Law firm Vukina & Partners Ltd.

Intellectual Property

Partner

Sanja Vukina is widely recognised for her expertise in intellectual property prosecution, enforcement, and strategic portfolio management, with a particular focus on high-stakes IP disputes and cross-border matters. She has been registered as a patent and trademark attorney before the Croatian State Intellectual Property Office since 1993, and is also a European Patent Attorney.

She regularly advises multinational clients on the protection and enforcement of IP rights across multiple jurisdictions, including litigation strategies, opposition and cancellation proceedings, and licensing arrangements. Her practice is particularly strong in pharmaceuticals, life sciences, and technology-driven industries, where IP rights are central to commercial strategy.

In addition to her legal practice, she is actively involved in the development of the IP profession. She serves as a member of the Executive Board of the Croatian Association of Patent and Trademark Attorneys, is the Croatian representative before the European Patent Institute (EPI), and is a certified trainer for licensing agreements with the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI).

Sanja Vukina founded her independent practice in 1993 and subsequently established Vukina & Partneri in 2013.

Croatian, English

Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI)

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

European Association of Lawyers (AEA)

European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA)

Croatian Association of Patent and Trademark Attorneys

Croatian Bar Association

Sanja Vukina graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb in 1987 and passed the Croatian Bar Exam in 1990. Early in her career, she gained judicial and prosecutorial experience at the Zagreb County Court and the Municipal State Attorney’s Office in Zagreb.

She has completed a number of prestigious international programmes, including:

Patent Law and Practice in Pharmaceuticals, London (UK)

Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard Law School (USA)

Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School (Harvard, MIT & Tufts) (USA)

Obtaining, Enforcing and Evaluating Intellectual Property Rights in Europe, Munich (Germany)

Intellectual Property Law Summer School, University of Cambridge (UK)