PARTNERS AND ASSOCIATED PARTNERS
Kostadin Manev
Managing PartnerAttorney at Law
Industrial Property Representative
European Trademark and Design Attorney
European Patent Attorney
Education:
1983-1988 Faculty of Law at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski".
1988 - 1989 Patent law School at Technical University - Sofia
Qualification: Patent Specialist
1991 - 1995
Regular postgraduate of copyright and patent law at the Institute for Legal Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Membership: Sofia Bar Association
Field of practice: Intellectual Property Law, Corporate Law.
Professional experience:
1993 - 2005 Manev & Partners
Industrial property representative before the Patent office of the Republic of Bulgaria in the field of trademarks, industrial designs, inventions and utility models.
1995 - 2005 Attorney, primarily in the field of intellectual property
1993 - 2003 Part-time assistant professor of International Private Law at Law Faculty of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski".
1996 - 1999 Part-time assistant professor of Licensing Trade and Industrial Property Department "Humanitarian Sciences and Design" of the Faculty of Economics, Technical University - Sofia.
2003 -2005 European patent representative before the European Patent Office
2005-2011 President of the Patent office of the Republic of Bulgaria Bulgarian Patent Office
Deputy Chairman of the OHIM Budget committee
Representative at Administrative Board and Budget Committee , OHIM
Head of the Bulgarian delegation at WIPO General Assembly
Representative at Administrative Council, EPO
2012 - Manev&Partners , managing partner
Attorney;
Industrial property representative before BPO;
European patent representative;
European trademark and design representative;
Lecturer at the National institute of Justice
Languages: English, Russian, German
Education: Faculty of Law at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski”; (1994)
Membership: Sofia Bar Association (2003)
Field of practice: Competition Law (commercial concentrations, cartels, abuse of monopoly or dominant position, unfair competition), Telecommunications Law, Administrative Law, Public procurement and concessions, legal representation before court and administrative authorities (SAC, CPC and others).
Professional experience: "Center for Strategic Investigations - XX² century" - Law expert (1996-1997); Member of the Central Election Committee for the 38th National Assembly (1997- 2001); Member of the Central Election Committee for the 39th National Assembly (2001) Commission for Protection of Competition - Deputy Chairman (1997-2003)
Languages: English, Russian
Mihail Merdzhanov
PartnerAttorney at Law
Industrial Property Representative
European Trademark and Design Attorney
mmerdzhanov@manevandpartners.com
Education: Faculty of Law at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (1990)
Membership: Pazardzhik Bar Association (1990)
Field of practice: Property Law, Contractual Law, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property Law.
Professional experience: Attorney at Law since 1990; Three-months practice in the Law Firm "Deringer and Partner", Köln, Germany (1993); Industrial Property Representative in the area of Patents, Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Industrial Designs (2002); European Trademark and Design Attorney (2007)
Languages: German, Russian
Education: Faculty of Law at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (1988)
Membership: Sofia Bar Association
Field of practice: Custom and Finance Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Property Law.
Professional experience: Examining Magistrate (1988-1992); Attorney at Law (1992-1997); National Customs Agency - Deputy Director (1997-2001); "Trade Consulting" Ltd. - President (2001-2009)
Languages: English, German, Russian
eng. Anka Ivanova Chervenkova
Partner, Manager "Patents and Utility Models"Mechanical Engineer
Industrial property representative
European Trademark and Design representative
Education:
1970 - 1975 Technical university of Sofia, mechanical engineer, Major "Mechanical engineering technology and metal cutting machines"
1987 - 1989 Technical University Patent law school, "Patent Expert" degree
Professional experience:
1975 - 1986 constructer at BHC "Intransmash"
1986 - 2012 Bulgarian Patent Office
1986 - 1998 Expert examination of inventions
1998 - 2006 Head of department "Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronic and Electrotechnics "
2006 - 2011 Head of "Disputes" department
2011 - 2012 Vice president of Bulgarian Patent Office
2012 - present Industrial property representative
Languages: English, Russian
Aleksandra Semerdzhieva
Attorney at Law
Industrial Property Representative
European Trademark and Design Attorney
asemerdjieva@manevandpartners.com
Education: National High School of ancient languages and cultures "Constantine Cyril The Philosopher" (1996); Faculty of Law at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"; (2002)
Membership: Sofia Bar Association (2011)
Field of practice: Intellectual Property Law, Administrative Law and Litigation
Professional experience: Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria - chief legal adviser (2005); Industrial Property Representative in the area of Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Industrial Designs (2011); Industrial Property Law trainer at the National Institute of Justice (2012)
Languages: English, German, Russian
Education: Faculty of Law at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (2009)
Membership: Sofia Bar Association (2012)
Field of practice: Intellectual Property Law, Corporate Law, Contract law
Professional experience: "MS Partners" Law Firm (2008)
Languages: English, French, Russian
Education: Intellectual Property Management at the University of National and World Economy, Sofia (2003)
Field of practice: Intellectual Property Management
Professional experience: “MS Partners” Law Firm (2004)
Languages: Russian, English
Education: Economics of Intellectual Property at the University of National and World Economy, Sofia (2010)
Field of practice: Intellectual Property
Professional experience: "MS Partners" Law Firm (2009)
Language: English
Education: Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Philosophy (1982 - 1988), Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Law (1986-1991), Institute for postgraduate studies at University for National and world economy - Sofia - Financial, Accounting and Law Activities for Company (1997-2000), The Open University (Business School) & NBU (School in management) - Management (2005-2006)
Field of practice: Property Law, Contractual Law, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property Law.
Professional experience: Lawyer - Sofia Bar Association (1993-1999), Domestic Diplomatic Properties Executive Agency (ADIS) - Chief Secretary (1999-2001), Domestic Diplomatic Properties Agency Ltd. (ADIS Ltd.) - Deputy CEO (2001-2006), MOODY INTERNATIONAL LTD. - LEAD AUDITOR (2006-2008), BULGARIAN PATENT OFFICE - HEAD OF LEGAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (2008-2009), Sveti Panteleymon Ltd. - Production and operations department manager (2009-2010), Tides Capital and Management - TCM Ltd. - Legal advisor (2010-2011), Focus Systems Ltd. - Legal advisor and Consultant (2011-2012)
Languages: English, Russian
