personnel

Sirje Kahu
Patent Attorney, managing director, member of the ethic committee of the Association of Estonian Patent Attorneys.
1980 graduated from Tartu University as a chemist and 1986 from Moscow Patent Institute. Worked for Tartu University at the Patent Department and Innovation Centre 1980-2002. Patent Attorney since 1992, simultaneously with the restoring of the industrial property protection in Estonia. Currently active as intellectual property expert in the EC projects, also teaches basics of patents at Tartu University.
Member of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) and Association of European Science & Technology Transfer Professionals (ASTP).
European Patent Attorney since 2002.

Arno Anijalg
Patent Attorney, Member of the Association of Estonian Patent Attorneys. 1973 graduated from Tartu University as a chemist and 1976 from Moscow Patent Institute.
1985-2002 worked for the Patent Department and Innovation Centre at Tartu University, experienced in patent and trademark searches, compiling patent and trademark applications, including international applications.
European Patent Attorney since 2002.

Mag. iur. Anne Kalvi
Lawyer, specialised in intellectual property. 1991 graduated from the Faculty of Law at Tartu University. Has taken part in preparation of drafts of intellectual property legislation. Has been acting as intellectual property lawyer for Tartu University. As a lecturer, has worked for the Faculty of Law at Tartu University. Has gained additional knowledge at Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law, as well as in Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands and USA.

Kadri Aua, lawyer, specialized in intellectual property. Graduated from the University of Tartu by obtaining the B.A. degree in law in 1998. Presently participating in the Master's Programme at the same university. Has been working as the teacher of intellectual property at the Faculty of Law at the University of Tartu since 1999. Has gained additional knowledge in Stockholm as well as in Helsinki. Participated in the Training of the Trainers of the Master's Programme in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship at Zernike Group B. V. in Groningen the Netherlands in 2003.