Europass Curriculum Vitae Personal information Surname(s) / First name Alexandru Cristian ŞTRENC Address 16 Calea Crângaşi, bl. 41, entry C, floor 9, apt. 112, Sector 6 Fax(es) +4021 3123819 E-mail alexandru.strenc@osim.ro Nationality Romanian Date of birth 17.12.1949 Gender Male Desired employment / Occupational field Work experience Dates Main activities and responsibilities Type of business or sector 1990 - onwards Deputy Director General Management of the Romanian Industrial Property Office State for Inventions and Trademarks Industrial Property Protection Page 1/5 - Curriculum vitae of For more information on Europass go to http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu
Dates 1988-1990 Main activities and responsibilities Patent Examiner Substantive Examination State for Inventions and Trademarks Dates 1985-1988 Head of Computer Aided Research team Institute for Research in Automation Dates 1975-1985 Research Engineer and Associated assistant Professor Politechnics Institute of Bucharest, Department of Control and Computers Dates 1972-1975 Engineer Institute for Research in Automation Education and training Dates 1967-1972 Title of qualification awarded Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Bachelor Computer and Automation Politechnics Institute of Bucharest Department of Control and Computers Dates 1983 Title of qualification awarded Ph. D. in Control of Technological Processes Politechnics Institute of Bucharest Department of Control and Computers Dates 2000 1 month Stage of Preparation Dates 2001 4 months Stage of Preparation Dates 2003 Page 2/5 - Curriculum vitae of For more information on Europass go to http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu
1 month Stage of Preparation International representation in the IP field Dates 1992-1993 Member of the Romanian delegation who negociated the Europe Agreement with EU, responsible for the chapter dedicated to the Intellectual Property Dates 1993-2001 Coordinator from the part of recipient countries of the PHARE Regional Programme for industrial Property RIPP Dates 1997-1998 Vice-President of the General Assembly of WIPO Dates 1997-2003 Observer in the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation Dates 2003-2012 Dates Teaching activity Member of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organization 2012 Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Patent Academy President of the Romanian Technical Committee for Standardisation CT383 Management of Innovation Dates 1995 Module Industrial Property at the Romanian Institute for Management Dates 2000-2006 Module Coordinator of the office internal training courses with the patent examiners Dates 2002 Module Extended presentation of the new Romanian patent law at the National Institute of Magistrature Dates 2002-2007 Module Providing training courses for industrial property attorneys Dates 2004-2009 Module Teaching in the IP postgraduated course at the Law Faculty-University of Bucharest Module Teaching three Master Courses on Intellectual Property at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest Dates 2009-2012 Page 3/5 - Curriculum vitae of For more information on Europass go to http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu
Personal skills and competences Languages Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English A1 Proficient user A1 Proficient user A1 Proficient user A1 Proficient user A1 Proficient user German A1 Proficient user A1 Proficient user A1 Proficient user A1 Proficient user A1 Proficient user French A1 Proficient user A1 Proficient user A1 Proficient user A1 Proficient user A1 Proficient user (*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Published papers 1999 (coauthor) Intellectual property and Inventics. Anthology of legislation and commentaries-bucharest The Legal and Financial Conditions Influencing the Diffusion of Technological Inovations and R&D in Central and Eastern Europe-Legal Protection of Intellectual Property In Romania; INCO Copernicus Research Porject Budapest 2002 coauthor) International Encyclopedia of Laws-monography; Romania-intellectual property; Kluwer Law International-The Hague.London.New York 2005 (coauthor)patent Law- Handbook vol.i Lumina Lex Bucharest; the first romanian treaty on patent law 2007 (coauthor)patent Law- Handbook vol.ii Lumina Lex Bucharest; the first romanian treaty on patent law 2010 2011 2012 Information Technology-Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Universul Juridic Business Collection 2010 Valorification of the research results within Universities. Intellectual property and the business plan 2011 UEFISCDI International Encyclopedia of Laws-monography; Romania-intellectual property; Kluwer Law International-The Hague.London.New York-second edition Selective articles The Enforcement of Industrial Property Laws in Romania-IIC International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law no. 8/2001; Basic Amendments to the Romanian Patent Law IIC International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law no.9/2003; Romania-recent developments in industrial property World Patent Information 24(2002) ; A comparative analysis between the practice of the Romanian patent legislation and the EPC- Romanian Review of Industrial Property no. 1, 2/2003 Numerous other articles in the Romanian Review of Industrial Property,Inventics and Economy,Ideeas in bussines Page 4/5 - Curriculum vitae of For more information on Europass go to http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu
Participation in international and national Conferences 1996 - Cracow 15-16 September Conference on Industrial Property in the European Integration; panelist and presentation of the paper: State of Play and outlook in the CEEC s The Romanian Experience ; 2001 - Sofia WIPO International Conference on Intellectual Property, the Internet, Electronic Commerce and Traditional Knowledge; moderator of the session Intellectual Property.Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources and presentation of paper on this topic; 2001- Luxembourg 10-12 November 2003; 2003 - Patinnova 2003 - chairman; 2005 - Orlando-USA PISTA 2005 A systemic approach on IP protection Numerous other participation at national level in Conferences and seminars dedicated to intellectual and industrial property Participation in other European Programmes in the IPR field 2002 and 2003- assistance, as Short Term Expert, to the Patent Office of Yougoslavia, within the programme Strenghtening the Institutional capacity of the Patent Office of Yougoslavia 2008 1 mission as European expert for the EU Programme IPR for China Page 5/5 - Curriculum vitae of For more information on Europass go to http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu