Irene Kitsara is working in the Patent Information Section, Access to Information and Knowledge Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). She has been the Project Coordinator of the Patent Landscape Reports since 2010, and joined WIPO in 2009, when she co-drafted the WIPO Guide to Technology Databases.
Previously to her WIPO employment, Ms. Kitsara worked for the European and International Relations of the European Patent Office, preparing country reports on innovation and patent systems, but also for the European Patent Academy on an on-line forum for the preparation to the European Qualifying Examination for patent attorneys. Admitted in the Athens Bar Association and with studies at the Athens Law School and the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Ms. Kitsara worked for German and Greek law firms, for the Directorate General Internal Market of the European Commission, the Max-Planck-Institute for International and Foreign Social Law and the Greek Ministry of Interior Affairs.
