprudential analysis and legal research (decision review support, point of contact between Panelists and parties, participation in and organisation of the annual Panelists Meeting)
- Participated in internal and external seminars, workshops and training courses
- Delivered training and presentations on internet dispute resolution matters (to users, staff and new legal case managers)

Legal Case Manager

Deloitte España

Acted as a consultant for the Convergence Programme at the European Union Intellectual Property Office ("EUIPO"), which aims at harmonising national intellectual property offices' practices.

Directed two convergence projects (CP8 and CP9), managed a team of four people and acted as a point of contact between the EUIPO and Deloitte for those projects.

Other responsibilities included:
- Drafting of complex project documents (analysis papers, project briefs, rules of participation, best practices, Working Group meeting preparatory documents and presentations)
- Research and analysis in the areas of trade marks and designs (national law, EU Regulations and Directives, case law, practices of national and regional IP Offices)
- Designing questionnaires on possible future Convergence Projects in the areas of trade marks and designs (absolute grounds, relative grounds, cancellation, register, formalities)
- Preparation, organisation and follow-up on workshops to collect information from national IP Offices and User Associations

Legal Business Analyst for the Convergence Analysis Project at EUIPO

ELZABURU

Developed Elzaburu's expansion and presence on the Chinese market. Furnished strategic advice and developed the IP side of businesses in China and in Europe (for Chinese companies). A part of my associateship was spent on-site in Beijing.

IP and Business Consultant

Managed the coordination between the different departments of the firm in Madrid and the Beijing office, which included training of staff, project management, strategy and business development. A part of my associateship was spent on-site in Beijing.

Other responsibilities included:
- Furnishing legal and strategic advice to multinational and Fortune 500 companies in the area of trade marks (preliminary searches, applications, portfolio management, defending and enforcing trade mark rights)
- Collaborating with the Legal & Business Department on different projects, mainly connected with strategy development for technology transfer, green technologies and biotechnology
- Developing the IP side of businesses in China and in Europe (for Chinese companies)
- Drafting of complex legal texts to be filed before the EUIPO, the WIPO or the Spanish Patent and Trade Mark Office (oppositions, appeals, invalidity and revocation claims, domain name cancellation actions, domain name arbitration decisions)

Legal Associate

Assisted various Partners of the Firm in all aspects of legal work during two placements (3 months
in the Litigation Department and 3 months in the Trade Mark Department)

Legal Intern

IP & Domain Name Expert | Helping companies maximize trademark & domain name value

I am an Intellectual Property and Domain Name expert passionate about helping startups and SMEs maximize the value of their business through a pro-active IP strategy. 

My mission is to make IP and domain names easy and accessible for founders, entrepreneurs and artists.

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Gergana Dimitrova

ECTA President

Croatian member of the governing body of the ECTA

ECTA Supervisory Board Member

ECTA 1st Vice-President

ECTA 2nd Vice-President

VUKMIR & ASSOCIATES, LLC

Founding Partner

Inscribed in the Registry of Certified Mediators at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia: KLASA: UP/I-700-01/10-02/143 URBROJ: 514-03-01-02/1-11-2 od 01.02.2011
International Mediation Institute certification Experience Qualification Path 2: INTA, Reviewer Alicia Lloreda, Colombia, since 2010.

IMI and Croatian Certified Mediator

International Trademark Association (INTA)

Brands for Better Society Committee - Member

Mediation Project Team Member and Group Lead

Brands and Innovation Committee Chair

Brands and Innovation Committee, Vice-Chair

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

Six years appointment from August 2, 2017 to August 2, 2023. Appointed by the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, June 21, 2017.

Member of the ICSID Panel of Conciliators

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Adjunct Lecturer

MARINIX Ocean Tech AS

Makin' it happen: the only carbon sequestration method known to man removing CO2 eco-scrupulously back into the geological cycle. Ice on Fire featured.

Enabler

World Intellectual Property Organization

I served on the WIPO UDRP Panel almost for the duration of its existance and have decided several dozens of .com and .net cases.

Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) Panelist

CPR Institute

Distinguished Neutral at CPR trademark, domain names, IP and IT lists.

Distinguished Neutral (Mediator)

International Chamber of Commerce

ICC Commission on Intellectual Property - Member

Royal Danish Consulate General in Zagreb

Royal Honorary Consul General in Zagreb. This Consulate General opened in 1920.

Consul General (Hon.)

After completing his law education at Zagreb University Law School, Mladen obtained a Master of Intellectual Property degree at Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord (UNH), NH, USA. He started as an associate at Hanzekovic & Partners law firm in Zagreb and was a visiting lawyer at Fenwick & West in Palo Alto, CA, USA; Monahan Duhot, Paris, France; and Pavia e Ansaldo, Milan, Italy. In 1991, he founded VUKMIR + ASSOCIATES. Mladen is a patent and trademark agent admitted to practice before the CSIPO, EUIPO, and European Patent Office. During the Croatian EU accession negotiations, he participated as an expert on enforcement in the IP Chapter Working Group. He advised on preparations for the Manual on Technology Transfer at UNIDO.

Mladen wrote numerous articles and lectured on various topics on intellectual property, including regular teaching as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law graduate and postgraduate courses. He is an arbitrator on the Panel of domestic disputes at the Permanent Arbitration Court at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, a panelist on the UDRP Domain Name Panel at WIPO AMC, a distinguished neutral on the CPR Panels of Neutrals, Czech Arbitration Court, and at the INTA PON, and is an IMI certified mediator. He has been appointed as an ICSID Conciliator by the Government of Croatia. Mladen is a member of AIPPI, ECTA, IBA, ITechLaw, GALA, INTA, LES, UIA & ABA.n

Mladen also served as a consultant to various domestic and international organizations such as the Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology, the Serbian Intellectual Property Office (PLAC), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the World Bank, and the European Commission (CARDS 2002 and IPA 2009) and GLG Council.

He is Royal Danish Consul General (Hon.) in Zagreb (decorated, Knight of the Order of Dannebrog 2nd degree).

Specialties: Intellectual property (copyright, trademark, design, business secrets, patent, geographical indications, unfair competition), IT, media and advertising, branding and identity strategies, ADR, and mediation.

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