Ants Nõmper

Born
24 February 1977

Position
Partner

Expertise
intellectual property and information technology, pharmaceuticals and medical, data protection, media & advertising

Joined
Firm 1999

Career
since 2004 Lecturer, University of Tartu, Faculty of Law
since 2001 Lecturer, University of Tartu, Faculty of Medicine
1997-1999 In-house lawyer, AS Arco Vara
1998 Trainee, Estonian Supreme Court

Education
2005 PhD, University of Tartu, Estonia
2000 LL.M, University of Göttingen, Germany
1999 Law degree, cum laude, University of Tartu, Estonia

Languages
Estonian, English, German, Russian, Finnish

Memberships
since 2008 Member of AIPPI - International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
since 2008 Member of the Estonian Bioethics Council
2003-2004 Council of Europe, member of the working party on research on stored human biological materials
2003-2008 Board member of the Estonian Young Bar Association
since 2002 Member of the German-Estonian Lawyers’ Association
1999-2000 Board member of the Estonian Moot Court Society
since 1999 Member of the Estonian Bar Association
since 1999 Member of the Estonian Moot Court Society
since 1998 Member of the Estonian Academic Law Society

Participation in legislative drafting
Human Gene Research Act
Health Insurance Act
Unemployment Insurance Act
Estonian Health Insurance Fund Act
E-health law (part of the Health Services Organisation Act)

Publications

• The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Pharmaceutical Advertising 2008 and 2007 by Global Legal Group Ltd. Estonian Chapter.
• Medical law. Juura 2007. Ants Nõmper, Jaan Sootak.
• Information and law. Juura 2007. Ants Nõmper, Eneken Tikk.
• Open consent – a new form of informed consent for population genetic databases. Tartu University Press, 2005, 260 pages;
• Ants Nõmper et al. Lessons from European Population Genetic Databases: Comparing the Law in Estonia, Iceland, Sweden and the UnitedKingdom. – European Journal of Health Law, Vol 12, 2005, No 2, pages 103-134;
• What is Wrong with Using Anonymized Data and Tissue for Research Purposes? — Blood and Data. Gardar Arnason, Salvör Nordal, Vilhjalmur Arnason (ed), Reykjavik: University of Iceland Press, 2004, pages 121-126;
• Personal Data Protection Regulation in Estonia and Directive 95/46/EC. In: Implementation of the Data Protection Directive in Relation to Medical Research in Europe. Derryck Beyleveld et al (ed), Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004, pages 73–85;
• Ants Nõmper et al. Population Genetic Databases: a Comparative Analysis of the Law in Iceland, Sweden, Estonia and the UK. Trames. — Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol 8, 2004, No 1/2, pages 15–33;
• Ants Nõmper, Krista Kruuv. The Estonian Genome Project. — Society and Genetic Information. Codes and Laws in the Genetic Era. Judit Sandor (ed), Budapest: CEU Press, 2003, pages 213–225;
• Ants Nõmper, Jaan Sootak. Estonia and Iceland — Pioneers in Regulating Genebanks. In: Strafrecht, Biorecht, Rechtsphilosophie. Festschrift für Hans Ludwig Schreiber. Knut Amelung et al eds. Heidelberg: C.F.Müller, 2003 (in German);
• Ants Nõmper, Taavi Annus. The Right to Health Protection in the Estonian Constitution. — Juridica International, 2002, No 1, pages 117–126;
• Ants Nõmper, Jüri Raidla. The Estonian Genome Project and the Human Gene Research Act. — Baltic Yearbook of International Law, Vol 2, 2002, pages 51-69;
• Human Genes Research Act: a Pioneer in Regulating Biomedical Research. — Juridica, 2002, No 3, pages 155–163 (in Estonian);
• Comments to the articles on medical law. Estonian Penal Code. Commented Edition. Jaan Sootak, Priit Pikamäe (ed), Tallinn: Juura, 2002 & 2005;
• On the Legal Regulation of Genetic Testing. — Juridica, 2001, No 2, pages 113–123 (in Estonian);
• The Case of Stigma Abortion. — Juridica, 2000, No 7, pages 435–450 (in Estonian);
• Human Body as an Object of Property and Patent Law — a Path to Modern Slavery? — Juridica, 2000, No 6, pages 351–368 (in Estonian);
• The Criminal Case of the Doctors of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Child. — Juridica, 2000, No 4, pages 212–223 (in Estonian);
• Ants Nõmper, Cardo Soosaar. Transfer of a Co-Owned Apartment. — Juridica, 1999, No 3, pages 133–135 (in Estonian);
• Further Development of a Problem: Culpa in Contrahendo and Letter of Intent. — Juridica, 1999, No 1, pages 22–26 (in Estonian).

Other
Ants Nõmper has spoken on a substantial number of domestic and international conferences on issues related to regulation of research on human beings, doctor-patient relationship and data protection.