Anna Kosar

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. · Cobalt

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Anna Kosar is an Estonian patent attorney and Senior Associate at COBALT who has practised in trademarks, industrial designs and geographical indications since 2012 and has served as an official EUIPO representative for trademarks and designs since 2015. She advises on intellectual property and data protection (including acting as a data protection officer), and represents clients in registration and dispute proceedings before national and EU bodies and in customs enforcement matters.

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyPatentsTrademarksIndustrial DesignsGeographical IndicationsData ProtectionCopyright

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Estonia

Cobalt · 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.

Estonia

Expertise

EUIPO representation for trademarks and designsTrademark and design prosecution and dispute resolutionGeographical indicationsData protection counselling and DPO servicesCustoms enforcement (seizure of suspected goods)

Education

Master of Arts (MA), Law, University of Tartu, Faculty of Law (2010)
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Law, University of Tartu, Faculty of Law (2008)

Admissions

Estonian patent attorney (reg. no. 070) — trademarks, industrial designs and geographical indications (2012)
Official representative of the European Union Intellectual Property Office for trademarks and industrial designs (since 2015)
Member, Chamber of Estonian Patent Attorneys (since 2019)

Languages

EstonianEnglishFinnishRussian