| JÜRI KÄOSAAR |
European Patent and Trademark Attorney, Managing partner , Tartu
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jyri.kaosaar@kaosaar.ee
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Jüri has graduated in mechanical engineering from the Tallinn University of Technology in 1968 with a diploma in fine mechanics.
1969-1992 he worked in the field of engineering and patents in the Tartu branch office of the Special Construction Bureau of the Estonian Academy of Sciences.
During 1971-1975 he studied as the postgraduate of the Estonian Academy of Sciences at the North-West Correspondence Polytechnic Institute of St. Petersburg (Leningrad).
In 1984 he graduated from the Moscow Patent Institute.
In 1992 Jüri obtained a Master of Science Degree at the Tallinn University of Technology.
1997-2000 doctoral studies at the Tallinn University of Technology.
Estonian patent attorney No 6 since 1992,
European patent attorney since 2002,
European trademark and design attorney since 2004.
Member of the Association of Estonian Patent Attorneys.
In 1992 Jüri Käosaar established the Patent and Trademark Agency Käosaar & Co. As managing director he administers the company’s economic activities and settles problems in different areas (trademarks, patents, utility models, industrial designs).
He has passed a training programme in USA.
He is a member of several international organisations like FICPI, epi, INTA .
Jüri is collecting pencils and there are around 12000 pencils in his collection, he is also a member of the American Pencil Collectors Society (APCS).
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| KALEV KÄOSAAR |
European Trademark Attorney, Partner, Tallinn
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kalev.kaosaar@kaosaar.ee
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Kalev has graduated from the Audentes University in 2001 and in 2007 Institute of Law at the University of Tartu with a diploma in law.
Estonian trademark and design attorney since 2004,
Member of the Association of Estonian Patent Attorneys,
European trademark and design attorney since 2004.
Kalev has been working in the company since 1999 and is currently the Head of the Tallinn Office.
His main areas of practice are the registration and the legal protection of the trademarks including work with customs and the police as concerns the counterfeit goods.
He has passed training programmes in Denmark and USA.
Kalev is a member of FICPI and EPS (Association of the Estonian Patent Attorneys).
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| ANNELI KAPP |
European Trademark Attorney, Partner, Tartu |
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anneli.kapp@kaosae
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Anneli has graduated from the Tallinn Economic School in 2000 where she studied law specialized in customs.
University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, 2010.
Estonian trademark and design attorney since 2010,
Estonian patent attorney since 2011,
European trademark and design attorney since 2011,
Member of the Association of Estonian Patent Attorneys.
As Anneli has been working in the company since 2002 and she has experienced working in all departments. Her area of practice involves entering the trademarks into the register, renewals of trademarks, registering and legal protection of industrial designs, renewals of utility models. She also settles legal problems and deals with customs problems concerning the counterfeit goods.
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| AIVO ARULA |
European Trademark Attorney, Partner, Tartu
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aivo.arula@kaosaar.ee
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Aivo has graduated in mechanical engineering from the Tallinn University of Technology in 1986 with a diploma in fine mechanics.
During 1986-1992 he worked as an engineer at the Tartu branch office of the Special Construction Bureau of the Estonian Academy of Sciences.
Estonian trademark and design attorney since 2000,
Member of the Association of Estonian Patent Attorneys,
European trademark and design attorney since 2004.
He has been working in the company since 1993 and is presently the Head of the Trademark Department.
Aivo mainly works in the area of trademark registration and deals with the formalities concerned, while also being in charge of trademark search.
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| LEEVI MARKUS |
Patent Attorney, Partner, Tartu
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leevi.markus@kaosaar.ee
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Leevi has graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Tartu in 1988.
Estonian patent attorney since 2005,
Member of the Association of Estonian Patent Attorneys.
She has been working in the company since 2001.
In 2008 she became the Head of the Patent Department and her work involves different aspects in dealing with patents.
Leevi is experienced in drafting and filing of patents in chemical filed, including pharmaceuticals and biotechnological products.
She has participated in the training programmes at EPO and in Germany.
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| MARIT MEINBERG |
Patent Attorney, Tallinn
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marit.meinberg@kaosaar.ee
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Marit has graduated from the Tallinn University of Technology in 1992 with a diploma in construction engineering and International University of Social Sciences “Lex” in 2003 with a diploma in business law.
Estonian patent attorney since 2011.
2000-2007 worked in the Estonian Patent Office as a patent expert. She has been working in our firm since 2008 and her main working tasks are carrying out searches and also consulting clients in inventions and patents.
She has also participated in the European Patent Academy Seminars.
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| MADIS PALUOJA | Counsel
for Commercial Law, Tallinn-Tartu |
madis.paluoja@kaosaar.ee
| University of Tartu, Faculty of Economics, an MBA in
Business Administration in 2001.University
of Tartu, Faculty of Law 2001-2006.Earlier
work experience as trustee in bankruptcy (1999-2003); acting as councel for
commercial law since 2004.
Started
working for the company in 2012; his area of expertise covers everything
associated with trade names, as well as providing legal advice in matters
related to commercial law ― from the foundation of a company to its
dissolution, including founding and liquidation, selling, acquiring and
restructuring of companies, business administration consultancy (register
entries, general meetings, capital movement), settlement of disputes between
company owners (shareholders), and preparing agreements between shareholders. |
| SIRJE KÜÜNAL |
Patent Attorney’s Assistant, Tartu
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sirje.kyynal@kaosaar.ee
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Sirje has graduated from the Department of English Philology at the University of Tartu in 1978.
She joined the company in 2007 and is working as an assistant to the trademark and patent departments, besides she is also in charge with the archives.
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| MARIA-KRISTIINA LUURMEES |
Assistant translator, Tallinn
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maria-kristiina.luurmees@kaosaar.ee
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Maria-Kristiina has gradutaed from the University of Tartu in 2006 with a diploma in English language and literature. Currently studying for a master’s degree in translation at the Tallinn University. She has been working in the company since 2004, first as secretary, and since October 2009 as translator.
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| KRISTIINA AASNA |
Administrative Assistant, Tartu
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kristiina.aasna@kaosaar.ee
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University of Tartu in 2008 in faculty of education
Kristiina joined our team in 2008. She is an administrative assistant who mainly deals with general administrative duties as well with documentation management and coordinates internal and external communication.
Duties include extending the terms of validity of patents.
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| KÄRT KUUSEVÄLI |
Chief Accountant, Tartu
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kart.kuusevali@kaosaar.ee
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2008 University of Tartu with a cum laude diploma in economics.
Master’s degree at the University of Tartu 2012.
2006-2008 worked in our firm as an assistant accountant.
Since 2008 as a chief accountant. She is also responsible for the communication with the clients concerning the accountancy and invoices |
| HELLE KÄOSAAR |
Accountant, Partner, Tartu
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helle.kaosaar@kaosaar.ee
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1977 University of Tartu with a diploma in economics.
1992-2008 worked in our firm as a chief accountant.
She is mainly specialized in some parts of accountancy, finance and personnel issues in our firm.
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| PEETER KONKS |
IT Manager, Tartu
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peeter.konks@kaosaar.ee
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1978 Tallinn University of Technology with a diploma in automatic engineering.
1980-1993 Tartu branch office of the Special Construction Bureau of the Estonian Academy of Sciences as an engineer and programmer.
He has been working in our firm since 1993 as an intellectual property software developer and specializes in all kind of IT issues.
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