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After completing his law education at Zagreb University Law School, Mladen obtained a Master of Intellectual Property degree at Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord (UNH), NH, USA. He started as an associate at Hanzekovic & Partners law firm in Zagreb and was a visiting lawyer at Fenwick & West in Palo Alto, CA, USA; Monahan Duhot, Paris, France; and Pavia e Ansaldo, Milan, Italy. In 1991, he founded VUKMIR + ASSOCIATES. Mladen is a patent and trademark agent admitted to practice before the CSIPO, EUIPO, and European Patent Office. During the Croatian EU accession negotiations, he participated as an expert on enforcement in the IP Chapter Working Group. He advised on preparations for the Manual on Technology Transfer at UNIDO. Mladen wrote numerous articles and lectured on various topics on intellectual property, including regular teaching as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law graduate and postgraduate courses. He is an arbitrator on the Panel of domestic disputes at the Permanent Arbitration Court at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, a panelist on the UDRP Domain Name Panel at WIPO AMC, a distinguished neutral on the CPR Panels of Neutrals, Czech Arbitration Court, and at the INTA PON, and is an IMI certified mediator. He has been appointed as an ICSID Conciliator by the Government of Croatia. Mladen is a member of AIPPI, ECTA, IBA, ITechLaw, GALA, INTA, LES, UIA & ABA.n Mladen also served as a consultant to various domestic and international organizations such as the Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology, the Serbian Intellectual Property Office (PLAC), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the World Bank, and the European Commission (CARDS 2002 and IPA 2009) and GLG Council. He is Royal Danish Consul General (Hon.) in Zagreb (decorated, Knight of the Order of Dannebrog 2nd degree). Specialties: Intellectual property (copyright, trademark, design, business secrets, patent, geographical indications, unfair competition), IT, media and advertising, branding and identity strategies, ADR, and mediation.