INGRIDA
KARINA-BERZINA
Partner
Head of IP and IT practice group
Contact
E. karina-berzina at rln dot lv
T. +371 6724 0689
M. +371 2862 4842
Ingrida Karina-Berzina has deep and broad expertise in intellectual property and related areas, including venture-funded company representation, online law and entrepreneurship. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, she is dual licensed to practice law in the United States (Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and before the USPTO) and Latvia. She is also a licensed Latvian and European Trademark and Design Attorney. She teaches law to business and law students at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, at the Riga Graduate School of Law, and is a member of expert groups on intellectual property. She counsels a Latvian, Baltic and global clientele on trademarks, design rights, copyright, patents, telecoms, startup issues, United States contracts, and IP strategy and commercialization.
Areas of Expertise
Trademarks
Copyright
Industrial Design
Domain Name Rights and Online IP Protection
Trade Secrets and Patents
Information Technologies
Franchise and Licensing
Trans-Border Litigation Support
American Legal System
JOINED FIRM
2012
Memberships
Latvian Bar Association in 2006
Pennsylvania Bar in 2004
New Jersey Bar in 2004
Qualified to practice before OHIM and the USPTO
Latvian Patent Attorney (trademarks and industrial designs) (2006)
Latvian Association of Patent Attorneys
Languages
Latvian, English
Education
Juris Doctor, University of Pennsylvania (Law Review), Philadelphia, PA, USA (2004)
M.A. in Law and Diplomacy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA (2000)
B.A. in History (with distinction), Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA (1994)
SIGNIFICANT
Visiting lecturer, course leader, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (since 2008)
Visiting lecturer, course leader, Riga Graduate School of Law (since 2006)
Law Office of Ingrida Karina-Berzina (2006 - 2012)
Associate with Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, USA (2002-2005)
