About
Gergana Dimitrova
I spent three years inside the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, the body that administers the UDRP. I now decide domain name cases as a panelist, and file them for clients. Adora IP works out of Madrid and Sofia.
Why I do this work
I have seen domain name disputes from three sides. At WIPO I administered them and proposed which panelists should hear which cases. At the Czech Arbitration Court I decide them. At Adora IP I file them for clients.
That combination is unusual, and it changes how a complaint gets drafted. Panels read hundreds of these. What persuades them is not volume of argument, it is evidence arranged so the three elements are obvious.
On the trademark side I have more than 15 years in intellectual property, and my own practice since 2022. Four years at ELZABURU in Madrid acting for Fortune 500 clients, then two years at EUIPO on the Convergence Programme, which is where national offices agree how examination practice should work. Knowing how examiners are trained to think is useful when you are drafting for them.
Languages
I work in English, Spanish and Bulgarian, all at native or bilingual level. I administered UDRP cases at WIPO in all three.
Publications and teaching
Contributor to the Antología Iberoamericana de propiedad intelectual, published by Tirant lo Blanch, with a chapter on guarantee and certification marks in Europe. I run training, courses, webinars and lectures on intellectual property for companies and individuals, and lecture on master's programmes and university courses.
How Adora IP and TRIPL Protection fit together
Adora IP is the advisory practice. EU trademarks and designs are filed through TRIPL Protection, the IP agency I run with partners. You deal with me either way.
Education
BPP Law School
Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Distinction
2016 to 2018
University of Alicante
LL.M. Magister Lvcentinvs, Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, Distinction
2011 to 2012
Aberystwyth University
LL.B. European Law
2008 to 2011
Utrecht University
Erasmus, International and European Law
2009 to 2010
Experience
Czech Arbitration Court
2024 to present
Domain name panelist
Deciding disputes over .eu domains under the .EU Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules. The Czech Arbitration Court is an approved dispute resolution provider for gTLDs under the UDRP and for .eu under the ADR Rules.
Adora Intellectual Property
2022 to present
Owner, IP and domain name expert
Own practice since 2022. Legal and advisory work on intellectual property, domain names, websites, apps and privacy. Working with IP lawyers and firms across several EU countries. Training, courses and webinars for companies and individuals, and lecturing on master's programmes and university courses.
Latin America IP SME Helpdesk
2023 to present
Intellectual property expert
A European Commission service giving free first-line IP assistance to EU small and medium businesses operating in Latin America.
ECTA
2023 to present
Member, Internet Committee
The European Communities Trade Mark Association. The Internet Committee examines how the internet and new technologies affect trademarks and other distinctive signs.
Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria
2023 to present
IP Scan Expert
Appointed expert under the EUIPO SME Fund. Analysing SME business models, assessing their IP and producing the strategy reports the scheme funds.
World Intellectual Property Organization
2018 to 2021, Geneva
Associate Legal Officer, then Legal Case Manager
At the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, the global leader in domain name dispute resolution under the UDRP. Provided input into the assignment and supervision of 20 legal case managers and guidance on issues arising in case management, made proposals on the allocation of WIPO panelists according to what each case required, assisted panelists with jurisprudential analysis and legal research, and administered UDRP cases under gTLDs and ccTLDs in English, Spanish and Bulgarian.
Deloitte, at EUIPO
2016 to 2018, Alicante
Legal business analyst, Convergence Programme
Directed convergence projects CP8 and CP9, harmonising examination practice on trademarks and designs across national IP offices in the EU. Managed a team of four and acted as the contact point between EUIPO and Deloitte.
ELZABURU
2012 to 2016, Madrid and Beijing
Legal associate, then IP and business consultant
Advising multinational and Fortune 500 clients on trademark searches, applications, portfolio management and enforcement. Drafting oppositions, appeals, invalidity and revocation claims and domain name cancellation actions before EUIPO, WIPO and the Spanish Patent and Trade Mark Office. Developed the firm presence in the Chinese market, partly on site in Beijing.
Tell me what you are trying to protect.
The first assessment is free and comes back within 24 hours, with an honest view of whether the case is worth running.