People

Iana Roueva

Bulgaria Office
  • Director - Bulgaria Office
  • Trademark Agent
iana.roueva@petosevic.com

Iana’s expertise concentrates on intellectual property law, in particular on trademark law with emphasis on the prosecution and enforcement of trademark rights. During her academic career she gained practical experience in the generic pharmaceutical sector. Before she joined the firm, Iana was a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Munich, writing her Ph.D. thesis on the comparison of trademark laws in West Balkan countries and their harmonization as part of the EU accession process.

Admission
  • Pending
Languages
Native Bulgarian, fluent in English and German, intermediate Russian and working knowledge of Serbian and Croatian.
Education
  • Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Munich, Germany, PhD in IP law studies pending
  • Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC), Munich, Germany, LLM in Intellectual Property, 2005
  • London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK, LLB, 2004
Presentations
  • "Problems and Solutions in the Customs Enforcement in Bulgaria", PETOŠEVIĆ Webinar on Customs Enforcement in Southeast Europe, BrightTALK, March 14, 2013
Publications

  • “Bulgaria case summaries”. The Trademark Reporter Vol. 101 No.3. International Trademark Association. (May-June, 2011)

Committees
  • International Trademark Association Committee Member, the European Union Subcommittee of the Anti-Counterfeiting Committee, 2012 – 2013 Term
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