Full Name
Kai Härmand
Job Title
Court of First Instance Judge
Organization
Unified Patent Court
Speaker Bio
Professional Experience
2020 - current: Judge at Harju County Court (First Instant)
2012-2020: Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Justice
1999-2012: Judge at Harju County Court
1995-1999: Legal adviser and trainee for judge, Tallinn City Court
1996-1997: Legal adviser, Estonian Patent Office

Other professional activities
2020- : Member of the Advisory Board for research team Z-Inspection, Frankfurt Big Data Lab and Goethe University Frankfurt
2012- 2020: Member of the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ)
2012- : Member of the Board and the arbiter at The Court of Arbitration of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
2012-2021: Member of the Editorial Board of law journal Juridica International and Juridica
2014- 2021: Member of the Programme Committee of the Law Department of the Tartu University
2014- 2020: Member of the launching committee of the E-residency
2015- 2022: Member of the Supervisory Board of The Estonian Auditors' Association
2018- 2020: Member of the Artificial Intelligence task force of Estonia
2006 – 2014: Legally qualified member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office.
Kai Härmand