Sandris Laganovskis

Date of birth: 3 October 1979

Education:

2015 - present
PhD Cand., University of Latvia

2002 – 2003
LL.M in International and European Law, Riga Graduate School of Law

1997 – 2002
Qualification of a Lawyer, University of Latvia

1994 – 1997
Riga School of Commerce

Work experience:

From 2013 onwards
Director of the Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia

2010 – 2013
Justice Affairs Counsellor (responsible for cooperation in Intellectual Property, Criminal Law matters and Data Protection), Permanent Representation of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union

2008 – 2010
Director of the European Affairs Department, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia

2004 – 2008
Justice Affairs Counsellor (responsible for of Civil and Company Law, European Court of Justice and Legal Data Processing), Permanent Representation of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union

2003 – 2004
Director of the International and European Law Department, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia

2002 – 2003
Head of the International Law Division, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia

2000 – 2002
Senior Legal Adviser of the International Law Division, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia

Other appointments:

Chair of the Budget Committee of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (2018 – present)

President of the Patent Cooperation Treaty Union Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (2017 - present)

Deputy Chair of the Budget Committee of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (2017 – 2018)

Deputy Chair of the Technical and Operational Support Committee of the European Patent Organization (2016 – present)

Vice-president of the Patent Cooperation Treaty Union Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (2015-2016)

Chair of the Working Party on Intellectual Property of the Council of the European Union, 2015

Visiting lecturer:

EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

Riga Graduate School of Law

Language skills:

Latvian – mother tongue

English, Russian – proficient user

French, German – basic user