CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Family name: JOANIDIS
2. First name:    JOVAN
3. Date of birth: June 10th 1949
4. Nationality:    Macedonian
5. Civil status:    Married
6. Education:

Institution

Industrial Property Protection Office - Macedonia

Date

11 July 1994

Degree or diploma obtained

Patent & Trademark representative

Institution

Bar Commission – Ministry of Justice

Date

1974

Degree or diploma obtained

Attorney at Law

Institution

University of St Cyril & Methodius in Skopje - Macedonia

Faculty of Law

Date

1968-1972

Degree or diploma obtained

Lawyer

7. Language skills: (1 to 5 for competence)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Macedonian (mother tongue)

5

5

5

English

5

4

5

French

5

5

5

Serbian

5

5

5

Croatian

5

5

5

8. Membership of professional bodies:

  • Member of Bar Chamber of Republic of Macedonia;
  • Co-founder and President of the Association of Patent and Trademark representatives in Macedonia since its establishment in 1994;
  • Member of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and its Arbitration Commission since 1996;
  • Member of Macedonian Trademark Examination Commission (1999 – 2000)
  • President of Supervisory Board of joint stock company TEHNOMETAL-VARDAR Skopje since 2002.

9. Other skills:

  • Computer literacy: MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point) and Internet;

10. Present position: Attorney at Law (self-employed)
11. Years within the firm: 24 years
12. Key qualifications: 

  • Representing and defending clients (both natural persons and legal entities) in front of the courts and administrative bodies;
  • Drafting and using legal instruments such as legal action, appeal, extraordinary legal remedies;
  • Participation in off-court settlements and mediation among parties;
  • Representing parties (companies and inventors) in front of IPPO;
  • Providing legal opinions and commentaries on laws at request;
  • Took part as participant, organizer and lecturer in various international and national seminars and
    workshops related to criminal, civil, business and intellectual property law;

13. Professional experience record:


Date

1979

Location

Skopje, Macedonia

Company

Attorney’s office JOANIDIS

Position

Owner and Attorney at Law

Description

Criminal law
Civil law
Litigation
Company & Business law
Insurance & Banking law
Intellectual property (patents, trademarks)

  Date

1976-1979

Location

Skopje, Macedonia

Company

Primary Court Skopje 1

Position

Judge

Description

Criminal cases

  Date

1974-1976

Location

Skopje, Macedonia

Company

Public Prosecution Office

Position

Deputy of the Primary Public Prosecutor

Description

Representation of public interest in the criminal and civil cases

  Date

1973-1974

Location

Skopje, Macedonia

Company

Public Prosecution Office

Position

Apprentice in the Public Prosecution Office

Description

Representation of public interest in the criminal and civil cases

14. Others:

Publications:    
Together with the IPPO-Skopje wrote, compiled and issued two books regarding the intellectual property law (one of it translated into English).

15. Contact:

LAW & PATENT OFFICE JOANIDIS
Orce Nikolov Street 155 b
1000 Skopje, Macedonia
Tel: ++ 389 2 30 67 199
Fax: ++ 389 2 30 67 201
e-mail: jovan@joanidis-co.com.mk
www.joanidis-co.com.mk