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Agnese Gerharde

Agnese Gerharde is a Senior Associate at COBALT Latvia office specializing in intellectual property, information technology law, cybersecurity and privacy matters. Agnese is Latvian Trademark Attorney and European Trademark Attorney licensed to represent before the Latvian Patent Office and European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). Agnese is a qualified New York (USA) attorney. Agnese is a member of the International Trademark Association (the Internet Committee for the 2022-2023 term, the Trade Secrets Committee for the 2024-2025 term, and the Data Committee for the 2026-2027 term) and the Latvian Patent Attorney Association. As of October 2024 she is appointed to the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center’s (WIPO Centre) List of Domain Name Panelists under the .LV Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. Agnese is a recipient of the 2021 INTA Tomorrow’s Leader Award. She is also a recipient of a prestigious Fulbright scholarship to study law in the United States. · Cobalt

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Senior Associate at COBALT's Latvia office specializing in intellectual property, information technology law, cybersecurity and privacy. Latvian and European Trademark Attorney licensed to represent before the Latvian Patent Office and EUIPO, admitted to the New York State Bar, and appointed to the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center’s List of Domain Name Panelists under the .LV policy (since October 2024).

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyInformation TechnologyCybersecurityPrivacyDomain Name Disputes

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Cobalt · Agnese Gerharde is a Senior Associate at COBALT Latvia office specializing in intellectual property, information technology law, cybersecurity and privacy matters. Agnese is Latvian Trademark Attorney and European Trademark Attorney licensed to represent before the Latvian Patent Office and European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). Agnese is a qualified New York (USA) attorney. Agnese is a member of the International Trademark Association (the Internet Committee for the 2022-2023 term, the Trade Secrets Committee for the 2024-2025 term, and the Data Committee for the 2026-2027 term) and the Latvian Patent Attorney Association. As of October 2024 she is appointed to the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center’s (WIPO Centre) List of Domain Name Panelists under the .LV Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. Agnese is a recipient of the 2021 INTA Tomorrow’s Leader Award. She is also a recipient of a prestigious Fulbright scholarship to study law in the United States.

Latvia

Expertise

Trademark prosecution & enforcementDomain name disputesIT & technology lawData privacy & complianceCybersecurity

Education

  • LL.M. in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, Fordham University School of Law, New York, USA (2018)
  • LL.M. (with merit) in International and European Law, Riga Graduate School of Law, Riga, Latvia (2017)
  • LL.B (with merit) in Law and Diplomacy, Riga Graduate School of Law, Riga, Latvia (2014)
  • Visiting student, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (2013)

Admissions

  • Latvian Trademark Attorney (licensed to represent before the Latvian Patent Office)
  • European Trademark Attorney (licensed to represent before the European Union Intellectual Property Office, EUIPO)
  • New York State Bar (since 2022)
  • Latvian Bar Association (since 2020)

Languages

LatvianEnglish